Bout Ready
Guides and tools
Plain-English strength and conditioning for fighters, from the team behind Bout Ready. Every guide links to the research it relies on, and says so when something is coaching practice rather than tested science.
Free tools
- Fight camp planner
Enter your fight date and see your camp laid out backwards from fight night: blocks, lighter weeks, taper, last heavy lift and weigh-in dates.
- Round conditioning calculator
Turn your fight format into work:rest ratios, the work pattern inside a round, rounds to simulate and a camp progression.
Guides
- How long should a fight camp be?
8-12 weeks, how to structure them, what to do with less time and what to do when the date moves.
- How to taper before a fight
Cut volume 40-60%, keep intensity, time your last heavy lift and plan fight week around the weigh-in.
- How to fit lifting and conditioning around sparring
Lift before or after sparring, same day or not, and a sample week built around your classes.
- Strength training for boxers
Why leg strength drives punch force, how often to lift and what to lift.
- MMA conditioning for 3 and 5 round fights
What a round really demands, why fighters gas out and how to build conditioning across camp.
- Strength training for BJJ
How often to lift around rolling, grip and knee work, and gi vs no-gi differences.
Cutting weight?
Bout Ready doesn't give weight-cut advice. Our sister app WeighCamp plans weight cuts for fighters.
About these guides
They're written by the team at ARX Algorithms, who make Bout Ready, and they're based on the same research review behind the app's coaching rules: every rule checked against peer-reviewed studies on PubMed. Most combat-sport research is on men and on amateurs, and we say where that matters. The guides are general information, not medical advice. If you're injured, unwell or have had a head knock, see a doctor or physio. Read our medical disclaimer.