Weak Wrist
I think i might have a weak wrist ...
Whenever i play a game of shots for a while i land a bad punch and my wrist starts to hurt, my friend says its because i have weak wrists, and my upper arm is too strong for them
is this true ? and if so what excersizes should i do becuase i have been trying to lift 5 lbs. weight with it, but everytime i lift my wrist cracks, and i keep getting worried about gettting arthritis lol....
welll it happends when me and my friends box too... it seems to happen all the time when i punch its quite embarassing..i dont think it would be a fracture becuase the pain goes away agrer 1 day or so ... fractures last more than a day i would think ? but i dont know becuase i dont hink ive ever had one.
It sounds exactly like you said, you're landing poor punches with a lot of force behind them. Has nothing to do with weak wrists, it just means you're punching incorrectly.
The human body wasn't designed to punch, so if you're going to do it often use gloves and hit correctly, otherwise you can do major permanent damage.
yeah thats what i was thinking too, it was bad form .. but my friend insisted it was my wrist ... thanks
Your friends an idiot then.. its defantly punching incorrectly.. keep your fist straight and don't turn it in when you punch.
fIt could be a weak wrist but I would bet on form.Keep it straight, dont bend your wrist at all keep it locked in place and the front of your fingers should be flat.The other thing is that your fist was never designed to hit something with much force. When you punch someone you can try lifting your hand straight up so that you heet with the heel of your palm. in that position the wrist is already locked and wotn give and allthe force you put into a punch is transfered to the target as there is no give between the palm and the elbow.You wont cut the shit out of someones face hitting them like that, it takes knuckles to do that real visible damage but you wont hurt your wrist and you do more damage, it just doesnt leave them witha scar, it does however hurt a hell of a lot more.you can still cut them understand, but fits alot harder sincethere isnt the closeness of the bone to put the pressure on thier skin to split it open.all fo that make any sense or am I just confusing the shit out of you?
i understand to some degree, punching with knuckles its more harmful to yourself but can cut a person up easier, and punching with the palm of your hand is alot less force but stilll hurts like a bitch .. just no cuts or scars ??
but then again theres to way you can box like that
Thats pretty much it.I wasnt talking boxing though I was talking fighting.Huge difference for boxing you have to work on your form and get your body in the habbit of using the proper punching form. A fight on the street however is another story
You can apply MORE force with your wrist without a problem. But you're correct about knuckles being more harmful to yourself but being able to hurt a person more on the surface of their skin since you're hitting with a hard surface (bone) as opposed to the flesh of your palm.
