Adjustable Mace Trainer | Exercise Steel Clubs | Healthy Shoulders
In this video Owner Don Giafardino demonstrates a workout using the ADEX Adjustable Club. There are seven exercises and Don shows you how to adjust the steel club between exercises.
Exercises (sets/reps)
1. Front Swing
5×10
2. Front Strike
5×8
3. Side Strike
5×8
4. One Hand Halo
5×8
5. Push Angle Press
5×8
6. Rear Elbow Raise
5×8
7. Press
5×8
Putting together a mace flow or Kata can sometimes be a daunting task. Here are three simple aggressive moves; the Thrust, the Uppercut, and the 1-Hand 360 blended together to demonstrate an actual combat scenario.
Mace and Club training is a fun and challenging way to increase strength, endurance, and hone martial art skills. Adex Maces and Clubs make this type of training more efficient by allowing the user to change the weight setting, quickly and easily, by hand to add or subtract weight. This gives the user the range of 10 maces or clubs combined in one unit.
Owner of ADEX Club, Don Giafardino, shows an effective upper body workout using one weighted club. All sets have a one-minute rest time AFTER both the right and left movements have been performed.
Clubs are a beautiful way to strengthen and develop power throughout the body while increasing cognitive awareness. Train as if you were training with a weapon for battle. Perform crisp clean movements, keeping shoulders packed down and good posture.
Switching Gears and heading back into the Heavier Club and Mace Training. The workouts will have Numbered Titles to make easy reference to them. These next few weeks of workouts are going to be a combination of heavy, more complete body workouts with some new adaptations to keep the mind/body connection.
You can Perform This Workout with Single or Double Clubs. Follow along beginning with Today’s Club and Mace Training. Stay Safe – Be sure to keep good posture, shoulders pressed downward toward the rear pockets, and use a weight that is challenging yet still allowing for good form. Be sure your training area is clear and free of anything including other people and pets.
Train hard. Train Smart. This is a timed workout and can be used as a benchmark to test progress throughout the year – we will discuss this in a future workout blog post and why it is imperative to use consistent metrics when tracking athletic ability.
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Red – Everyone Follows
Orange – Beginners
Blue – Advanced
Equipment Needed;
1 or 2 clubs Matched Weight 20lbs Rx Adv/Int Men 12.5lbs Adv/Int Women
Mace 20lbs Adv/Int Men 15lbs Adv/Int Women
See the Exercises Here;
Basic Warm Up
5 Push Ups or Press Ups
1 Min Elbow Plank
30 Sec Side Plank – Each Side
1 Min Yoga Child Pose
1 Min Downward Dog
30 Sec Back Bridge
Beginners
10 Front Swings Single or Double Clubs
10 Front Swing to Cleans Single or Double Clubs
10 Mace Rear Pendulum Swings
Done for 5 Rounds Time Cap of 15 Minutes
Intermediate/Advanced
10 Double Front Swings Rx Weight Men@ 20lbs Women @12.5lbs
10 Double Long Cycle
20 360’s Rx Mace Weight Men @ 20lbs Women @ 15lbs
Done for 6 Rounds Time Cap 19 MInutes
Today’s Workout is going to blow some minds! It’s that time again to switch up from the strength phase with all of the good eating and extra calories and get into that lean out phase focused on endurance. Say good bye to those heavy grinds and get yourself mentally prepared to go the distance. The Vintage Strength Games at The Olympia is 15 weeks away. This leaves a solid 2 months of endurance and leaning out. Get the rest of that winter flab off and get a fresh start going into the final training phase before the competition. This lean out phase will be tough but worth it. Use a weight that is challenging and do the exercises in groups of 10 or 20 changing arms when fatigued. Be sure to use a white board or poker chips to keep track of sets. Let’s go! Please share with someone who might be interested.
Warm Up
Jumping Jacks 10
Push Ups 6
Press Ups 6
Elbow Plank 30 secs
Side Plank 30 secs L+R
Back Bridge 30 seconds
Front Swings X 100
Beginner/Intermediate
Long Cycle Single Club X 100 each arm
Advanced
Inside Mills X 250 each arm