Don Heatrick

Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance

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Helping ambitious fighters and coaches take their game to the next level by bridging the gap between Strength and Conditioning, Performance Science, and Muay Thai

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Don Heatrick

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Sports

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www.heatrick.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Why Your Gym Workout Isn't Making You a Stronger Fighter 10.07.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/5yzd To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting, or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Your Gym Workout Is Cancelling Your Strength 00:41 The IPO Model: Where Power Actually Comes From 01:29 Firing a Cannon from a Canoe 03:18 The Thai Power Equation:...

Stop the Conditioning That's Killing Your Muay Thai Gas Tank 26.06.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/6j9u Find the gaps in your athletic engine, your training structure, and your implementation capability and get a clear roadmap to close them. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Conditioning That Caps Your Engine 00:17 Your Three Fuel Pumps, Not One Tank 01:38 How Lactic Work Blunts Your Aerobic B...

Stop Your Muay Thai Progress From Derailing After One Bad Week 13.06.2026

🎯 FREE WEEKLY WIN STRATEGY PDF... https://heatrick.com/g9dz Two pages. One instruction sheet. One 48-week tracking grid. Free. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Missed Session Myth 00:23 Why One Miss Doesn't Matter 01:19 The What-The-Hell Effect 02:22 The Identity Trap 04:02 The Injury Test 05:40 The Weekly Win System 08:23 Red, Amber, Green Weeks & Months 08:52...

Fix the Imbalances Breaking Your Muay Thai Body 29.05.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/tw7v Find your weak links, discover how to strengthen them. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Imbalance Breaking Fighters 00:15 Why Muay Thai Creates Imbalances 00:35 Most Fighters Get S&C Backwards 01:03 Perfect Symmetry? 01:15 Stage 1: The Reactive Fighter 01:59 Stage 2: The Maintenance Fig...

I Don't Like Watching Muay Thai Fights 15.05.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/28kg Spot where your training is leaking results, get solutions to plug those gaps… and help shape future episodes on this channel. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Watching Fights Doesn’t Light Me Up 00:27 I Realised I’ve Been Chasing Flow All Along 01:02 From Climbing Trees to Finding Muay Tha...

Why "Training Like Before Kids" Is Destroying Your Muay Thai Progress (The 95/5 Rule) 01.05.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/dag6 To find out if your current training has gaps, and how to fix them! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Training Like Before Kids Is Destroying You 00:41 The Wrong Comparison Killing Your Progress 01:38 The 3-Level Training Model 02:20 Why This Specific Combination Works 03:33 Real Results: Daan &...

Stop the Injury Cycle: Overuse vs Training Spikes in Muay Thai 17.04.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/nxeq Find your weak links and discover how to strengthen them. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Injury Wasn't Random — It Was Built 00:17 Why Fighters Stay Stuck in the Injury Cycle 00:52 It’s Not Age or Bad Luck — It’s Load Mismatch 01:25 Mismatch #1: Overuse Sneaks Up Slowly 02:51 Mismatch #2:...

Muay Thai Fighters: Your Evening Training Is Making Your Mornings Worse 04.04.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/hljw To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Your Training Timing Is Wrong 00:29 The Time-Split Protocol — In 10 mins 00:45 You Feel Weak in the Morning 01:16 The “Morning Nadir” Problem 02:07 How Your Bo...

Why Adding More Training Is a Finite Budget (And You're Running Out) 27.03.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/01uf Find the gaps in your athletic engine, your training structure, and your implementation capability — and get a clear roadmap to close them. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Progress Stops (Not Motivation) 01:15 The “Train More” Trap 01:46 Why Your Body Stops Adapting 03:38 When Elite Fighte...

Why Muay Thai Gets Harder After 30 (It's Not Aging) 20.03.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/0koc To find out how your athletic engine stands, and what's at risk in your training. KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why It Feels Harder (And It's Not Age) 01:03 Does This Sound Familiar? 01:44 The Problem With Blaming Age 02:23 The Identity Shift Nobody Talks About 04:16 The Decline Your...

Why Most Western Muay Thai Fighters Plateau 13.03.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/kl4t To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Western Fighters Plateau 00:42 The Garage Bag Experiment 01:29 The 3 Environments of Skill 02:04 The Repetition Problem 02:57 The Missing Layer in Western Trai...

Most Fighters Waste Their Mistakes 06.03.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/gp0h To find your gaps before your next mistake reveals it for you! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Fighters Should Study Failure 00:39 The Training Data You're Ignoring 01:05 The 20% That Actually Improves You 01:35 Why Your Brain Avoids the Gap 03:23 The Trap Almost Everyone Falls Into 03...

One Warm Up Protocol for Every Cardio Session (What Nobody Tells You) 27.02.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/j85r To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Warm-Up Advice Gets It Wrong 00:52 The RPE Cost You're Not Counting 01:44 Why Explosive & HIIT Feel Different 02:47 The Dual Purpose Warm-Up Protocol 0...

The Warm-Up Mistake Costing Fighters Reps on Heavy Days (Minimum Viable Protocol) 20.02.2026

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/l5m9 To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Warm-Up Mistake Costing You Reps 00:22 What the 2025 Research Actually Shows 01:51 The Minimum Viable Warm-Up Protocol 02:19 How Hard Should Warm-Up Sets Feel?...

Muay Thai S&C Coach Solves Fighters' REAL Problems: Injury, Scheduling, Equipment, & Cheating Tests 13.02.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/join_heavy_hitters 🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/fhzdTo find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Reality Meets Theory 00:41 Testing That Actually Matters 02:55...

The Complete Muay Thai Training System (And Why You're Not Using It) 06.02.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/heavy_hitters KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Complete Muay Thai Training System 00:21 The Journey So Far 01:47 The Knowing-Doing Gap 03:31 The Bridge Between Theory and Results 04:21 What's Inside Heavy Hitters 07:29 Two Options 08:56 The Guarantee 10:36 The Decision 👉 Missed t...

Why Your Strength Training Is Killing Your Fight Speed 30.01.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/ej9w 🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard: https://heatrick.com/eo8t KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Strength Training Mistake Killing Your Speed 01:03 Train For Velocity: Lightest to Heaviest 02:08 Movement Prep: R.A.M.P. Your Body 03:35 Speed Work: Max Velocity When F...

3 Training Schedules for Fighters That Actually Work 23.01.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/b1ms 🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard: https://heatrick.com/tr65 KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Solving Your Training Puzzle in 10 Minutes 01:02 Muay Thai, Strength, & Cardio: What Belongs? 02:02 3 Fighter Schedules: Essential, Performance, Fight Physique 02:33 Mod...

The 52-Week Training System Most Fighters Never Learn 19.01.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/80h0 KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The 12-Week Trap Most Fighters Fall Into 00:41 Why You're Lost After Every Training Block 01:50 The Non-Competitor's Annual Blueprint 03:01 Your 2-Week Testing Window (The "Fight" You're Missing) 04:20 How to Stack 3 Cycles Per Y...

Why Chasing the Burn Is Destroying Your Fight Cardio 10.01.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/vzpy📊 Free Muay Thai Performance Scorecard. Take the 5-minute assessment to find your weak links. 👉 Get Your Scorecard: https://heatrick.com/pip5KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why the Burn Is Shrinking Your Engine 00:26 The 43% Truth About Muay Thai Energy 01:44 The Sinking Boat Analo...

The 4-Stage Muay Thai Training Cycle (Complete Blueprint) 02.01.2026

🚀 Get the whole system. Learn more about Heavy Hitters here: https://heatrick.com/bgd2 KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Most Fighters Train Backwards 00:15 The Golden Rule You're Missing 00:37 Why "Train for What You Want" Fails 01:12 The Optimal Training Cycle Explained 01:28 Stage 1: Cannon From a Canoe 02:05 Stage 2: Building Your Engine 02:34 Stage 3: When Power Ta...

Why Going Hard in January Guarantees You'll Quit 26.12.2025

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/tmnz To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired! ✔ Want to a program to level up your Muay Thai? Join the Heavy Hitters waitlist here: https://heatrick.com/qszi KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Why Going Hard Guarantees You'll Quit 00:52 The...

4 Training Traps Keeping Fighters Stuck (Which One Are You?) 19.12.2025

Don't get stuck. Join the Heavy Hitters Waitlist here: https://heatrick.com/0bju 🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/exf4 To find and balance out wherever you're stuck!👊 📘 Optimal Fight Camp Blueprint available at http://heatrick.com/12-week-fight-campKEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 4 Traps Keeping You Stuck 00:29 The Optim...

Why Fighters Keep Resetting to Zero 12.12.2025

Stop your training from resetting to zero. Join the Heavy Hitters Waitlist here: https://heatrick.com/zh1n You spend 3 months getting stronger. Then you start your fight camp, add cardio, and watch your strength vanish. You aren't losing gains because you stopped lifting. You are losing them because of the Interference Effect. In this video, I break down the physiological reason why training "ever...

The Training Gap Thai Fighters Never Talk About 05.12.2025

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/6q6o To find out if your current training has gaps, and how to fix them! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 The Gap You Can't Feel 00:57 What Traditional Thai Training Actually Is 01:40 Why It Works in Thailand (But Not for You) 03:01 What the Research Says You Need After 30 03:19 Finding 1: You K...

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