is conditioning bad for your health?

[ZeRo]

im mostly worryed about not being able to move my hands or walk.

[rb]

Please do not punch walls, concrete, or try to embed metal shavings into your hands. This is not iron palm training. Iron palm training takes years to build up and must be done in a systematic way.

[BKJ1216]

I just want to toughen my hands up.

[chh]

I'd recommend against punching concrete walls for any purpose! If you strike with any power at all I can only imagine what that's doing to your wrist, elbow and shoulder joints. I train on the makiwara and understand that many people believe there are serious risks there as well, but at least a makiwara gives when you strike, so that impact doesn't jar all the way up your arm. Toughening your hands or anything else takes time, and you can do a lot of damage to yourself, you really need guidance for this.

[BKJ1216]

Yeah I'm gunna buy a punching bag.

[Mayur]

First do knuckle push ups with only the knuckles of your middle finger and forefinger, continue doing this for about 2 months, then work on the heavy bag, first use 70% sand and 30% sawdust [wood] then gradually go to all sand, for even more methods I'd suggest an instructor, before battering yourself in a concrete wall

 

|Mayur|

[hermanchauw]

I have a friend who's a physiotherapist and also had done chi kung before. He said that doing bone toughening conditioning has no adverse effects on our bones like brittle bones and the sort of stuff. but i don't know how true is that.

[omnifinite]

Bones get harder via calcification. Calcification results in added brittleness. That's my understanding of the process... but I could be wrong.

[Mayur]

Why don't we stick with facts instead of science?

 

Science bores me

 

Facts are many martial artists including my own school have been conditioning for ages and they don't have any problems

 

|Mayur|

[ninjanurse]

Weight bearing exercise actually helps to build stronger bones by making the calcium more readily available to the bone tissue. The key is making sure you are geting enough calcium in your diet-preferably from natural sources...and yes, you can get enough calcium in your diet without eating dairy products!!!!! "Brittle bones" are actually a result of osteoporosis and/or degenerative processes such as arthritis. Unfortunately once a bone has started to breakdown there is little that can be done....so prevention is really the key here! I can tell you from experience that repetative injury to a joint from joint locks, breaking bricks, etc. can cause arthritis and may result in breakdown of bone as you get older . Take care of your body now or pay later!