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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;">Muay Thai Guy Podcast - Episode 83</span></h2>
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TJ Lopez is the founder of AMP (<span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" style="color: blue;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.athleticmovementprotocol.com" data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.athleticmovementprotocol.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Athletic Movement Protocol</a></span></span>) and knows his shit when it comes to strength and conditioning. TJ has trained a variety of athletes from professional fighters like GLORY fighter <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" style="color: blue;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/mtg-054.html" data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/mtg-054.html" style="color: blue;">Wayne Barrett</a></span></span> and Bellator Fighter, Lyman Good, as well as, pro athletes like NY Yankess pitcher CC Sabathia. During this chat we cover a variety of topics related to strength and conditioning for Muay Thai, including:</div>
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<li>How to balance strength and conditioning with skill-related training.</li>
<li>Why having a coach and team around you is crucial if you plan on taking your career seriously.</li>
<li>What overtraining is, how to avoid it and how to deal with it.</li>
<li>The general breakdown of what most strength and conditioning sessions look like, and how it's completely dependent on the individual and the day of the workout.</li>
<li>The importance of periodization and having different phases leading up to a fight.</li>
<li>What the "strength, "power" and "speed" phases consist of and why having a solid foundation of strength will help with all other aspects of your conditioning.</li>
<li>How to optimize the relationship between big muscles and speedy reactions.</li>
<li>Why monitoring your heart rate is super important when it comes to knowing how hard to push yourself and when to relax.</li>
<li>Why rest and recovery are so important to athletes who train to compete.</li>
<li>What Crossfit is good for and why it's not necessarily the best choice of workout if you're a fighter.</li>
<li>The importance of evaluating athletes and checking out their movement patterns.</li>
<li>And much, much, much more!</li>
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<em><strong><a data-mce-href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/muaythaiguy/MTG083.mp3" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/muaythaiguy/MTG083.mp3" target="_blank">Click Here</a> </strong></em>or on the podcast player at the top of the page to listen to <em>MTG 083: Strength and Conditioning Chat with TJ Lopez of AMP Athletes</em></div>
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To find out more about TJ on his website <span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" style="color: blue;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.athleticmovementprotocol.com" data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.athleticmovementprotocol.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.athleticmovementprotocol.com</a></span></div>
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Also make sure to check him out on <a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/stonecoldstevemoxon" href="https://www.facebook.com/stonecoldstevemoxon" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and to follow him on Twitter <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" style="color: blue;"><a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/AMP_Athlete" data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://twitter.com/AMP_Athlete" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">@AMP_Athlete</a></span></span></div>
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