MTG 060: Stephane Smarth Discusses His Military Mindset, New Training Equipment, and Fighting at MSG

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fcLfKvY_h9L0zq8UzmH2m9odRsWF023L7nmWx8XsEAmyfn6zRXtgUWUqHU6KXK3JbEUjerTiykneiIT51aMVQtkyevZfBztFkNHOSV5OlxV1f98PCayKj_bAEGnttmYGaYJSU9OXM9A/s1600/971098_10151373945366863_44051611_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fcLfKvY_h9L0zq8UzmH2m9odRsWF023L7nmWx8XsEAmyfn6zRXtgUWUqHU6KXK3JbEUjerTiykneiIT51aMVQtkyevZfBztFkNHOSV5OlxV1f98PCayKj_bAEGnttmYGaYJSU9OXM9A/s1600/971098_10151373945366863_44051611_n.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> It's been awesome watching Stephane Smarth climb the amateur rankings here in the US and fight on some of the same cards as me. Not only is he a badass in the ring, but he's also a great trainer and knows his stuff when it comes to strength and conditioning, weight cutting and having a strong mindset.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> In this podcast episode we go discuss a number of topics including:</div> <ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <li>How having a military background helped him transition seamlessly into a combat sport like Muay Thai.</li> <li>How he is able to balance fighting, training his clientele, and owning a new business.</li> <li>Why he works at one gym but chose to train at another for his fight at Madison Square Garden.</li> <li>What the day-to-day life is like when he's training for a fight, including what type of training he likes to do.</li> <li>How he balances his strength and conditioning with his skill-specific training.</li> <li>The importance of having other passionate, driven people to train with leading up to a fight.</li> <li>What is was like fighting at MSG and how he was able to deal with his fight being a draw.</li> <li>His weight cutting process and how he's able to go from 160 to 135.</li> <li>What gave him the inspiration to start his own equipment company, VSL Fighting, and the steps he took to make it a reality.</li> <li>His goals for VSL Fighting and why he thinks his company and training gear will stick out.</li> <li>What Hit Stix are and why they are a great training tool not just for fighters, but for trainers too.</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <em><strong data-mce-style="font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #0000ff;" style="color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/muaythaiguy/MTG060.mp3">Click Here</a></span></strong></em><span data-mce-style="font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/muaythaiguy/MTG060.mp3">&nbsp;</a>or on the podcast player at the top of the page to listen to&nbsp;</span><i>MTG&nbsp;060: Stephane Smarth Discusses His Military Mindset, New Training Equipment, and Fighting at MSG.</i></div> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;"> <i data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span data-mce-style="font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit;"><a href="http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/muay-thai-guy-podcast.html" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Check out all the podcast episodes and more of Muay Thai Guy here!</a></span></i></div> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> <i data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="background-color: white;"><span data-mce-style="font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit;"></span></i></div> <div data-mce-style="color: #222222;" style="font-style: normal;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> &lt;enclosure url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/muaythaiguy/MTG060.mp3" length="41705986" type="audio/mpeg" /&gt;</div> </div>