THERE IS NO PERFECT TRAINING PLAN.
There is only the right plan for:
You.
Your martial arts.
Your life.
Right now.
MAINTENANCE ISN'T REGRESSION.
IT'S STRATEGY.
ASSESS.
Before deciding what you need, we need to understand where you are.
We look at movement, mobility, strength, explosivity, athleticism, training demands, goals, current limitations, martial arts schedule, recovery and lifestyle.
The aim isn't to find everything that's wrong with you. It's to identify what matters.
PRIORITISE.
You don't need to fix everything at once.
Some things need attention.
Some things need maintenance.
Some things can wait.
We identify what deserves the most attention right now.
BUILD.
Your training programme isn't created in isolation.
It's built around how often you train martial arts, what martial arts you do, your current physical abilities, your goals, your available time, your recovery and what your body currently needs.
The gym should make you better prepared for your martial arts. It shouldn't leave you too fatigued to train them.
ADAPT.
Your life doesn't stay the same.
Neither should your programme.
Work gets busy. Training changes. You get tired. Something starts hurting. Your priorities change.
We review what's happening and adjust accordingly.
REASSESS.
Around Week 6 and again at Week 12, we reassess key areas and compare them against your starting point.
Not because every number needs to go up.
Because we want to know:
What's working?
What's changed?
What still needs attention?
What should we do next?
PUSH. MAINTAIN.
REVISIT.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Worth paying attention to.
Needs focused work.
Improve the quality that matters most.
Keep everything else from disappearing.
When your priorities change, your training changes with them.
HOW STRENGTH TRAINING FITS AROUND MARTIAL ARTS
Many martial artists already train three, four or five times a week. Add gym sessions without a plan and you end up tired, sore and behind on your technique.
Most programmes sit at two or three gym sessions a week, placed around your classes, your hardest sparring or rolling days and your recovery. The aim is to arrive at the mat better prepared, not more tired.
Your programme is delivered online through the coaching app, with a short weekly written check-in, so it changes when your week does. Work gets busy, a class moves, something starts to hurt: the plan moves with you.
How often should martial artists lift weights?WHAT WE LOOK AT BEFORE WE BUILD ANYTHING
How you move, where you have range and whether you can control it.
What you can produce, how quickly, and where the gaps are for your martial art.
Your martial arts schedule, your work and life, and how well you recover from all of it.
WE BUILD AROUND WHAT YOUR BODY TELLS US
This is physical preparation, not rehabilitation, and it does not replace medical care. Tell me what you have and I plan around it, choosing exercises, ranges and loads your body copes with while the rest of you keeps getting stronger.
Where appropriate, I work alongside your physiotherapist or doctor. If something is outside my scope, I will say so.
Old injuries & martial arts: how to keep trainingYOUR BODY IS PART
OF YOUR MARTIAL ARTS.
So train it accordingly. You don't need to chase every physical quality at once. You need a strategy.