Training at the gym seems only semi-structured, with rough guidelines on what happens when. Every practice, morning or afternoon, runs pretty much the same.
1. 6-12km run
2. 200 skip knees on the bag
3. Wrap hands and shadow box
4. Rounds on the Bag
5. 5 rounds with a trainer
6. More rounds on the bag or "Technique"/light timing sparring
7. Clinch
8. Calisthenics and stretching
The biggest variation happens in steps 4-6. Some days I'll get 7-9 rounds on the bag plus the pad rounds and no "Technique" drilling, other days I'll get 1-2 bag rounds before working pads and then going straight into the "Technique" portion of the training, and other days it'll be pretty even 5-5-5. Each round is 5 minutes with 1 minute break in between. At the end of each round they ring the bell for about 15 seconds which the trainers usually use as a sprinting round for non-stop kicks or punches. Not every thai fighter in the gym gets time on the pads. It seems they rotate which ones they are focusing on building up, while the others will get their repetition in, but don't have the huge strain of being pushed by a pad holder everyday. Overall it works out to about 1.5 hours of rounds before going into clinching work.
Here is a video of one of the rounds. You can see the older guy in the ring wearing red shorts getting worked really hard. He's prepping for a fight in Lumpini this Friday (stay tuned for footage). Watching the older man coach the really young boy is interesting because he actually teaches a style of muay thai which is about 20-40 years older than what is currently practiced. Its interesting to work with him and basically get a peak into the history of Muay Thai. And now for your viewing pleasure:
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