Shin conditioning

[martino123]

Can anyone tell me good ways of conditioning my shins? I really don't have a clue how to

[FierySquidFace]

get a wooden dowel rod, and roll it up and down your shins. while you're watching tv or a movie is a good time for this.

[JAB]

Or just kick a heavybag!

[elliottn00]

Kick a heavy bag. Anything else and you risk injury to your shin bones. I also found shin block partner drills (with pads) help to get you used to the feel of the impact.

[WildWest.]

Kick a heavy bag dude.

[Garland]

Kick a heavy bag, run, do squats and burpees and other such exercises to develop the muscles in the crus as well as the thigh (not much you can do about the muscle "in front of the shin" tibialis anterior), though... but, these weight bearing exercises or the added stress of the calisthenics should increase bone density...

Drink your milk...eat some cheese, get your calcium and zinc up in there and avoid overloading on vitamin C. (some fat is good for absorption of calcium)

Rolling the shins *crunch crunch crunch* works on the same principle, creating little micro-breaks in the outer surface of the diaphysis along the apex of the tibia (in theory...a'la hand conditioning you see in other arts that do the whole makiwara or iron palm stuff and try and base it in Wolffe's law type science) and it also kills the nerves in that area.

...also, depending on your diet and over doing it...you can actually end up weakening or deforming your bones...which is not so good.

...so...in short...kick the thai pads, kick the heavy bag...do your road work, exercise your lower legs...eat a well balanced diet and make sure to get your needed vitamins and minerals (without over doing it...go for your RDA's not mega-dosing past your ULs) and get decent sleep.

That should be enough...unless you want to roll the dice.


TO do serious harm to yourself...please read below...I take no responsibility for any "advice" I may give (like rippy the razor says it's up the road not across the street):

(killing the nerves anywhere can also be accomplished by getting really liquored up and taking a hot washcloth, twisting it into a taught line and scrapping and chaffing the skin (and nerves) away...which only works if you get all the nerves and don't leave anything left to feel the pain of healing...this will disfigure you, leave horrible scars, and will be incredibly painful initially...and serves no real utility to anything practical...but it'll do the trick if you simply want the pain (and any general sensation) gone...also applying topical anesthetic type stuff...like lidocaine...will work too, albeit temporarily).

[Marksmarkou]

Alhough I agree that kicking the heavy bag is probably the best way to condtion them and sparring is a must so as to get the feel of shin blocking and low kicks, amethod which I used to use was to drop a towl in water, ring it so it is not dripping but damp, fold it into a ball and bang it on my shins all over for a bout 5 minutes each shin every other day. It helped a lot.

[tiger uppercut]

you dont see thais in thailand sitting in the corner using a wooden rod, but instead kicking a heavy bag for a long time.

[george stando]

whats totally missed here is that shin conditioning takes time, and to build it slowly involves all aspects from the thai pads to the various bags to working the blocks through shin pads into the actual fights. it works and has worked for a long time in thai boxing.

[tiger uppercut]

true you cant expect it to work over night