Well, I am going to be starting a muy thai class here soon, pretty regularly and my shins appear to be extra sensitive at the moment. Anyone have any good ways to get them toughening up quick?
I had heard that roling a bottle in a towel or something works well in the beginning?
it wont happen quick…
If it’s a good MT school they’ll tell you what to do. You probably won’t be going shin to shin all the time without shin guards.
Hmmm, well you guys aren’t being very helpful, which means I may have to challenge your mothers to a match or two just to teach you a lesson.
Let me try this again 
I know my shins won’t get tough over night, and I also know that the school itself will have some ideas, BUT, I got on this forum so that at times, when I had martial questions I would be able to discuss them with other martial artsits…so, that said…
HOW DO I MAKE MY FUC[size=2]K[/size]ING SHINS TOUGHER!!!
HOW DO I MAKE MY ****ING SHINS TOUGHER!!!
You can start by stopping being such a pus$y.
I can hook you up with some top-quality Dit Dao Jow if you come to Chicago.
Also, I recall that I smashed my shins several times during sparring, and that after a while, they toughen up some. But try not to clash too much. Just 'cause it’s Muy Thai doesn’t mean you have to train like that stud in “Kickboxer”
I like using a wooden dowel, about 18" long and 1 1/4" diameter. Start by lightly banging with the stick up and down the shin. Don’t forget the inside bone - for me that’s the most sensitive. When you’ve had enough of that, then use the stick to rub the lumps out. If you have Dit Da Jow, definitely use it. You should be able to increase the intensity over the course of a few weeks. Good luck.
That’s it MightyB!!! Your mom is mine!!! She is going down!!!
LOL! @ Fa_jing! I wont be kicking trees or rocks for a while anyway! My shins tend to be more sensitive then most I think. My forearms were the same way until I took up wingchun, now they seem to be more durable anyway!
Actually I may be swinging through chicago here soon, I may have to look you up!
Ooooo, ooooo my wittle shins are sooooo sensitive, what ever should I do?
Do what we real men do! Kick bannana trees, you big wuss.
ROFL@ Rogue, hey no problem, oh wait, only one actually, I live in the arctic north!!! No banana trees here…
I use to roll coca-cola bottles, those olden day coke bottles on my sheens. They had those ribs that bite into your sheens.
Apart from that, give it a few knockings a day, but warm her up slow. If you go hard too quick, you wont be able to walk properly for days to come.
Good luck, and remember, SLOW !!!
Di da jow helps. Bottle wrapped in towel and chopsticks, and eskrima sticks, brick walls, etc, are all second to actually smacking your shins vs other shins and bearing the pain.
More thai rounds is what you need.
Originally posted by red5angel
ROFL@ Rogue, hey no problem, oh wait, only one actually, I live in the arctic north!!! No banana trees here…
So use a fucking pine tree, you pussy!
I had heard that roling a bottle in a towel or something works well in the beginning?
It’s just a legend 
. Kick your way around the bags from lightest to heaviest over and over again. Kicking tightly bound clumps of PVC pipe does wonders too…simulates the feeling of a shin clash quite nicely without doing all the damage.
Other than that time and a few embarrassing falls to the floor when your leg won’t support you after a clash is all it takes.
Good luck!
Hi everyone,
I’ve found a few good ways to condition your shins.
a) Get a job as a painter. Don’t work below twenty feet and move the ladders yourself. Since you’ll end up using your shins to brace the ladder, you’ll have stronger shins pretty soon. Unfortunately, if you work for ten or more hours a day, you’ll get some pretty bad bruises.
b) A better and more controlled way is (at least, the wing chun way) with a wooden dummy. Just practice the basic leg conditioning drill (I think it’s jut, tan, pak gurk). However, on the first strike where you would normally use the Achille’s tendon, slowly turn your leg so you’re striking closer and closer to the shin. This method allows you to more precisely guage the amount of conditioning you get. It takes time, and like the forearms, jow helps during the conditioning time. And you may have the pesky problem of having to buy a $700 dummy.
he does sound like a wuss, doesn’t he?
Just kick the bag. Kick the bottom of it, it tends to be harder. just like anything else, there really are no shortcuts to getting it quick - just grin and bare it.
Are you still doing WC, or did you stop altogether?
Shins tend to be sensitive,that´s why they are some of the major targets in self-defense education and martial arts…
They just cannot take it.
This is a point that you might like to take into account when training,be careful and calculating rather than tough and damaged.
I found that from my skateboarding days years ago that after slamming a skateboard into my shins numerous times has made mine very tough. I suggest the same it’s a fun way to toughen them.
Lightly tap your shins against something, like the wooden dummy
or the dummy’s leg. Do it a lot, but do it lightly. Some bruising may
occur, but after some time, you stop bruising, then it stops hurting
as much, then you add more force and repeat as needed. You
don’t want to start banging away really hard at first because this
can cause microfractures (those are bad).
the moronic things you se on the internet..
As Seven Star correctly stated. repeated kicking of the heavy bag is the only legitamite answer.
Don’t Tap your shins with wooden sticks or agains wooden dummies!!
you kids…
Here buddy, dug this up for you from my Brooks Miller a Muay Thai instructor in Virginia.
Conditioning the Shins
I’ve decided to do a short post on shin conditioning, as this topic keeps rearing its ugly head (over and over and over…)
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Kick the Heavy Bag and/or Thai pads. You should kick over 100x’s each day. I recommend 500x’s, or around that figure.
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Stop every so often and massage the shins vigourously to get the blood flowing back into them. This promotes faster healing of the bruised flesh and any damage to the bone.
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Do not “tap” or “beat” your shins with sticks, boards, bottles, etc. This causes bruises, knots, etc to form on the shin. These painful little areas may stick with you for quite some time. My BJJ instructor has had a shin injury last for over a year b/c of improper shin conditioning.
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Optional exercise: find a cylindrical object such as a rolling pin or bottle, and roll it lightly up and down the full length of the shin. Do this for at least 20 min’s per shin.
There has been mention of the popular myth that in old age, Thai boxers shins become soft. Believe me, this is NOT TRUE! I have spoken with many older, retired Thai boxers, none of them have experienced any detrimental health issues concerning the conditioning of their shins and legs. I also s/w a medical professional, and to the best of that person’s knowledge, the only likely explanation would be if someone had osteo-perosis (sp?), where the body leaches calcium from the bones when there is not enough in the diet. (Thailand is still in many ways a third world nation)
As a note, I have not tried our friend Fu, Ren-Li’s shin/muscle conditioning exercises. My knowledge of internal training methods is a few steps below the novice level, but one of SuriyaSak’s Muay Thai instructors is also an internalist, and one of his instructors in Internals was once a Thai boxer in Thailand. They have backed up Fu, Ren-Li’s statements to date, so I’ll not argue.
Posted to Usenet’s rec.martial-arts Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:07:22 GMT
I always forget something…
When you start kicking the bag, start kicking lightly at first. Gradually increase the power so that you are kicking full power around your 30th kick.
Don’t forget to stop every so often to massage your shins! You might also like to invest in Boxing Liniment (basically it’s Ben Gay). Massage your shins with that before and after you kick, if available.
Posted to Usenet’s rec.martial-arts Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:19:54 GMT
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Khun Kao Charuad
SuriyaSak Muay Thai at USDC