ok so im doing mma and im just wondering how any of you harden your shins cause i feel my shins are weak. i can grapple im stronger than most people my weight(75kg) but i think i need to learn to harden my shins for kicks. i have all the time in the world i dont have a job so mayve something that takes up a little time.
i need to harden them they are weak
2007-12-03 14:39:42 · 15 answers · asked by the heat 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
thanks everybody cool thats good just kick the bag all the time? thats good i can work that.
i see people saying dont hit hard things but also i see people saying you can use hard objects.
my friend says he uses a rolling pin and herbal spray and it deadens the nerves!! wondering if that is possible? kicking the bags sounds good tho i will get used to it. some good answers everybod thanks
2007-12-04 04:26:12 · update #1
Gradually work up to 500kicks each leg every day on a bag, no short way around it, it works.
2007-12-03 14:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by Riki3 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Conditioning exercises have been the staple of many "hard" arts for centuries because IT WORKS!
You can absolutely strike hard objects with your shins. You absolutely do NOT start out blasting the hard objects. Light tapping on a pole or such and increase the intensity when you feel you can. I do blast the heavy bag all the time and that is the best start to your shin conditioning program.
I do the rolling pin up and down my shins and over the top of my foot to help desensitize those areas as well. And I periodically strike my shins with a baseball bat on my breaks at work to make my body adapt.
If you refuse to condition your shins in that manner you can build up the shin muscles (or in addition to the above). One of the best ways is to place a dumbell between your feet. Stand on a sturdy box (hold onto something for balance) with just your heels on it and do toe raises. Your shins will burn!
Good luck and train hard!
2007-12-06 09:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by RJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your tolerance for the pain will grow over time. If you are training MMA, most of your kicks will be inside and outside leg kicks.....they don't hurt your shin at all. Head kicks and blocked kicks hurt a little bit. If you are blocking kicks with your legs a great technique is to turn your toes outward and with your knee bent deflect the incoming kick out rather than blocking it straight on with your shin. It doesn't hurt too bad unless you miss.
There really is no way to "harden" your shins. You simply get used to pain......and if you are training MMA, you will become very familiar with pain, it just becomes a way of life.
2007-12-03 17:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Tom P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take an old Coke bottle, the kind with the ridges and start rolling it over your shins several times a day. After several weeks you should be able to press harder down on the bottle as you do this. You can also start kicking the sides of door jambs gently and as they get stronger and the nerves deaden more kick the door jambs harder. Along with this using alternate heat and ice applications will all help to harden them and deaden the nerves.
2007-12-03 23:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by samuraiwarrior_98 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi there! So as far as abs, elbows and knuckles I cannot help you. But for shins, if you have senstive shins, my master use to provide me with multiple things to help numb the nerves in my shin: Another shin to practice with A tree A roller (you can use anything, just as long as it rolls up and down your shins, which will hurt.) Hope I helped some what.
2016-04-07 07:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you do, don't kick trees like trees where you live. Muay Thai fighters kicks trees but thoose are banana trees. It's much more softer and the surface is smooth. Average trees gives you cuts, splinters, etc. and it's not good for you. You can hit your shin using stuff like dumbells, which might make you look like some sort of psycho so I wouldn't suggest doing in front of somebody. You can also kick steel polls, or heavy bags bunch of times.
2007-12-04 02:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by Reaper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will come with time... your shins do get harder, and you become more tolerent to the pain... my shins were hardened in TKD (many years ago believe it or not.. when a hard kick, met a hard block, apparently very few schools teach this way) and the outside bone in my arm was "hardened" as well.. but if you keep kicking bags or Thai pads, you will soon feel like your shin is a weapon... but if your shin meets a knee... it never feels good... good luck
2007-12-03 18:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kick the heavy bag and I also advise you to learn how to kick with the heel.
Heel kicks to the kneecaps can more easily break someone's knee then trying to low roundhouse kick it, which will only cause it to buckle.
Don't go kicking trees now like one member of the forum here was going to try. Those are banana trees they kick over in Thailand.. not oak or maple.
2007-12-03 14:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the first answer.kick anything hard and let shins rest then do it again.what happens when u do that is ur bone will develope tiny cracks from the abuse and during the down time will begin to fill with calcium making ur bones harder and stronger.i found that out from a sports medicine trainer at my gym.
2007-12-04 16:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by h town 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kick the heavy bag hundreds of times, for a long period (months-years)
DO NOT roll things onto your shins.
DO NOT kick heavy objects.
2007-12-03 18:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Frank the tank 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
kicking hard objects can lead to injuries and arthritis. As other people said, I recommend kicking a heavy bag.
2007-12-03 15:30:28 · answer #11 · answered by BruceNasty 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋