As a out of shape and overweight 30 year old; hearing your talk of becoming better at almost 57 has given me more hope in my future shape than I've gotten before. ...Well not completely out of shape; I have done a few things throughout and I'm currently using a sledgehammer for what I can; in lieu of a macebell.
If you train in martial arts, the hammer can be ideal for you because it adds the element of orientation of your "weapon", keeping the hammer faced to strike in the applicable movements will add to your weapons handling.
I like that this video is so old! I have just started with this and it seems to be a great complement to more ordinary strength training. Nice to see that someone has done this for a long time. Except for the indians, the Turks, and,... now me.
Love your work. I've started with a 5lb steel mace and now currently use a 15lb mace. I have just recently purchased a 20lb and a 25lb mace. I'm just awaiting their arrival and looking forward to using them. I really enjoy my mace workouts.
As an Indian with a rotator cuff injury I feel like an idiot. I've discovered the benefits of mace training only now and my grandfather knew all about this 60 years ago!
I just turned 50, and with a leg injury from work my exercise options are limited. I have kettlebells but never liked or used them. I decided to get a mace. I love it! I started off with a 7lb mace and realize I could have gone heavier, but it's still a workout. I used to bench 365 in high school and do 135 military presses all day long (we had a powerlifting team), but this is so different. Just this little bitty weight gives a great workout. More impressively, it is FUN.
Very impressive. A 10 pound has been kicking my butt so I know how much strength is needed to move those you are using. I’ve only worked out a few times with it but really enjoy it.
Totally true I used to think what are 8 pounds of steel I used to bench press 240ibs... What this gentleman said is totally true. 240, 300, 500, ibs ain't shit compared to what it feels like to train 60 min with 8ibs mace
I started working out with the mace back in 2010, for about 6 months than just a serious events and a change of job and location I forgot about it until recently. I can definitely say from all the workouts the ancient Indian workouts along with isometrics were the best. I felt like I had strength of a wolf.
I swung a tire hammer a bunch in my younger years. Last time I worked out in a gym was 1987, I worked out for a couple months with a bodybuilder and a post college football jock. I was never a jock, just work muscles. You and Matt Furey have me wanting to pick up a sledgehammer at Home Depot. I am so out of shape though, maybe I should start with a broom handle...
okay, so I have been doing this for a while with a sledgehammer i bought at home depot. Definitely upgrading to a "real" mace, however, i do have a question. If I'm doing this three times a week, should I still do traditional lifting twice a week or am I going to be harming myself? I don't "powerlift" so much as i do lifting to tone my muscles if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance for any advice.
In my opinion, if you want better results you have to do the work. So if you want an epic physique as well as epic strength you need to train your body for both. There's lots of ways to do that, but traditional weights mixed with maces sound just fine if you ask me.
I freaking *NEED* one of these. I am a pretty strong and really fit guy. I’m 5’8 170lb straight muscle and very little fat. How heavy should I go with my first mace? I was thinking 15lb but I think that may be a bit light 🤷♂️
My friend I did indeed focus on lifting, for over 25 years, I got some results, but my failure as a bodybuilder led me to the kettlebell, and ultimately, the mace.
@@jamesleland4220 in india we have a god hanuman which is in indian texts about thousands of years ago and he has a mace for training and weapon for fighting
@@jamesleland4220 its okay brother, you are not rude, you also have a valid point, and in this universe nothing is exclusive to anyone...Lots of love from india
Vikings: "We run into battle with hammers and axes" Indians: "Lol, you see this?" - wields a massive three foot long heavy mace with one hand. Vikings: "Understandable, have a nice day"
The science of strength training presented by Dr. Ric Brown. I"ve work with the guy professionally for 20 yrs, this man has the stamina and endurance of a person half his age. His workout sessions are expensive and the classes always packed with people trying to reach that next level, Ric no offence you need more space it get a little crowded....
A couple of thoughts- buy or make an adjustable mace, or make a couple of different maces. It's not rocket surgery! And once you learn, your friends will want to learn as well, so having a couple around is cool!
Fitness Devolution yup! I made an adjustable one for $5. And to the original poster: start with 15lbs. I used that for the first time today and it was just right (I'm not even a strong dude - I started swinging kb's 3 months ago)
Seriously though when swords and stuff were the peak of weaponry 7 lbs was absolute limit for the biggest greatswords, and those guys were tough as nails. But here we got this guy doing 1000s of reps with maces more than twice that. Insane I tell ya
+The Rising Fire, swords works out really different. In fact about a half of weight of a sword is lockated in handle and crossguard, and blade is another 50% or so. Just look at videos about sword balance (or try it yourselve). So if center of mass is lockated in hand of fighter, than its really easy (if compare to mace) to fence and swing. Mace (and axe too) bare most of weight on their tips, so mace of sentan mass feels in hand a much heavyare than sword of that mass. So that man on video shows a lot more power when swinging mace of that size, than you think.
Robert Schmitt not at all dude. I did 2 sets of 10mins of 360s with a 12lb mace today in between my other HIIT stuff and I ended up doing 400 reps in those 20mins. This was also the first time I used the mace and it is fucking AWESOME for engaging your whole body.
@@xyzct I must have divided the amount of reps in a minute by the amount of time instead of the other way around. Should have been 60/20. This is a year old comment. Something that just keeps giving. My helicopter comment still stands.
@@KommandantKavu, trust me, your helicopter comment got a huge laugh out me. Priceless visuals. Regardless, the Rik Brown video was awesome. Damn, those smooth one-handed 360 with a hefty mace ... I've got work to do.
its not mace bell you foreigner name as you like its original name is Gada which a Indian God Hanuman had viwers has Request to search the Gada and its origine
This is a 10,000 yrs old science of India, pls don't present it as a Japanese or western invention. If the fitness industry can acknowledge kettlebell's Russian origin, you can do the same for this system too!
+prion de-folder Unless I listened wrong, the closest he said regarding it's origin was "this comes from a part of the world where they don't have a word for rotor-cuff injury". I didn't hear him acknowledge the origin at all.
Fruit of colonization of mind, untill & unless facts are not certified by westerner specifically white person, we Indians don't consider it anything worthy. Though this would look like always victim attitude, but people like this mace guy can show the facts to our youths which there grandfather told them many times and our democratic governments in the name of modernity made fun of it and terming it's regressive.
The weight means nothing, it's about improvement. If you notice you can only lift 15-20 lbs 2ith a certein exercise... ig oring the exercise idn't helpful.
@@matsuwd-emethdaath4002 There is nothing wrong in Copying but they should give credits or references from where they have taken it from. But they haven't done so
There's no word for rotator cuff injury and carpal tunnel because they didn't have the knowledge 200 years ago. This is not a magic bullet like it is sold.
Reckit Ronald , I trained with 5 time Mr.Universe Bill Pearl, and Mr.America Dale Adrian, sorry, this was before cell phones with photos ,it was a different era, you wouldn't understand. You could always come and train with me and see if You can keep up with me...I doubt it.....
I’ve been training with gada and maces for about 10 years now. I’m also a Coach and I teach it to others. There’s nothing “goofy” about it. It’s tremendously healthy and builds a type of strength that no other tool can. In 25 years I guarantee you I will still be working with maces.
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I'm a 55 year old woman and I LOVE mace training. Started with 7 lbs and using 10 now for most exercises. Try it!
Tina D
Get it girl!!!
You might really enjoy getting a pair of 5lb steel clubs, and a single 10lb.
All my respect for you, lady.💪💪💪💪💪😊
As a out of shape and overweight 30 year old; hearing your talk of becoming better at almost 57 has given me more hope in my future shape than I've gotten before.
...Well not completely out of shape; I have done a few things throughout and I'm currently using a sledgehammer for what I can; in lieu of a macebell.
You've got this, man. You can do it!
just do it !!!!!!
If you train in martial arts, the hammer can be ideal for you because it adds the element of orientation of your "weapon", keeping the hammer faced to strike in the applicable movements will add to your weapons handling.
what a nice honest humble chap a real gent thank you rik all my respect and best wishes you are a credit to fitness and yourself.
billy two sets ,thank you brother, contact me anytime for more content that may be helpful to you.
He truly is.
I like that this video is so old!
I have just started with this and it seems to be a great complement to more ordinary strength training.
Nice to see that someone has done this for a long time. Except for the indians, the Turks, and,... now me.
Love your work. I've started with a 5lb steel mace and now currently use a 15lb mace. I have just recently purchased a 20lb and a 25lb mace. I'm just awaiting their arrival and looking forward to using them. I really enjoy my mace workouts.
It's so humbling when you start, and so gratifying as you progress.
As an Indian with a rotator cuff injury I feel like an idiot. I've discovered the benefits of mace training only now and my grandfather knew all about this 60 years ago!
Okay, so there's 1 guy in 1.4 billion people.
(There's always _one guy,_ isn't there ;-)
Great talk man. I'm with you. Love the maces, clubs, bul bags, kbs. Stay Strong.
I just turned 50, and with a leg injury from work my exercise options are limited. I have kettlebells but never liked or used them. I decided to get a mace. I love it! I started off with a 7lb mace and realize I could have gone heavier, but it's still a workout. I used to bench 365 in high school and do 135 military presses all day long (we had a powerlifting team), but this is so different. Just this little bitty weight gives a great workout. More impressively, it is FUN.
Really Good, Well Stated, Valuable and Inspirational!!
Very impressive. A 10 pound has been kicking my butt so I know how much strength is needed to move those you are using. I’ve only worked out a few times with it but really enjoy it.
I been liftin for 20 years and I don't understand how I am just now getting on this train and loving the Macebell. I'm in and loving it!
this guy is the real deal...an inspiration!
Holy moly! One hand 360s with a 20#?
You're an animal!
A real pioneer of mace training! Respect!
I'm 58. I love the mace and do it everyday. It is highly enjoyble and meditative. I use an 8 kg. mace.
amazing vid! so inspiring! i'm starting with clubbell
great video thanks
Yoish! Outstanding talk.
mick
Totally true I used to think what are 8 pounds of steel I used to bench press 240ibs... What this gentleman said is totally true. 240, 300, 500, ibs ain't shit compared to what it feels like to train 60 min with 8ibs mace
Great video, looks smooth but tough as well.
Awesome. Thanks, Jake
Well said Coach!!!
We are close in age.Truly an Inspiration -Sir.Well Done
Nice guy and knows what he's talking about
Legend
I started working out with the mace back in 2010, for about 6 months than just a serious events and a change of job and location I forgot about it until recently. I can definitely say from all the workouts the ancient Indian workouts along with isometrics were the best. I felt like I had strength of a wolf.
Love that T-shirt, wish I could get one!
I swung a tire hammer a bunch in my younger years. Last time I worked out in a gym was 1987, I worked out for a couple months with a bodybuilder and a post college football jock. I was never a jock, just work muscles.
You and Matt Furey have me wanting to pick up a sledgehammer at Home Depot. I am so out of shape though, maybe I should start with a broom handle...
Great sir
Love it Rik!
awesome
My head just exploded when you lifted that beast at 4:39 . Woah. Mind blown. Amazing.
Great video!
okay, so I have been doing this for a while with a sledgehammer i bought at home depot. Definitely upgrading to a "real" mace, however, i do have a question. If I'm doing this three times a week, should I still do traditional lifting twice a week or am I going to be harming myself? I don't "powerlift" so much as i do lifting to tone my muscles if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Quit traditional lifting i say
i use a sledgehammer someone gave me. Good weight a little odd but works.
In my opinion, if you want better results you have to do the work. So if you want an epic physique as well as epic strength you need to train your body for both. There's lots of ways to do that, but traditional weights mixed with maces sound just fine if you ask me.
I would definitely consider getting into kettlebells. I think kettlebells compliment the mace and vise versa.
Bulgarian Bag, Mace, Indian Clubs, jump rope.
You're covered ✅
I find that I get a great workout with the 10 lbs and 15 lbs maces. Helps with my Jiu-Jitsu.
Can maceball be used after recovery from shoulder separation?
Just amazing
What are your thoughts on lighter clubs?
I freaking *NEED* one of these. I am a pretty strong and really fit guy. I’m 5’8 170lb straight muscle and very little fat. How heavy should I go with my first mace? I was thinking 15lb but I think that may be a bit light 🤷♂️
I'm 6ft and 87kg and bought one of these yesterday. I bought 5kg and trust me, that's more than enough for now
if u still havent got one i would look into chris duffin's shoulder rok as it is loadable
15lb is approximately correct for learning the movement patterns.
Awesome
Thanks for the video. You must have super grip strength sir! How many reps can you do with a 100 kg power twister?
A true worrier let the weapon choose them not the other way around.
I can't do a single 360 spin with a 25 lb macebell not even close and I'm pretty strong.
It’s unfortunate he never focused on lifting. Huge missed opportunity. But he found something he liked, and that’s what’s important.
My friend I did indeed focus on lifting, for over 25 years, I got some results, but my failure as a bodybuilder led me to the kettlebell, and ultimately, the mace.
This dude is fo real.
My focus is increasing upper body strength, endurance, while adding more compound movement to my workouts. How will mace training benefit me?
Where did you find that awesome t-shirt?
What city? What guy? What mace?
Use the mace with isometrics!
Bravo Rik!
this is indian ...true indian training
lol they use mace training but its not exclusive to Indians
@@jamesleland4220 in india we have a god hanuman which is in indian texts about thousands of years ago and he has a mace for training and weapon for fighting
Oh i know. Which is pretty cool. I was just saying mace training is used in other cultures as well. Sorry if I came off rude.
@@jamesleland4220 its okay brother, you are not rude, you also have a valid point, and in this universe nothing is exclusive to anyone...Lots of love from india
be well and safe in these rough times my friend.
Proof, that age is only a number. Mindset is what makes you really old - or not.
how long should macebell be?
Vikings: "We run into battle with hammers and axes"
Indians: "Lol, you see this?" - wields a massive three foot long heavy mace with one hand.
Vikings: "Understandable, have a nice day"
And then everybody clapped
Im 32 years old..i wanna try this type of workout..what weight mace should i start with?
5lbs is a good start.
Lo máximo!!!!🤩✨
Has BudoVideos released any materials on mace training?
Lennart Nilsen Hi!, if you search my name on UA-cam you will find many instructional videos.
The science of strength training presented by Dr. Ric Brown. I"ve work with the guy professionally for 20 yrs, this man has the stamina and endurance of a person half his age. His workout sessions are expensive and the classes always packed with people trying to reach that next level, Ric no offence you need more space it get a little crowded....
What's a good beginner mace? Ten or 15 pounds? This style of training looks like would be great for rugby! Well, forwards anyway.
A couple of thoughts- buy or make an adjustable mace, or make a couple of different maces. It's not rocket surgery! And once you learn, your friends will want to learn as well, so having a couple around is cool!
Fitness Devolution
Fitness Devolution yup! I made an adjustable one for $5. And to the original poster: start with 15lbs. I used that for the first time today and it was just right (I'm not even a strong dude - I started swinging kb's 3 months ago)
Boss vid
Basically he didn't want to take PED's. Good on him! Respect.
the mace was used my medieval European knights
My?
And No it's Indian bruh.
Yes he made a point. because mace was used for training.In India they call it “gada”.
I used a 16 pound pickaxe
Are you kidding, 57? I am almost 81 and do mace bell and heavy clubs everyday.
4 years of mace, damn If this video doesn’t hit it all on the head. (Not something you want to do with a mace haha)
Rik is certainly a pioneer.
3:50 if thats a 25lbs mace this fucker is phenomenally strong. jesus
Seriously though when swords and stuff were the peak of weaponry 7 lbs was absolute limit for the biggest greatswords, and those guys were tough as nails. But here we got this guy doing 1000s of reps with maces more than twice that. Insane I tell ya
+The Rising Fire, swords works out really different. In fact about a half of weight of a sword is lockated in handle and crossguard, and blade is another 50% or so. Just look at videos about sword balance (or try it yourselve). So if center of mass is lockated in hand of fighter, than its really easy (if compare to mace) to fence and swing.
Mace (and axe too) bare most of weight on their tips, so mace of sentan mass feels in hand a much heavyare than sword of that mass.
So that man on video shows a lot more power when swinging mace of that size, than you think.
Alex Malyarchuk I aspire to have his level of power
Why not use a sledge hammer?
I currently use a 10lb sledge hammer for conditioning day. You can do the same movements pretty much.
2000 reps?! I might hit that in a month.
Robert Schmitt not at all dude. I did 2 sets of 10mins of 360s with a 12lb mace today in between my other HIIT stuff and I ended up doing 400 reps in those 20mins. This was also the first time I used the mace and it is fucking AWESOME for engaging your whole body.
Diogenes' Lantern you did “3-4” 360’s per second? Are you a fucking helicopter?
@@KommandantKavu, lol ... no he's a calculator.
He did one 360 every 3 seconds.
@@xyzct I must have divided the amount of reps in a minute by the amount of time instead of the other way around. Should have been 60/20. This is a year old comment. Something that just keeps giving. My helicopter comment still stands.
@@KommandantKavu, trust me, your helicopter comment got a huge laugh out me. Priceless visuals. Regardless, the Rik Brown video was awesome. Damn, those smooth one-handed 360 with a hefty mace ... I've got work to do.
Come to India... Lot's of gada vyayam secrets are taught and trained here.
Who the fuck removed my other very complimentary post here! Someone trying to play mind games with me? Pay back is a bitch when it comes to me.
wwwlibertystrengthtraining.com doesn't work...🤔
this link doesn't lead anywhere and how exactly is this not going to build strength?
its not mace bell
you foreigner name as you like
its original name is Gada which a Indian God Hanuman had
viwers has Request to search the Gada and its origine
This is a 10,000 yrs old science of India, pls don't present it as a Japanese or western invention. If the fitness industry can acknowledge kettlebell's Russian origin, you can do the same for this system too!
+Venky Komandur Bro he said its from India
+prion de-folder Unless I listened wrong, the closest he said regarding it's origin was "this comes from a part of the world where they don't have a word for rotor-cuff injury". I didn't hear him acknowledge the origin at all.
+Venky Komandur At 3:46 he says India
I rescind my comment then. Thanks.
prion de-folder Persian Invention!
I don't see too many muscular Indians
Lack of protein in diet
Fruit of colonization of mind, untill & unless facts are not certified by westerner specifically white person, we Indians don't consider it anything worthy. Though this would look like always victim attitude, but people like this mace guy can show the facts to our youths which there grandfather told them many times and our democratic governments in the name of modernity made fun of it and terming it's regressive.
The weight means nothing, it's about improvement. If you notice you can only lift 15-20 lbs 2ith a certein exercise... ig oring the exercise idn't helpful.
These workouts are totally copied from Indian wrestling Akhara.
Sure. He doesn't deny the origins.
Oh stop it dude...every concept is a COPIED aspect so whats your point?
@@matsuwd-emethdaath4002 There is nothing wrong in Copying but they should give credits or references from where they have taken it from. But they haven't done so
Yes, I have always given credit to India as the originator of the mace. Mabey that's why they paid me to go there and teach mace training last month.
bro...you are wavering on your swing..John Wolf says you should Own Your Center..stand firm..don't sway..that's all I can say..
John Wolf went to my seminar.
Boom, we have a winner. 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥☝️
There's no word for rotator cuff injury and carpal tunnel because they didn't have the knowledge 200 years ago. This is not a magic bullet like it is sold.
May Lord Hanuman Bless you.
Not mace bell real name gada, Indianclub
Every old man I have ever met who says they workout also say they use to workout with top bodybuilders . Just tell the truth
Reckit Ronald , I trained with 5 time Mr.Universe Bill Pearl, and Mr.America Dale Adrian, sorry, this was before cell phones with photos ,it was a different era, you wouldn't understand. You could always come and train with me and see if You can keep up with me...I doubt it.....
Looks like a boring thing to do
It's gada not maceball. Why you western try to implicate own invention on 1000 years old Indian gada.😂
Estethically they are not the same, If you look back in history and what real indians gadas look like you know, don’t be silly
Get an axe, chop wood. This is 'goofy training' IMO, with some validity but not sustainable. Can you imagine doing this for 25 years?
I’ve been training with gada and maces for about 10 years now. I’m also a Coach and I teach it to others. There’s nothing “goofy” about it. It’s tremendously healthy and builds a type of strength that no other tool can. In 25 years I guarantee you I will still be working with maces.