Why Going Hard in January Guarantees You'll Quit

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Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance

Don Heatrick

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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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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

Sports

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Why Going Hard in January Guarantees You'll Quit

Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance

10 minutes 47 seconds

2 weeks ago

Why Going Hard in January Guarantees You'll Quit

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KEY MOMENTS

Follow along using these quick timestamps:

00:00 Why Going Hard Guarantees You'll Quit

00:52 The January Pattern (Week by Week)

01:54 The Latent Period: Your Crash Is Already Scheduled

02:26 Restarter vs. Optimizer: Both Face the Same Trap

03:46 Why Training Everything at Once Backfires

04:53 Fatigue Is Not Progress

06:22 Breaking the Habit Loop Before It Forms

08:15 What Actually Works (Frequency Over Intensity)

👉 Missed the other videos in the "Fighter Progression Series? Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi53KczxEDu6zKqKPZDPIqVltqe1drOXQ

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🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2025/12/26/return-to-training-why-going-hard-guarantees-failure/