Topic Posted October 27, 2003 Author Posted October 27, 2003 When i punch theyre pretty tigh, i try to keep my fist as compact possible.
Bretty101 Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 Try putting your thumb inside your fist!! Just kidding! Try getting some gloves where the thumb is stitched to the rest of your mit, try some lightweight boxing gloves. Try and avoid punching peoples elbows, mind you i seem to have the same problem catching peoples cheek bones. Amputation?! Bretty (helpful as ever)
thenakedpage Posted November 20, 2003 Posted November 20, 2003 If your thumbs are too weak, or are subject to dislocation at the slightest provocation, don't try this... Thumb pushups. Assume the normal push up position, but with your knees on the floor. Make sure your fists are closed, but your thumb is sticking out. Do a push up, making sure that your thumbs are bearing a little of the workload. Do 10. Do this each day until you are able to add 5 more comfortably. The next day, start again at 10, but take your pinkie out of the equation. Roll your knuckles so that the pinkie bears none of your bodyweight. Again, do this until you can comfortably add another 5. Then keep taking each successive knuckle out of the equation until you can do push ups on your thumbs alone. Once you have acheived this, it's then time to take your knees off the floor and start at the beginning. Oh, and do them slowly. Just make sure to overcompensate for these slow pushups by doing 100 normal fast ones.
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