Should I wrap my hands for Muay Thai?

Wrapping your hands for Muay Thai, boxing, or MMA protect your knuckles, make sure your bones don’t break, and secure your fragile wrists. Compression and padding are the two major ways hand wraps do this, which is why it’s imperative that you wrap them properly during training.

How do you wrap your hands for Muay Thai?

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1. Step 1: Place the loop around your thumb and begin wrapping around the back of your hand.
2. Step 2: Wrap three or four times around your wrist.
3. Step 3: Wrap around your thumb two times.
4. Step 4: Wrap three times around your knuckles.
5. Step 5: Now, wrap once in between each of your fingers.

Do you wear wraps under Muay Thai gloves?

The short answer? Every time. You should really be using hand wraps whenever you’re wearing a pair of gloves, to make sure you always have maximum protection, regardless what sort of training you’re doing.

Should hand wraps be tight?

How Tight Should You Wrap Your Hands Boxing? You should wrap your hands tight enough to feel snug, but not so tight that you cut off circulation. Your wraps shouldn’t be slipping on your hands, and you should still be able to move your fingers enough to make a fist.

How long should muay thai hand wraps be?

Lengthwise, the standard hand wrap length is 180” and should suffice for most hand sizes. If you want to feel more secure, you can go for the longer 200” hand wraps but some gloves with smaller hand compartments will then feel excessively snug. You should probably consider them only if you have hands of a giant.

What can be used as hand wraps?

A new alternative to hand wraps are foam or gel-lined fingerless gloves worn inside any boxing glove; these can be used to reduce and prevent harm to the hands and head for bag work, sparring or competition depending on the rules of the governing organization.

Should you wrap your hands before hitting heavy bag?

It’s a good idea to use wraps because: It stops the bones of the hand spreading, especially on heavy but soft bags. If you don’t wear wraps, the fist tends to slide around inside the bag gloves, and with soft hands you’ll get bleeding on the knuckles and fist.

Is there a right way to wrap your hands?

Start by wrapping the wrist, then wrap diagonally from the inside of your wrist to the outside of your hand. Continue wrapping across your palm and just above your thumb. Repeat until the length of the wrap has been used, then finish with one last wrap around your wrist. Secure the wrap.