Training at Muay Thai camps in Thailand is an experience no Muay Thai enthusiast should miss. You will have the chance to train at camps which have produced some of the most legendary Muay Thai fighters. At the Muay Thai camps in Thailand you will, together with like minded people, be instructed by trainers who have decades of experience and who use training methods which have been optimized over the centuries to condition its students to perform optimal in the ring. There are many different camps spread all over the country which are willing to instruct people from beginners to professional fighters. There are the small local gyms which are very basic and where the facilities are very simple, but there are also camps in the touristic hot spots which offer resort like accommodations and state of the art training equipment. In the small rural camps, most of the time you find only basic training equipment like a ring, some pads, heavy bags and some old rusty free weights. Smaller camps most of the time offer the students a better training environment since there are less distractions and since the facilities are most of the time limited. The ratio between Thai and foreign students is smaller, which gives the students a better opportunity to experience what life at a Muay Thai camp is really like. Muay Thai camps offer the students the choice to train at a camp as long as desired from just a one off to prolonged periods of time.
For centuries, the routine at Muay Thai camps in Thailand has remained unchanged. The students wake up around 6 o’clock and start their morning with a run after which they start their training routine. Some will start with shadow boxing while others start working the heavy bag and others will hit the pads with the trainers. A typical morning session is between 2 to 3 hours. After that, the students have lunch and time for themselves. This is until 4 o’clock when the midday session starts. Like the morning session, the midday session also starts off with a run or/and rope jumping, heavy bag, sparring, shadow boxing and also one on one pad training with a trainer. The reason why the training sessions take place in the early morning and late afternoon is because at those times the temperatures are more suitable for an intensive fiscal workout. If you would like to test your skills with a local fighter in the ring, the camps have the contacts to make this happen.