JLibourel
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Does anyone else here use the Indian "gada" mace as a training tool? I purchased a 10- and a 15-pounder from Onnit during their most recent Black Friday sale. I am incorporating the former in my workouts almost every other day. The heavier one I still find rather too ponderous, and it remains aspirational. (And if these poundages sound puny, don't mock them until you've tried them!) I think they are at their best used in the traditional Indian manner--swinging the mace overhead behind your back. These exercises (known to the cognoscenti and "360s" and "10-2s") I find challenging and beneficial. There are various other exercises with flashy names like "barbarian squat," "spear thrust" (aka "jousts"), "grave diggers," "uppercuts" and whatnot, but I haven't been very impressed. Perhaps with higher repetitions and heavier maces they come into their own, but I remain skeptical. Maces can be used for tire-bashing like a sledgehammer, but I find I still prefer the sledgehammer.
Anyway, if anybody here would like to share their experiences and impressions of mace training, I'd be interested.
Anyway, if anybody here would like to share their experiences and impressions of mace training, I'd be interested.
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