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My shins. They are fucked. Anonymous
Sup /fit/, I do kickboxing, and had a sparring session today. Within my first few fights my shins were in a sorry state - from blocking kicks, and from landing my own. They were so bruised I threw a kick, the guy blocked it with his elbow, and I dropped out. I'm not even a pussy. (THEN they tell me there are some spare shin pads...)

Anyway, feeling my shins for damage, the part I'm blocking with is ALL bone. Skin, then bone. No muscle. Have a feel, you're probably the same. Is there any way to build muscle over your shin bone? And what's best for conditioning the bone?

TL;DR Muscle over shins, and shin condition. Methods and ideas for both.
>> Anonymous
Don't block with the bone. Block with the meatier part of your shin.
>> Anonymous
Learn to delete.
>> op !xSh1lvRXQI
>>31249
What meaty part? That's my point, it's all fucking bone. There's a bit of muscle on the outside, you want my to bring my leg across like a 12 year old trying to stop his balls getting hit like a football?
>> op !xSh1lvRXQI
>>31277
Both feet at the same time? Or one at a time?
>> Anonymous
>>31280
both
>> Anonymous
OP, pretty much you'll just have to kick shit until the bone hardens more and the nerves die. They kick bamboo is Thailand apparently but I have also heard of more ways to condition/kill the nerves but I can't remember at this time. Regardless, it's all fucking painful.
>> op !xSh1lvRXQI
>>31288
Yes, it fucking is. A sadly I got fuck all to show for it - no beasty bruises cus it's bone.
>> Anonymous
I thought fighters did things to their shins to improve the density of bone through stress conditioning. Like...hitting it every day for 10 minutes with a heavy pad. the micro fractures heal up and your bones are denser so they'll eventually be okay. The trick is maybe just making sure they heal up completely before going at it again?
>> scarfag !VLy5rQh4oU
>>31245
op, similar to how you damage muscles and they grow back stronger, when you damage your bones (not severely, though, mind you) by doing things such as you're doing, they will grow back "stronger". if you keep training but don't overdo it, your shins will become "harder" or "stronger."
>> Anonymous
Boxing in general will reduce your ability to feel pain in your skin.
You just kill off your nerves.
Not nice, but that's the cost of being a fighter.
>> Anonymous
Another common problem: Bone fatigue fracture.
The shins are especially endangered.
Basically like this: You damage your bone repeatedly over a period of time, thus weaken it and it finally cracks.
>> Anonymous
Nerves are fucking overrated. I'd rather get hit a hundred times at .5% force than a good 60% hit on spots that we condition. That big nerve on the inside of your thigh, elbow that about fifty times and you'll feel like a better man and appreciate life more, lol.