how to get strong shins like Uriah Hall and not snappy shins like Chris Weidman

[WWFE]

Is this a nutrition thing or something? I imagine both train really hard but maybe Weidman didn't emphasize recovery properly and lack of calcium or something make his tibia brittle?

[sooby]

be black (srs)

black people on average have higher bone density, it's over for you

[kusok]

be black (srs)

black people on average have higher bone density, it's over for you

Black people have thinner legs, so they actually break easier.

Be Samoan!



Edit:
Ah, the OP question, ok, nutrition matters obviously, proper conditioning, you know all the sheit they do with rubbing wooden sticks on your shins etc. Plenty of experience/practice, and genetics. And technique.

[stayhomeneet]

If I was an MMA fighter I'd get steel rods put in my shins

[kusok]

If I was an MMA fighter I'd get steel rods put in my shins

This ain’t Lex Luger sheit, it doesn’t work that way LOL, your metal shins ain’t gonna do jack sheit.

[dingler]

Block the kick with your knee or the very upper part of your shin where its thicker.

[happy06maker]

It's all about training actually. If you see thai guys, they kick the bag a lot and run everyday.

[WWFE]

Block the kick with your knee or the very upper part of your shin where its thicker.

I guess patella is harder to crack than tibia, and the tibial tuberosity is thicker than the lower part of the knee?

That's why it's hard for me to buy the idea that Chauvin was actually exerting pressure on the neck. You could do that via the mid-shin or lower-shin where it's thinner and can fit on a narrow opening like the neck, but the thick tuberosity is too wide which was why the pressure was on the gonion and I think the male jaw can probably bear a lot of weight without cracking in two.

It's all about training actually. If you see thai guys, they kick the bag a lot and run everyday.

recovery too though, I would think.

nutrition matters obviously, proper conditioning, you know all the sheit they do with rubbing wooden sticks on your shins

hard for me to believe that would actually thicken/strengthen the tibial bone, isn't that more about just deadening the nerves so it doesn't hurt to kick?

losing your sensation of pain might actually lead to the kind of overtraining where you don't know you're walking into a match with a stress fracture