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Hello fellow forum dwellers, I am trying to figure out how to make the most progress with a limited amount of time. Any feedback is welcome. My situation: I currently spend about 6 hours per week on Muay thai. Some weeks this drops to 3-4 hours, but I've been training 6 hours per week quite consistently for about 6 months now. Most weeks my schedule looks like this: Monday or Tuesday: 1 hour on the heavy bag Thursday: 2 hours on the heavy bag Saturday morning: 1 hour of technical instruction (1v1 trying out different techniques with a trainer correcting us, controlled class environment) Sunday: 2 hours on the heavy bag Warm up before heavy bag session: 5 minutes of skipping & 5 minutes of shadow (no particular focus during shadow) Equipment available at home: Heavy bag, skipping rope, running shoes Some limiting factors are: I live in Belgium, not Thailand. So I can't just go to a Muay thai gym any time of the day. (Only scheduled classes) With winter arriving, outdoor temperatures get to about freezing point every night, so indoor training is preferred. Goal & alterations to schedule My overall goal is to become more skilled in muay thai (fitness is a bonus). I want to improve my ability to fight, although I don't currently plan to participate in any actual fights. In order to improve, I am trying to free up 30 minutes every morning before work to train as well (on top of the schedule above). Some other changes / improvements I could make at the moment are: Replace heavy bag session on thursdays with a sparring class. I haven't attended yet, but trainer says students go at about 50-70% power (shin guards, 16oz gloves, no headgear). replace monday/tuesday heavy bag session with private sessions with a trainer My questions to you What does your schedule look like? What alterations would you make to my schedule? If you could free up half an hour every morning for training, what would you do? (run / skip / shadow box / ...) Is it useful to incorporate sparring for casuals/beginners? If so, how often should you do it? I appreciate all input from both hobbyists and actual fighters.

Thanks, awesome! I will definitely do my best to venture down there from Finland!

Haha cool! "My" gym (where I hardly did any training for the last few months, shame on me!) is Diamond Gym Würzburg. The one where he'll teach for at least a year is Fight Club Ludwigsburg. I already inquired about if it will be possible to get private lessons. They said yes and it would cost 60€ for an hour or 100€ for 2 hours which includes the teacher and the gym reserved for only you. I'm still thinking about how much training I should at least get in before doing this... I mean: I absolutely need to get back into training first! Wouldn't want to waste the time by being too exhausted early on and also I want to really learn from him without him having to waste too much time correcting the absolute basics that anyone could teach me....