How to Wrap your Hands for Boxing (A step by step guide for Beginners)

Hi there, I'm Mike Gales for Everlast Nutrition. You've decided that you're going to start doing some boxing or some kickboxing, or you're going to just start straight punching a bag. One of the things that you're going to want to learn how to do is to protect your hands. Just as important as the gloves, or if not more so, are hand wraps. Today I'm going to show you how to properly put them on. The first thing you're going to want to do is unravel your wrap. At the far end of your wrap, you're going to notice that there's a little loop for your thumb. Slip your thumb through it. Make sure that the fabric starts out flat against the back of your wrist. Do a few passes around your wrist. Then make a few passes around your knuckles. Give them enough material so that they're well padded. So far so good, but this is where most people run into a problem. What happens is that after two or three punches, the padding moves and their knuckles are exposed. That's when they get some blisters or they get injured. To prevent that from happening, what you're going to do is pass the material from behind the bone of your thumb between your last two fingers. Then the same thing for the next two. One more time for the last two. When you get to this point, you're going to start going around your knuckles a few more times to add some extra padding. Now there's always the extra option of protecting your thumb by looping the material over your thumb and anchoring it back down around your wrist. Finish off with any remaining material around your wrist. When you get to the end, you're going to notice there's some velcro. All you have to do now is just stick the velcro in place. One thing that you want to make note of is that you don't want to have the velcro directly on your wrist because that's going to cause a blister. Just make sure that the velcro attachment is over material and you'll be doing just fine. There you have it. You're wrapped up and ready to go. Now I'll do the other hand very fast just so you can get a recap of how it's done. I unravel the material. I hook the thumb. I start around the wrist. I lay a foundation around my knuckles. I weave it through my first two fingers, through the next two, through the final two, back around the wrist. Now I hold that foundation in place by re-wrapping around the knuckles. I go back to the wrist. I wrap it around once. I choose to anchor my thumb. I return to the material and I make sure that the velcro is not over open skin. There you have it. You're ready to go. The advantage to wrapping your hands like this is even after a few punches and the material moves, your knuckles are still quite well protected. Training for boxing, kickboxing, MMA or just straight punching a heavy bag is a great workout and great calorie crushers. Now that you know how to properly use hand wraps to protect your hands, you're ensuring that you can have consistency with your workouts and now you won't have to skip a workout due to a needless injury.