How to develop hard muay thai shins without long term injuries?
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You need to strengthen the muscles around your shins. Try jumping rope and kicking a heavy punching bag.
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I am school owner and the State champ in West virginia the best way to get a KO with out punching is to kick with the shin to the side of the head. and depending on the style of TKD you do if ur allowed to, try practicing a side kick reverse/spin side kick. thats when you trow a non scoring side kick to the sie or stomach then w/o putting ur foot down u jump up and throw a reverse or spin , what ever you wantto call it, with the other foot in mid air to the head. It will do just fine and it will look awsome for the ladies
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not sure of any specific site, but plug in a search for Muay Thai techniques to get you started. don't bother with that Karate crap.\n\nBest site as a resource is www.geoffthompson.com the guy is a real hard street fighter with good techniques and advice.
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Well the best thing you can do is use as much of your opponents tequnique against him through superior technique and by being fast, being a faster combatanant throughout any match will cause your opponent to wear himself out against himself, depending on how many years you've been fighting you will understand that this is all too true. If your opponent pushes you, pull him, don't push back, that is a waste of energy and is most likely the reaction that he/she wants, they come high, get low, they get low, move around, never fight yourself, do your best to avoid situations in heavy clinching where you are fighting entierly with strength, in most of these cases you can use a minimal amount of effort yet still foil your opponent. All of this just comes in time and slowly begins to feel natural. Also, a key point on conditioning, because if these matches are not immenent and you still have some time to train, think about what muscles you use while fighting, at the end of a hard day of wrestling, which muscles are tired and sore? find workouts that are dedicated to those muscles groups and pound the hell out of them until they are in mind condition and will not tire as easily, you cannot afford to have the muscles you need the most to fight crapping out of you in the middle of your fourth match, that is just unacceptable. I am not in wrestling, i am in judo, so still a grappling art and i respect wrestling, there are a lot of practical techniques. Hmm, now more advice that will help you. End your matches quickley obviously, attack immidietly, if you make your matches only last a minute each, that is only five minutes of fighting, which should hardly make you break a sweat. i have had tournaments of up to eight people where i have followed the basically the same advice i just gave you, which was given to me by others, such as my teachers and other judoka, and i literally have walked out of my gold metal match without breathing hard, while all of my opponents are shaking and having difficulty standing. Oh, and take up jogging, skipping, and cycling if you havn't done so, it won't seem to do much good but when you increase your cardio your recovery time increases drastically, when i train for tournament, i train by fighting twenty five two minute matches as hard as i can with a fifteen second break in between each match. I'm sure that in wrestling you must do similar excersises and such, i am just saying do them more often, my favorite way of training my body is through technique, i am not going to kick my opponents ass by out push-uping him. I'll stop talking now.
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You should ice them. Yeah and you should also do toe raisers. The cause may be runnning too much, you may need to change your shoes or rest your legs a little. It may also be because of your running form. If you heel strike you are more likely to develope shin splints. The pain? Rest up. Personally i think that you can run through them. They usually eventually go away. Oh yeah try to not run on hard surfaces like concrete. Run on grass or dirt roads. These surfaces absorb more shock.
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Rest. Sometimes taking it easy a day or two can help with recovery.\n\nApply ice if it gets very painful. This helps keep any inflamation down.\n \nPerform rehabilitation exercises (low-impact) regularly. Swimming and cycling are excellent activities for an individual with shin splints. Try to avoid excessive impact while recovering.\n\nWear shock absorbing insoles in shoes. This can prove helpful when getting back to a running routine if the shin splints still hurt.\n\nI know what you're going through...shin splints are a pain. x.x Hope these help.
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stand with your back against the wall, lift your toes up so that you are standing on your heels. hold for 2-3 seconds and repeat. Do this for 3-5 sets of 12 -15 reps. This is not an immediate cure, but will build the muscles in the front part of the shin and will reduce shin splints over time. Also remember to stretch thoroughly
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There is an exercize that you can do that may help. You need a towel and a chair. Sit in the chair, spread the towel out on the floor in front of you. Place your feet so that your heals are on the floor and your toes are on the towel. Use your toes to pull the towel so that it scrunches up under our arches.\nRepeat.\n\nThat may help work the muscles on the front of your shin.\n\nI've read that there are 3 main causes of shin splints.\nStress fracture of the tibia from overuse, the tibialis anterior pulling away from the bone, and soreness from exercize. This exercize will help if it's just soreness due to overwork, weakness, etc.\n\nThere are cases where the muscle becomes over developed and is constricted by the muscle sheath. That case requires surgery to correct. American Olympian Mary Decker had that surgery.
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Like I said in your other question, I recommend Jump Soles. Check them out at http://www.jumpusa.com/p14.htm\n\n============From the JumpSoles website===========\nJumpsoles are the world's most popular frontal training platforms which attach to your own shoes. By training with Jumpsoles you will build up important fast twitch muscle fibers in the lower leg. Jumpsoles will increase vertical jump 5 to 10 inches, and decrease time in the 40 yd dash by .2 seconds or your money back!  Comes complete with training manual and easy access DVD/CD-Rom.\n============From the JumpSoles website===========\n\nMy vertical increased from 28 inches to 33 inches in two months. I'm about 5'11'', almost 6 feet, and I can grab rim (can't dunk yet).\n\nDon't try and do something silly like tape some wooden block to your shoes to make some fake Jump Soles. That would be unstable and unsafe and you could potentially get injured. JumpSoles are completely stable, and they are weighted 2.5 pounds each to give you an extra workout. They are completely affordable, give them a try and I'm sure you will have some significant gains in your vertical. Myself and two friends have all tried the Jump Soles workout and we all experienced at least 5 inches in gains each. It's an 8 week workout, 2 days a week.\n\nI've also found that stretching every night helps out your vertical too.
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y'know what ?? you look the perfect type for executing single leg and double leg takedown type of offences.\n\nyou have the speed advantage, learn to turn and move fluidly on the ground,i've been wrestled helpless by a thin,lightweight guy at my gym.\n\nlisten,at the cost of sounding funny, you must take to conditioning and building your strength.I'll suggest the breathing exercises provided at http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Burns/lessons/lesson01.htm .Try ONLY the breathing exercises at first or you'll injure yourself.They'll strengthen you up like you'll not believe right now.\n\nRemember breathing alone has made many a weak men strong and many a sick men well.\n\nAlso,concentrate on tripping takedowns, they are relatively easier as the position of the leg coupled by an average sprawl can do wonders.\n\nGood Luck.
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Welcome to shin splints.\nSpend the money and get a good pair of running shoes that offer support.\n I like nubalance the best.\nGood luck.
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In basketball you need explosiveness on demand.  Try squatting like 135 lbs, put a milk crate, or a chair on the ground behind you so that when you drop your bottom down your thighs are perpendicular to the ground and your knees form a perfect 90 degree angle.  At this point your rear end should be just barely touching the chair.  In other words the chair should be placed almost just out of reach, it is to let you know when you have gone down far enough.  Once you have come in contact with the chair explode up as fast as possible.  Go slow on the way down then repeat.  Do 3 sets of 15 at the end of a moderate leg work out, or even after some time on the court.  The goal is not to lift a lot of weight using this technique, but to force your leg muscles to react quicker.  It will be a little uncomfortable the first few times you do it, but once you get the hang of it you will notice you are able to respond on the court better.  Do not do this more then 2 times per week, and put several day in between.  Another good work out is deep squats, which are self explanatory.  Just remember don't go crazy heavy, this technique should be used to develop muscular range of motion.
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rest elevate ice. i deal with this day in day out. massage is great what i get my clients to do is get a golf ball and roll it down the leg next to the shin. it breaks up the scar tissue there. i would suggest to stop running until u get it better. it wont go away on its own
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Firstly a suitable training plan needs to be organised, incorparating flexibility, cardiovascular and strength training.  Primarily 3-4 times a week, 45mins to 1 hour should do the job. Try to give yourself rest days between sessions to let the muscles recover and strengthen this will increase results aswell as reducing the risk of injuries.  A quality, regulated and progressive training routine linked with a good all-round diet (eat slowly till you are full) will lead to results in 4-8 weeks.  If in doubt ask at your local gym or fitness center, or buying a sports or fitness magazine is always a good step, \nMost importantly have fun.
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Stand on a stair with the ball of your foot on the first step.  Let your heel fall down below the step then squeeze your calf muscle to raise it above the step.  Work the calf muscle till it is sore. Rinse, repeat every other night.\n\nOn the off nights, watch tv while standing on the sides of your feet.  Its kinda like standing on your pinkie toe.  raise and lower your body by the ankles while standing this way till the sides of your shins ache. Rinse and repeat.
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A new pair of shoes will NOT solve the problem.  Shin splints are actually where the muscle connects tothe bone on the front side of the leg.  There are exercises to help or you can continue to run and they will eventually go away.  Here are the exercises I have found work.\n\nWalking on your tip toes.  You can do this in spurts or just do heel raises.\n\nAlso, this is one that was given to me by a doctor. - Take a weight and line tie the weight to the line and tie the other end to the tip of your shoe, allow the weight to dangle and do toe raises with the weight attached. \n\nThere is no quick fix for shin splints.  It will take time but they will eventually go away.\n\nHope this helps.
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A simple question and a simple answer. Attempt to be a gymnast, go find a coach learn it, attempting itself will make you reach somewhere. Like when i started Bodybuilding, i target was Arnold Schwarzenegger, though he is too big,(he was better when younger, leaner and better shape, later he become fat-like thing) My goal was Arnold, but i reach somewhere close to Fashion Models.\n\nTry all the gymnastic exercises!!!!!\n\nBut if you specifically want to do the Splits, than get ready for some japanese exercise.\n\nWear a tight undie when doing this, or the elbow(crotch-guard), should be tight, or else you might end up with testicle-related problems, but nothing harmful. Relax you will remain potent.\n\nExercise 1: Sit with your butt on the ground with your feet inwards, near the butt, and gradually try to touch the heels to the butt and slowly try to bring your knees to the ground, simultaneously try to touch your chin, nose or forehead to your toe-thumbs, gradually dont go fast. Try flapping the knees like a butterfly while touching it to the ground. Do this whole thing for 5-6 minutes, then try and spliting gradually while holding something, dont crunch down flat, you might get hurt and that'd scare you from splits for a year. Simply go slow.\nAnd never do it in the morning, or when you have just woke up, do it in the afternoon or sometime when you are completely awake, and warmed up, do it after some jogging or workout, Dont do it when your legs are tired, they should be warm but relaxed.\n\nExercise 2: Try touching the ground standing with straight legs, do not bend the knees, bend from the spine\n\nAnd stop doing leg curls, if u are, dont do any exercise that builds your hamstrings, at least until your flexible enough to do splits, later on go for hamstrings. Try leg extensions instead that'd help in keep the legs straight.\n\nIf any pain, immediately conslut a physician, dont thing 'its nothing'.\n\nThe Origin of this Exercise is from Kyo Kushun Kai Karate, its the toughest kind of Karate, its meant to kick higher.