Conditioning For Kickboxing & Importance Of Low-Intensity Aerobic Training w/ Jon Mackey: Head Coach Ireland Kickboxing (SSOF Ep. 25)

Jon Mackey currently coaches the Ireland National Kickboxing team and has a wealth of experience in multiple sports, including being the Performance Director of Ireland Canoe.  He's gone down the rabbit hole of endurance training from his Master's studies and we dive into it all!  

Timestamps 

0:00 - Jon's background 

4:10 -  Jon's philosophy of conditioning for kickboxing 

15:27 - Is technical training enough to cover low-intensity conditioning? 

18:54 - How the 80/20 conditioning ratio changes 

20:40 - How much extra high-intensity conditioning can you do leading to a fight? 

22:48 - Does specificity matter for conditioning? 

25:08 - Can you do small blocks of aerobic conditioning? 

32:42 - Can you do too much low-intensity training? 

36:30 - How does a week schedule look blending technical & S&C? 

38:16 - Case study week schedule of a World Champion 

39:38 - Where does strength training fit? 

41:00 - How do the days look before and after a sparring day? 

43:08 - Constraints led approach to sparring 

53:00 - Mitochondrial development 

1:01:45 - Lactate pills the new endurance hack?  

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