Punching bag vs ...?

**Evilfishtank** · Posted On: 9/20/2011 5:53pm

Long story short: I have really bad wrists and elbows. I got one surgery but it was unfortunately a failure and I'll need to get that same wrist operated on before I get the next one done.

While this is going on I'm trying to rehabilitate the tennis elbow in my elbows.

I've started running to keep fit but I feel that there is more I could be doing.

I could get a punching bag and work and my kicks and do some (light) work on my punches as only excessive punching hurts.

It doesn't make sense (at least I don't think) to join a gym because I'll be out for about a month later in the year and then another month a little while after that. Also, I wouldn't be able to do my part there and hold pads/mitts for people as holding pads (especially thai pads) really hurts like hell.

So should I just get a punching bad and hope my technique is OK or attempt braving the conditions at a local gym? I'd even be desperate enough to try TKD but all the gyms around here are "McDojang" kid-oriented garbage.

What would you do?

**jspeedy** · Posted On: 9/20/2011 6:45pm

Go do BJJ. Problem solved. Someone else can suggest Judo.

**The Juggernoob** · Posted On: 9/20/2011 6:49pm

Originally Posted by jspeedy

Go do BJJ. Problem solved. Someone else can suggest Judo.

Go do SAMBO, judo doesnt want you.

**100xobm** · Posted On: 9/21/2011 6:02am

Do salsa, Chicks dig that **** man.

I'm not kidding.

**Gosai** · Posted On: 9/21/2011 7:45am

Combine all of the above.

**Rickko** · Posted On: 9/21/2011 8:01am

If you have tennis elbow even Bjj is gonna suck.
Everything but rehab is out, & time + shitloads of cortisone is pretty much your only course ( in my experience ).
It truly pains me to not be able to say " harden the **** up & do it anyway ",but I had to deal with tennis elbow a few years ago when a monster croat missed the kick shield & planted one on my left elbow & no amount of trying to train around it worked.