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- Boxing Timer12 × 3:00 / 1:00Championship distance, and the ceiling the Nevada statute puts on a contest: twelve rounds of three minutes, sixty seconds between.Nevada Legislature
- Amateur Boxing Timer3 × 3:00 / 1:00The whole Elite and U19 bout under World Boxing rules: three rounds, three minutes each, one minute between.World Boxing
- 2-Minute Boxing Timer3 × 2:00 / 1:00The U17 bout under the same rules: the round drops to two minutes and the rest stays a whole one.World Boxing
- MMA Timer3 × 5:00 / 1:00Five-minute rounds and a one-minute rest are the Unified Rules; the three is what promoters card, not what the rules fix.Association of Boxing Commissions
- Muay Thai Timer5 × 3:00 / 2:00LoadedFive rounds of three minutes, two for women, with the two-minute rest WBC Muaythai keeps and no boxing code has.WBC Muaythai
- Wrestling Timer3 × 2:00 / 0:30Three two-minute periods, the US high school match as Oklahoma’s state manual writes it; the thirty seconds between are ours.Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association
What a simulated Muay Thai match asked of the body
In a 2009 study, 10 Muay Thai athletes fought a simulated match wearing a portable gas analyser. Their oxygen uptake and heart rate stayed above the anaerobic threshold for the whole match. The anaerobic system surged in the first round, and from then on the aerobic system carried more and more of the work.
The authors concluded that Muay Thai leans hard on both energy systems, and that training should build each of them. The sessions below mix steady pad rounds with short, fast bursts for that reason.
This format suits anyone who trains kicks, knees, elbows and the clinch, whether or not they plan to fight.
The protocol
5 rounds of 3 minutes with 2 minutes of rest. In women’s bouts the round is 2 minutes and the rest is still 2.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021
IFMA, the international federation, runs senior and U23 bouts over 3 rounds of 3 minutes with 1 minute of rest. Change Rounds and Rest in Edit intervals to train that shape.
Before the first round comes the Wai Kru, a ritual of homage. IFMA allows it up to 2 minutes in preliminary contests, so set Get ready to 2:00 to rehearse it.
This timer rings a bell as each round starts and ends, warns ten seconds before each round ends, has a fullscreen key, and keeps the screen awake where the browser allows; it is free and needs no account. Keep this tab in front, because a browser may pause the sound of a tab you cannot see.
Sessions to try
These are our suggestions. Where one follows a published source, that source is cited under it.
- Pad rounds
5 rounds of 3:00 on the pads with 2:00 between. Finish every combination with a kick or a knee.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021
- Clinch
3 rounds of clinch work with a partner, then 2 rounds of knees on the bag.
- Kick bursts
5 rounds on the bag. In each one, 20 seconds of fast round kicks, then 40 seconds of steady technique, three times through.
- Fight rehearsal
Get ready at 2:00 for the Wai Kru, then 5 full rounds at fight pace. Run a corner routine in every rest.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021International Federation of Muaythai AssociationsRules and Regulations for International Competition, revised 30 August 2020
Common mistakes
Training on boxing rests. Four rests of 1 minute give you half the recovery of four rests of 2, so your fifth round feels nothing like a real one.
Throwing light strikes to rack up numbers. Under WBC rules, a strike with no body weight behind it does not score.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021
Spending everything in round 1. The lab study saw the big anaerobic surge early. Pace it so you still have kicks in round 5.
Wasting the 2-minute rest. Sit down, slow your breathing, drink, and take one instruction from your corner.
Questions
How long is a Muay Thai round?
3 minutes under WBC Muaythai rules, with 2 minutes of rest, and 2-minute rounds for women. IFMA bouts use 3-minute rounds with 1 minute of rest.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021International Federation of Muaythai AssociationsRules and Regulations for International Competition, revised 30 August 2020
How many rounds are in a Muay Thai fight?
5 under WBC Muaythai rules. IFMA’s senior and U23 bouts are 3.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021International Federation of Muaythai AssociationsRules and Regulations for International Competition, revised 30 August 2020
Can I use a boxing timer for Muay Thai?
Yes, once you give it the 2 minutes of rest WBC Muaythai rules allow. A boxing corner is 1 minute. In Edit intervals, set Rest to 2:00 and leave Work at 3:00.
WBC MuaythaiRules and Regulations for Muaythai Competitions, 2021
Six palettes, and a phase keeps its meaning in all of them
The same four grounds, drawn six ways. Each is solved so that get ready, work, rest and done stay apart, and so the clock stays readable from across a gym. Pick one and the whole page turns with it; this browser remembers the choice.
The app
The same clock, in your pocket
Bursta is being finished for phones. Android comes first and iPhone after it. It is the timer you have above, built as an app: the same reading of the wall clock every frame, so a locked screen, a phone call or a backgrounded app does not make it drift.
It keeps sounding with the screen off
The bell lands with the phone locked in your bag and your music still playing. A page in a tab cannot do that.
Your own workouts, and a record of them
A builder, a library you name and reorder, a history that fills itself in, and a calendar with repeats and reminders.
Made to be read while you are breathing hard
Six palettes, five text sizes, and the phase in the colour of the whole screen. English and Ukrainian.
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