Should you flex your core when doing Muay Thai?
Christiane Lucas
2025-10-24 15:12:00
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You must produce force with larger muscle groups that won’t prematurely fatigue.
To this end, it’s predominantly your back that must be activated when you clinch.
Control your elbows with your back, hook onto your opponent with your wrists and flex your spine (compressing you ribs) with an active core and your clinch efficiency will sky-rocket.
When it comes to combining an active core and controlling elbows with your back, stirring the pot is my go-to exercise.
In the following video I demonstrate both the standard ‘circles’ version and also the tricky ‘figure-of-8 version’ too.
My favourite training methods to develop hooks of steel are false-grip and clinch-grip hangs, chin ups and rows.
I demonstrate all of these in the following video, and also add a ‘pike’ version of the chin-up to increase the demand on the core and hip flexors — amping up the clinch specificity even further.
Hélène Lebon
2025-10-24 14:42:01
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To improve your balance, work on your core strength.
Your core is your entire midsection – front, sides and back.
The core is what holds you upright and stabilizes your body.
If you had poor core strength, your body would wiggle and twist about as if you were on a single leg.
Once you have achieved better balance, you will be able to transfer your core strength into… well, everything.
The hips help you drive the movement and increase torque.
This is why turning your hips over produces a much more powerful kick.
While there is a bit of flexibility involved, a lot of it still boils down to – you guessed it – core strength.
Some of the core’s deeper muscles lie in and around the hips.
The core helps to transfer force with each movement, meaning that you will be able to kick and puncher harder.
With a stronger core, those shots won’t reach “as deep” as they do, meaning a simple flex will usually be enough to protect the softer parts within you.
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