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  • AtTheCross
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 100

    tip for knuckle care

    probably old news for most, but for the new guys/gals here's a tip for knuckle care.

    apply a small amount of vaseline to your knuckles before you start bagging. It will help to keep your knuckles from getting raw, and if they're raw already, it will help you to be able to keep bagging until they heal up
    1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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  • doss darwin
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 122

    #2
    hands

    gloves to me are a drag but i have used them in the past and will on a bag i have coming (4000 everlast w/plastic piping)--the best gloves i have found are quality leather driving gloves--they are light and tight--there are also some types of golf gloves that work ok--these two are far superior to any "boxing" glove or wrap in my opinion--after working on bikes and punching w/o washing up good i know that grease can mess a bag up--vaseline seems like such a product--dd
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    • fedora
      Speed Bag Guru
      • Dec 2012
      • 471

      #3
      Originally posted by doss darwin View Post
      there are also some types of golf gloves that work ok--these two are far superior to any "boxing" glove or wrap in my opinion--
      I agree. I went to Sports Authority and went through every single glove they had and thought I'd looked at them all without finding anything that didn't have the bulky seams on the striking area's. The last section was the Golfing section and found some that worked perfectly. Easy to put on, no seams and protected the hands. The only draw back is you have to buy each glove separately, at least in the store I was in.

      Never thought about the vaseline, but would be worth a try if you got split skin.

      fedora

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      • AtTheCross
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 100

        #4
        I tried some mechanic gloves, they are tight and very light, but still rubbed my knuckles when hitting. They actually caused more damage then bare handed bagging.

        don't know about damage to the bag, from hitting with a light layer of vaseline on my knuckles, time will tell for me, right now, it's making my hands feel a lot better
        1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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        • fedora
          Speed Bag Guru
          • Dec 2012
          • 471

          #5
          I know Aloe Vera is also good and doesn't leave a greasy feeling on the skin.
          Last edited by fedora; 01-20-2013, 11:03 PM.

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          • Bag-A-Holic
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2011
            • 179

            #6
            I dont currently use anything on my hands, but I would think that vaseline may possible make the bag/hands slippery, and not sure if its actually good for the bags either? It may help with healing the chapped hands afterwards though. I actually thought this was a reason why fighters put vaseline on their faces before fights,so the gloves have more of a chance to slip off face?

            When I first started hitting the speedbag,I didn't like using gloves or wraps at all, and I remember using something called tincture of Benzene?(long time ago). This was a liquid, you can buy in drug store, that would dry fast, and would kinda be like putting an extra dry layer of skin on your hands(protecting real skin), and not come off on the bag. It would kinda be like callusing up wherever you put it, but can be washed off afterwards. Not sure if anyone else has heard or used it before.

            ***Edit: Ok I looked it up, and there is two kinds. Compound, or plain tincture of Benzoin. I think its the plain that I used. I also saw this is very commonly used by gymnysts too, but on their palms.
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            • fedora
              Speed Bag Guru
              • Dec 2012
              • 471

              #7
              Golfing gloves

              Here's some pics of the golfing gloves I got. I'm sure there are golfers here who recognize the style. I'd never paid any attention to them before, but they have been working great for me. As you can see, no bulky seams to throw the bag off. Not to mention it's cold in my garage this time of year and they take the chill off.





              fedora

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              • doss darwin
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2012
                • 122

                #8
                gloves

                the unfortunate thing about good driving gloves or just good quality thin leather gloves is not only the expense($$$) but they were even hard to find in the early 80's when i used them--the last pair was from nieman marcus in dallas--great gloves but i still prefer bare hands--bag balm works good on dry or cracked skin--dd
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                • Speedbag
                  Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

                  • Feb 2006
                  • 7109

                  #9
                  I have found the most important thing about gloves is that there are NO seams over the key contact surfaces that hit the speed bag. That would be the surfaces over the front knuckles of the fist and hand, the large knuckle area of the thumb and various knuckle surfaces of the little pinkie finger. That white golf glove has a distinct seam over the pinkie finger contact area, and I'm going to bet that the hand area directly underneath that seam is going to get very angry after hundreds of punches land on it. Especially the middle joint of the pinkie. You may get a callous there eventually, but it's probably going to scream a while before that happens.

                  I rarely use gloves anymore, but when I did I used the Harbinger classic wristwrap, for the seams are all place away from any contact area, and only soft leather, which takes the bag well is exposed to bag contact.
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                  • bbally
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2013
                    • 121

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bag-A-Holic View Post
                    ***Edit: Ok I looked it up, and there is two kinds. Compound, or plain tincture of Benzoin. I think its the plain that I used. I also saw this is very commonly used by gymnysts too, but on their palms.
                    Thanks for posting this. Since starting this a few weeks back I have been practicing a few hours a day. Even with wraps the two knuckles on my little finger are open. I was gluing them shut with super glue. But it lets go about 35 minutes into a workout. Which leads to the wall behind the board looking like a crime scene. I will give this stuff a try and see if it helps out.

                    I think speed baggin is Latin for bleeds from first two knuckles. But I am sure they will toughen up.

                    sgt
                    USMC 79-85


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                    • AtTheCross
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 100

                      #11
                      lol I thought of gluing my pinky knuckle shut but decided against it. I just started to hit a different combination to avoid the pinky until it healed up a little. The humidity has been super low here in southern ca and that has not helped, it's chopping my hands even more. I'm not gobbling the Vaseline on like you see the boxers doing on the face, I'm using it more like a hand cream but just applying to the knuckles and it has really helped me.

                      Again I don't know if it will mess up my bags or not but its helping my hands and I can hit my bag again

                      But I will look for some of that benzoin stuff
                      1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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                      • bbally
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2013
                        • 121

                        #12
                        Originally posted by AtTheCross View Post
                        lol I thought of gluing my pinky knuckle shut but decided against it.
                        First time you hit the open sore with the glue you will come damn close to pee leaking out. After that you get used to the quick burning.
                        Last edited by bbally; 01-23-2013, 12:25 PM.
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                        USMC 79-85


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                        • AtTheCross
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2012
                          • 100

                          #13
                          Originally posted by bbally View Post
                          first time you hit it with the glue you will come damn close to pee leaking out.:d:d
                          lol!!!
                          1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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                          • reggabdeeps
                            Member
                            • Jun 2011
                            • 58

                            #14
                            stop your crying and man up!!

                            if MsDeville can hit without gloves, so can you.

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                            • paranday
                              Speed Bag Guru
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 2515

                              #15
                              Originally posted by reggabdeeps View Post
                              if MsDeville can hit without gloves, so can you.
                              What is your secret, MsDeville, to your doeskin like hands? Or is it that humid climate you live in?

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