Breaking down of macrocycles is essential for intricate load management. Months, weeks and days are planned and monitored closely to ensure undulating loads of high & low. This aids in maximising the benefits of other sessions during the week, whilst mitigating threat of excessive over-training that has become notorious in the combat community.

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Combat sports have rapidly grown over the last decade with the mainstream push from the mixed-martial arts world combined with the recent re-emergence of boxing. To accompany this growth, more expertise is being added to fighter’s teams. Strength and conditioning coaches are being included despite the historical normality of the technical coach taking on the role. Besides managing overall load, recovery, and a crazy schedule that a fighter presents, quantifying performance improvements isn’t always an easy task. Regardless of physical improvements, the most important stat to a fighter is always his or her wins and losses.

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