Can I make my kicks and knees stronger by attacking a heavy bag?

Question

I'm a Muay Thai fighter and I need to make my kicks and knees stronger. So I was wondering if kicking a heavy bag would work? Or would I need to go out and buy weights?

Answer 1

My MMA team uses the heavy bag religiously and here's why.  As your shin bone strikes the bag there are unseen microscopic tears that happen to your bones.  These little tears fill in with calcium deposits which make your shin bones stronger over a long period of time.  Of course brusing, blisters and the bubbling of skin occurs, but it's worth the pain in the long run.  Even after your legs heal up and become very tough you should still continue landing your shins and knees into the bag for the rest of your life.  The same holds true for elbows and knuckles as well.  There was no greater "gift" ever given than the heavy bag no matter who may think "Heavy bags are nothing".   "The Science of Eight Limbs" ( Your art ) is the only art on the planet that MMA practitioners draw 60% or better of their own skills from whether they know it or not.  So toughening up those "points of contact" means the difference between loss and win in many cases.  How else are you going to be able to practice the "Muay Korat" with out feeling the force on a heavy bag in practice?  Buy the biggest badest heavy bag they make and you'll accomplish the best "Muay Thai" skills around dude.  "Calcim Deposits" are the key and the heavy bag is a lot of help in that aspect of your art.  Ever notice a "good instructor" slapping down on to your shin when throwing kicks into "thai pads"?  The heavy bag is just as much help in a sense.

Answer 2

yea but u need to do some wieghts or stationary bike doing hills and stuff to build leg muscle.. or jogging

Answer 3

kicking a heavy bag will help but not as much as strapping small wieghts around your legs and training regularly with those on. i've done this for soccer and now i run faster and i have a much stronger shot