POWER GUIDANCE Steel Mace Macebell Cast Iron Training Full Body Workout, Shoulder, Core Strength, Muscles, Joints (2.5kg to 12.5kg)

I have two of these the 7.5 which is going to be to heavy for some to start with and the 2.5 which has a handle to small for mace work but great for young teenagers to start with. If you don’t know a maker of steel maces then these are decent for the money , they have knurling for a better grip but I’m not a fan of knurling tbh.They are decently weighted , have a decent length handle which is a good diameter for good grip for most people , have a hard wearing Finnish and are good for the fundamental moves for steel mace workouts like 10-2 / 360 also if your into the more yoga type flow moves there good. The end of the day it’s a lump of metal attached to a long metal handle , so as long as the weld is good which it is on these as long as the Finnish is hard wearing which it is , and they swing nice which these do then that’s all you want. But there are people in the UK who hand make these you just need to look around , but these are definitely a good starting point , to a very good and effective fitness tool , combine one of these with a skipping rope and a kettle bell then that’s you got a fully operating gym , that will work strength , cardio , agility , and mobility. All important for longevity of fitness.

The media could not be loaded. edit 2023: The mace is holding up great. It seems my review struck a cord with some reviewers. If you perceive it as posturing you should probably just go ahead and buy the 2.5kg but I figured the inclusion of a video demonstrating swings would make the point clear: if you're already strong, swinging a mace should not be hard. To be honest, I think if it were easier to learn from scratch, I'd recommend people start with an even higher weight if they intend to buy only one mace. Mine hasn't gotten nearly as much use because swinging 7.5kg is just way too easy. And I've tried a number of the other exercises and the swing is the hardest by far. The idea that doing any kind of "stability lunge" or other nonsense is even remotely difficult with 7.5kg, if you can already squat over 100kg, is frankly nonsensical . There's very little else to do with the thing in any meaningful strength and conditioning sense besides swing it. And the handful of things you could do besides swing it are better done with kettlebells.Ideally, I think a 10 or even 12.5kg would be preferable if you're strong and only going to buy one. As it stands however, I think it's unrealistic to learn safely with those weights. So perhaps if you can find a local gym with some to practice first then you could save some money and jump straight to something more appropriate. So if you don't consider a 3 or even a 4 plate deadlift to be out of the ordinary then trust your gut here. /editSo after reading all the reviews and videos and seeing a wealth of skinny or chubby dudes argue that you should definitely start with a 2.5 or 5kg I erred on the side of caution that most people are weak and have an inflated sense of what strength standards actually are for trained individuals and I went straight to the 7.5kg. A perfect starter Mace if you've never touched one before.I get it. It's awkward to learn. But if you start with a 2.5kg or even a 5kg you'll be repping this for 100s once you've established the basics of the movement. Start by hanging it behind you and practice swinging side to side. It's not that hard. Wolf brigade gym have some fantastic videos explaining how to swing as well as showcasing women about half my bodyweight comfortably handling 16kg+ maces.Use good judgement but don't be afraid to challenge yourself. I had never even seen a Mace before and was swinging by end of day one. The video is after about a week.As for the Mace: it's well put together and feels solid. Having some kind of pommel might help with grip but isn't necessary. The two sections of knurling are a big help and extend the use as you can start progressing to single arm swings at the middle grip, turning it into a slightly awkward club. I have found I actually prefer this in terms of pure fun to the kettlebell but would choose the kb if I could only have one as the Mace doesn't have as much utility.

OK, first of all let's try to address the willy waving going on in the reviews here with respect to what weight you should choose. I'm a bloke in my mid fifties, carrying more than a few extra unnecessary kilos (I was around 73kg when I was training regularly 20 years ago, right now I'm more like 80kg), whose upper body strength has completely nose-dived as a result of the pandemic and not being able to go to the gym - whilst I have set up a home gym this has been aerobic & circuit training type equipment than genuine strength training like you would get with for example lat pull down, seated row & pec deck machines in a public gym.I suspect that a lot of talk here about the "correct" starting weight is entirely predicated upon the assumption that the only exercise you are ever going to do with these things is the one where you are flinging it around in great big circles above your head (a kind of metaphor for willy waving, perhaps?). But - newsflash! - there are many more exercises to do with macebells than just that one. Just like with any other sort of weights, the correct weight depends on what exercise you are going to do.Having set up a small home gym in a spare room during lockdown and quit the public gym (no point in paying for a gym when I've got one in the next room), big weight machines were no longer an option. I had been eyeing up macebells with the intention of doing more functional training than gym machines give you and had them on my wishlist for a long time; noticing that they were on a deal price I actually splashed out on two of them - a 2.5kg one (which everyone here apparently seems to think a waste of time) and a 5kg one. Simply put, for me where I am right now, the 2.5kg one is actually right for some exercises and the 5kg is better for others where the 2.5kg is too light and not challenging enough. (And no, the big flailing circles round the head is not one of the exercises I am doing.) 7.5kg would be too much for me right now though for most purposes. 100kg guys in their twenties who are training every day will no doubt be able to do much better.After that lengthy preamble - I am quite impressed with these. They seem well made (cannot compare with other brands which I have never seen) and have decent knurling for good grip (though if you're doing one of those exercises where you are forcing the shaft through one hand with the other, gloves may come in handy). They stand up well on the flat end for storage and won't fall or be knocked over easily (the centre of gravity being very close to the ball).