For anyone thats kickboxed...

[Kayo]

What did you guys do for shin conditioning outside of the gym? I've heard people use rolling pins but ive also heard thats one of the worst possible things you can do too since it apparently ****s up the nerves in your leg.

[TheWolf]

Hitting your shin with hard objects seemed like a good idea, until they told me that can cause minute fractures in your shin.

Rolling pin is also bad for you.



I remember that besides kicking the bag and mits, that outside the gym I got on my bed face first, and pulled up and down towards myself on the corner of my bed using my feet. The muscle that runs directly up and down your shin would burn after a good amount of reps.

This built up that muscle in the front, and I felt that it helped me hit the bag without wanting to die.

It also improved the spring in your step.


Its really hard to work on your shins. But it is a great striking style.

I ended up quitting kick boxing, but you shouldnt.

[mofo2]

I just kicked a hard bag everynight.....the rolling pin **** is just bollocks,I trained for 12 years and never knew anybody that used that method.I found that your shins just toughened with leg sparring and bagwork although one of the lads used to kick his bedpost.....I tried and it just made me sore all the time,just keep doing what your doing and they toughen naturally.But when they do,don't let your training slip or you end up virtually back to where you started...if you know what I mean.

[Ringo]

The problem with the "rolling pin" theory and the "**** yourself in the shins until you cry like a girl" theory is that whatever you use to condition your shins only has a surface area of about 1 to 1.5 inches wherever it touches. The better thing to do is learn to kick properly (because kickboxing kicks are vastly different than other martial kicks) and get something like a makiwara board. They have a pad but no give. It will train you to put the right snap on your kick while toughing up the MUSCLES around your shins instead of deadening the bone nerves.

[mofo2]

The problem with the "rolling pin" theory and the "**** yourself in the shins until you cry like a girl" theory is that whatever you use to condition your shins only has a surface area of about 1 to 1.5 inches wherever it touches. The better thing to do is learn to kick properly (because kickboxing kicks are vastly different than other martial kicks) and get something like a makiwara board. They have a pad but no give. It will train you to put the right snap on your kick while toughing up the MUSCLES around your shins instead of deadening the bone nerves.

WORD................

[Kayo]

i know in Thailand people kick tree's but i dont think i could work myself to go out and kick a tree in public..

[skilgannon]

dont kick anything harder than your shin (besides bag) everything else can cause damage. all those methods are ******. just kick the pads/bag and drill, sparring with the kicks and you should be fine. realistically, the hardest thing you will kikc is human bone. you are not kicking wood or trees or metal poles. the guys in thailand only kick banana trees cause those are soft like punching bags. nowadays, nobody kicks trees anymore cause there are heavy bags now. the people kicked trees only because they couldn't afford/have bags to kick

[TheWolf]

The problem with the "rolling pin" theory and the "**** yourself in the shins until you cry like a girl" theory is that whatever you use to condition your shins only has a surface area of about 1 to 1.5 inches wherever it touches. The better thing to do is learn to kick properly (because kickboxing kicks are vastly different than other martial kicks) and get something like a makiwara board. They have a pad but no give. It will train you to put the right snap on your kick while toughing up the MUSCLES around your shins instead of deadening the bone nerves.

Precisely.


Its about strengthening the muscle and it is very hard to do.

[leff]

just kick the bag it, your shins will adapt over time

[Kayo]

Alright thanks for all the responses guys, greatly appreciated