Your recovery needs a plan just as much as your training does. “Recovery is not about doing less work; it’s about doing the right work. It is about creating the conditions that allow hard training to produce results.” That’s straight from Chapter 7 of my book, Fight Ready. Most fighters don’t need someone telling them to work harder. They’re already lifting, drilling, sparring, wrestling, and trying to fit conditioning into whatever time is left. The challenge is making all that work produce progress. You have to look at the entire week. A strength session might look great on paper, but if it consistently leaves you unable to perform in practice, you need to adjust how it fits into your preparation. Here are three things I want you to put into practice: 1. Plan recovery before you need it. Give sleep, meals, hydration, and easier training days a place in your schedule. Waiting until you’re completely run down makes it harder to stay consistent. 2. Track how you’re responding. Pay attention to sleep quality, soreness, motivation, and performance. Are your usual weights moving slower? Is your movement getting sloppy? Look for patterns across sessions instead of judging everything by one bad day. 3. Adjust with a purpose. When fatigue is building, review the workload. That might mean cutting accessory sets, shortening a conditioning session, or moving a demanding workout. Keep the goal of the session clear and protect the quality of your skill work. This is the process I break down in Fight Ready: The Combat Sports Performance Manual—how to assess what you need, develop strength and power, build conditioning, and organize recovery around the demands of your sport. I wrote it to give fighters and coaches a clearer understanding of what to do, why it matters, and when to adjust. Click link to pre-order physical copy or ebook and gain access to our live webinar December 6th Fight Ready | Daru Publishing

Hey @Phil Daru as a coach on the mentorship there use to be a full assessment protocol. Is there a copy anywhere (I can take a look at your fight ready transcript too and I may yet) I'm assessing someonecpreparing for something called a PARE test for Canadian police.

Here's a sample week 1 of phase 1 for new program FR 2.0 if you want full access shoot me a message.

I'm opening it up to you all first. Who are in need of complete training and nutrition oversight. With a direct understanding of what you need and how to attack it. Gain a full subscription with all new programs, training tools, exercise tutorials, macro tracker, food pantry and follow along workouts. Send me a direct message if you want in!

Quick announcement on updates for Daru Strong OS I'll be adding in around 75 new exercises to the database along with follow along warmups, and workouts for the subscription members. For those that have purchased Fight Ready 2.0 I'm also adding in structured warmup routines and exercise videos. We also will be adding a coaches series with nutrition, and mental performance. And 3 new programs.. 1) Athlete Ready 2) Hyrox Singles + Doubles 3) Speed School Reminder all who have purchased the fight ready physical and ebook version will be given access to our live webinar December 6th with a special announcement for all the attendees. If you have any questions on any of this feel free to message me! Thanks team