Excerpt from Fight Ready · Built To Perform: Daru Strong

Excerpt from Fight Ready

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.

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Excerpt from Fight Ready