More and more fitness enthusiasts and athletes are adding club and mace training into their workouts. The reasons are as varied as the individuals, although most gravitate toward club and mace training as a rehab or pre-hab modality for an injured or worn shoulder. Please consult your doctor first.
A few years ago, only high level athletes, small fitness studios, and forward thinking professional trainers began offering club & mace training to their clients. Now, many trainers and athletes are using clubs and so should you.
Some of the Mace & Club Benefits ;
- Increased shoulder stability and mobility
- Provides traction for the shoulders, back, elbow, and wrist
- Grip strength
- Functional Training for complete body workouts
- Excellent sport specific training for all athletes including runners and cyclists
- Promotes good posture working the posterior chain and shoulders
- Can be done almost anywhere - take them on trips
- Can be used as a sole modality for overall fitness, low impact cardio for weight loss, and body shaping
Getting Non-Gym People to Become Gym People
Inspiring another to adopt a fitness lifestyle can be frustrating, especially if those folks have been 'on the couch' for 20 years. A good portion of sedentary people have had some negative type of experience with the typical weight training regiment offered at most school gyms and large fitness centers that kept them from pursuing a fit lifestyle. Reasons range from minor injuries to feeling intimidated to basic boredom are keeping people from developing their fitness. Only 20% of the population exercises regularly. Club & Mace Training offers an alternative for people who are against the typical gym scene - and this is important, not only for individuals, but also for the commercial fitness industry.
A growing number of professional trainers have become certified in Club & Mace Training through various instructors and organizations which offer this course. They understand that not every client who comes to them wants to be a bodybuilder, a powerlifter, or a games athlete. Most clients simply want a modality that they won't become bored with and will produce both aesthetic and fitness results such as some muscle gain and shaping, fat loss, better mobility, and endurance. Club and Mace training can provide them with a lifetime of fitness. This is a modality that almost everyone can do at most any age. Club & Mace Training is also very primal and speaks directly to our ancestral DNA. This modality is easily combined with other forms of strength and fitness training and other modalities such as yoga, martial arts katas, or bodyweight training.
While small gyms and training outfits have already adopted this modality of training, the large fitness centers have been ready for the next big fitness wave. The increase in certification courses and providers has been steadily growing over the past five years. That alone indicates that Mace and Club Training is more than a passing fad.