Would Muay Thai training burn fat and substitute a workout at the gym? ?

So instead of going to the Gym I would go to Muay Thai training instead a couple of times a week.





Any Muay Thai fighters/practitioners out there?|||Yes muay thai does burn fat. But It really deends on what you ar doing at the gym. If your going there, not really to gain any muscles but just to lose some weight and be healthy, then yes I would say go to muay thai. But if your going to the gym to build up muscle and get bigger and stronger than I would just stick to the gym and go to muay thai only once a week.|||i don%26#039;t do muay thai training, but i%26#039;ve had some other combat sport training and there are a couple of points i%26#039;d have to make. first, there%26#039;s not really any kind of substitute for lifting weights. it is it%26#039;s own workout and it develop muscles that can%26#039;t be developed otherwise. second, weight lifting will increase your size, but only increase your strength to a degree. real strength comes from a combination of weight training, as well as plyometrics, cardio workouts, etc. so all in all, yes muay thai will burn some fat, but it will not substitute a gym workout|||Of course it would burn fat.


any martial art where you are actually practicing your techniques will be a good workout.





as for a substitute for the gym; It depends on if you go to the gym to build lots of muscle or to lose weight.


Muscle, you wont get as big in muay thai, not to say it doesnt make you stronger.


but for losing weight it would do fine.|||Yes, but have some variety, take a two week break every 12 weeks and do something else temporarily to recuperate.