eh.

[yinshu]

man, my upper body is so sore from just the test weight workout I did yesterday... it's a little worrisome for next week... did I calibrate the weight levels too high?
*thinks*
...Nah, I'm just an out-of-shape-wuss. I'll live.

I also scraped up my knuckles in a fight with the punching bag.

Comments

[robgonzo]

the primary purpose of the wrap is to support your wrist. It's very easy to hit the bag wrong and snap your wrist backwards. Don't go beatin on one without wrist wraps.

[hyades]

Yinshu, try learning elbows and palm strikes if you don't already know them. Anybody can hit hard with a palm strike, they require less wrist support, you are less likely to break your hand on someone's cranium. Kind of similar for elbow blows: it's easier for smaller people to develop really damaging power with elbow blows than with hand blows.

There are certain things that are outlawed in boxing and the UFC. They're against the rules for a reason. Unless you plan to get into ring fighting, which I somehow doubt, their illegal list makes a great roster of where to start for effective, to-the-point self defense.

By the way, you should really get a pair of nice bag gloves if you're going to be doing that a lot. Get this kind:

[yinshu]

wow, thanks for the advice, guys!