Beating your Meat

[The1God]

Has any of you ever tried to use a cow's carcas as a punchingbag, like in the Rocky movies, he breaks a couple of the ribs on it and whatnot. I was wondering if it was like a punching bag? Did you break the ribs?

Maybe this should have gone in the training and nutrition area?

[jujitsujn]

Probably a good way to break your hand or wrist...never know when you'll catch a bone.

[abdiel2k3]

Probably a good way to break your hand or wrist...never know when you'll catch a bone.

serioulsy
maybe a good way to train if your a pretty advanced fighter
but as a beginner i doubt youd crack a rib
but prolly brake a couple fingers

take some whacks at it with a bat
it'll make ya feel ***in ruthless

[The1God]

I wonder if starting with a dead mouse, then move up to a cat, then dog.... After a cow you could smack around a moose up to an elephant but elephants are going extinct so finding a dead elephant may be a bit dificult.

[jack_the_rippuh]

I never expected by the title of this thread that you'd be talking about what you're talking about.

[GranTorino]

Has any of you ever tried to use a cow's carcas as a punchingbag, like in the Rocky movies, he breaks a couple of the ribs on it and whatnot. I was wondering if it was like a punching bag? Did you break the ribs?

Maybe this should have gone in the training and nutrition area?

When I was 19, back in 1987 I worked in a slaughterhouse. The area that I worked in had the entire sides of meat hanging from hooks. I had just gotten my first black belt and at that age, I thought I was Mr. Superman. I can assure you, punching a the ribcage/thorax of a side of beef is a bad idea indeed. Those ribs are like friggin concrete, and there ain't no way your gonna come close to breaking them. I put a nasty left hook to one of them and got a cracked wrist to show for it. And Im 6'6 and wsa 260 at the time.

On the other hand, if you punch the meaty leg of the cow, you are perfectly safe cause that is all muscle and is much more pliable. Nothing as soft as a heavy bag, but much safer than the ribcage. Once, while working on my uncle's ranch, I decided to punch a milk cow (not a bull or steer mind you, but a regular old milk cow) in the head cause it wouldnt go through the branding chute. Almost broke my hand, and the cow was not even fazed. It just looked at me.