Thai Boxers?

Question

What do Thai Boxers do to strengthen their shin bones, and how often do they have to do it?

Answer 1

Kicking bamboo? Sheesh!

Best way is what Flameboy said with the except that I would say a banana bag over a heavy bag. Most heavy bags sand sinks to the bottom and causes you to develop kicking much higher than needed.

A good strong banana bag (very large heavy bag, very long), start by kicking say 20 times each leg with Thai kicks. (Utilizing the blade of your shin). Start moving it up to 40 or 50 times, each time blasting it as hard as you can.

Starting out, do a session once every other day. This will help kill the nerve ending in your shins, as well as begin callouses and cause microfractures in your bones that will heal and cause the bone to become more dense and strong.

Soon you will find that you are able to kick the bag harder and harder.

Again, like flameboy said. No kicking solid objects, or doing any of the crazy stuff like hitting your shins with sticks or rolling bats on them.

Just good ol kicking heavy bags, or anything that is has some give but a solid base.

Don't have access to a heavy bag, or banana bag?

Use some seat cushions and tie them/nail them, whatever to a tree. (basically making a makeshit makiwara of sorts. Start kicking there.

Keep in mind not a huge tree, something slightly bigger than your own thigh, and use enough cushion that you never really feel the hard surface of the tree on your hardest kick.

That is just a ghetto backyard way to do it if you don't have access to a gym with a heavy bag or banana bag.

In my opinion a banana bag is the best.

Answer 2

Listen to Flameboy, he knows what he is talking about.

Repeatedly kick that heavy bag, the heavier the better. One of those horrible leather ones!!

Also kick thai pads, these are the best way to condition your shins

Answer 3

Thai boxers - IN Thailand - kick small banana trees - only because they are soft.

Do not kick anything solid
Do not hit your legs with anything hard
Do not roll baseball bats up and down your shins

If you want tougher shins - Kick the heavy bag at you local gym! ALOT and keep doing it ALOT!

Thats how it will happen!

Answer 4

Go out and get some thick bamboo sticks, tie them together and plant them into the ground firmly... and well kick the hell outta them.. thats how I was trained to do it, there may be other ways to do it but Bamboo works for me...
How often? Start out with a couple days a week. starting slow is the key and dont kick it as hard as you possibly can at first cause youll be destined to hurt something that way.

Answer 5

Flameboy covered it all.