Warrior Mace Training

[@artofmanliness]

New video in which I harness my inner 1960s Indian wrestler turned Bollywood action star.

[@hootie017]

the wing/sword combo on the shirt - is that from something or an original design?

[@DARKGORZ]

Can you use ANY kind of mace, including a bar mace?

[@gnostie]

What about for a woman? My 15 pounder is too heavy for her, we've established that. But I can get her either a 10lb or a 7lb sledgehammer. What do people advise?

[@texascarl]

@@gnostie I use a 7 kb mace, it's a good 'starter'. You can always loan it to a pal if it gets too light

[@SkilinerGaming]

This is really strange to me, because about a month ago I started working out after a long period of being primarily sedentary, with the only heavy thing that wasn't immediately necessary I could find; an old sledgehammer. I started doing stuff like the curl here, and the splitting wood thing, just because I could really feel it in my biceps and shoulders. Kinda weird how you can accidentally discover something that's been around for so long, and it turns out you totally weren't special or anything. Just kinda blows my mind.

[@tommyperez2373]

I found the steel mace after using an old sledge hammer too. I decided to search and see if anybody's written a sledge hammer workout and I then found the steel mace

[@DrunkenDarkSoul]

Motivating!! I have been a shoveler for years and seeing you good sir use similar motions to inspire strength... well I feel that when I have shown other the art of the shovel I have also shown them strength now. your talents and videos are a true gift to this generation and those to come.

[@mrmicro22]

That is what I do. I shovel. I shovel very well.

[@hitarthshrotriya1370]

As an Indian I can confirm whatever he said is 100% true, and thanks a lot for showing our culture 🙏

[@MB-gm6kg]

What does you being Indian have to do with your knowledge of niche Indian martial arts history?

[@vikramadityahindu8591]

I have Kshyatriya ancestry.In India our ancestors used to fight.The main principle of mace work out was to improve endurance of back,arm and fore arm. Training with mace makes handling of sword easier as you will find it light compared to mace. My great grandfather fought Britishers with 12 kg sword on horse back.The Akhada system is very popular in Rural North India.These trainings give strength,agility simultaneously.

[@robertlehnert4148]

A 12 kilo or 26.455 pound sword? No. G-Grampa may have been embellishing to impress his grandkids, or he was bad at estimating weights, but that's like an extra thick crowbar, not a sword.

[@kenshiro100cracked]

You have mustache like real Kshatriya (Hindu warrior)! Awesome Gada Training by the way!

[@dragonfightergrkh7417]

I know right

[@theultrabasedputin9099]

Ji banna ji

[@Onepieceshortzz]

Jai shree ram

[@smartbaba1321]

Ur name also in legendry worrier.

[@ex-muslimraj8652]

@@Onepieceshortzz JAY SHREE RAM!!!

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Your mustache is the most majestic thing I've ever seen on a man's lip.

[@Terioth]

This is possibly the best channel on youtube

[@mynameisnobody3931]

The Indian music at the end really gives you endurance energy

[@jigggro]

Thank you for acknowledging the source so honestly. Though id like to say that wootz steel is from India. So, there has been a long tradition of fighting with metal maces. It’s simply cheaper to use a stick with a weight for the common village akhada/ open air gym.

[@njsteere]

A sledgehammer will work fine for all these exercises, you dont need a dedicated mace. That said, I just sprang for an Onnit mace and it's great. The thicker bar is good for your grip strength, and the longer handle lets you vary the challenge. It's also knurled like a barbell, very useful. Either way, these exercises are going to make you sweat while building functional strength.

[@productofthefall180]

Mr. McKay! You are getting buff dude! Way to go! Love the old school workout videos. Very cool and outside the box.

[@RobertLisac]

Great video! Great Gamma did also tons of Hindu push ups and Hindu squats and wrestled for hours every day. Even for todays standards this guy had a incredible training pensum. Interesting for me was, that because of this amount of training they cared also about recovery and resd somewhere, that he got massaged every day. A cool lifestyle! ;-)

[@harveyhonor3670]

Real india is not on front seat yet , traditional things are on verge on extinction in india , check another kind of Indian excercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2OWmIKbmLeijbM

[@dkdk5486]

What is Hindu push ups? 😂

[@RobertLisac]

@@dkdk5486 , it's a push up version, where you do push ups in a circular motion.

[@theultrabasedputin9099]

@@dkdk5486 it is a variation almost like a pike pushup but actually it is called a "Dand"

[@nickmartinofficial6164]

@@dkdk5486 mulla

[@fhhfgj]

The leggings are cool! That's how muscle men used to dress. Great vid Brett, you are inspiring me to get off the couch,thanks!

[@Anmeldn]

makes me proud of my heritage

[@TheNoahRike]

When you said 15lbs, I smirked, thought that would be too easy. Grabbed one in my garage that was 8lbs, got humbled, very fast lol

[@GrinningSmile]

Just tried this out and it was one of the best workouts i've had. Much thanks for the video.

[@harveyhonor3670]

Real india is not on front seat yet , traditional things are on verge on extinction in india , check another kind of Indian excercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2OWmIKbmLeijbM

[@kbderek610]

I love these things. With in 6 weeks of training my shoulders are no longer rounded and no more forward head posture. Got a 15lb now looking at getting at 25lb

[@francisboutin2779]

Step to 20 lbs first

[@bazspaz]

what exercises specifically did you do for the rounded shoulders and forward head posture? and how many reps or duration? Thanks

[@shezyam460]

@@bazspaz regular 360s and 300s should help, but regular reverse mills could also do you good

[@saved860]

KZbin's freaking me out. I randomly got a thought about this type of training without knowing the name, and this vid is what I imagined wtf

[@harveyhonor3670]

Real india is not on front seat yet , traditional things are on verge on extinction in india , check another kind of Indian excercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/ram4fJxqjLJgqrM

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

This channel has helped to become in touch with my inner manliness. Embrace your inner man women.

[@mariusa.1205]

superb intro to mace training!

[@Bonzeeemer]

*Historic Fact* These warriors trained to the song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

[@galacticom]

looking forward to my 10lb and 20lb gadas, as well as 5lb clubs I ordered off Amazon... going to incorporate it into my yoga practice. thx for your inspiration.

[@lifegiverchurchwindsor]

The Barbarian Squat is...... Barbarian!

[@artofmanliness]

CROM!!!

[@dakshsudhendu]

lost of respect amnd love from hindu samaj and indians to you sir.. thanks for uploading these kind of folk weapons tutorial

[@xander0713]

This looks like it'd be an incredible exercise! Thanks Brett.

[@GyanIndianJori]

Thank you Art of Mailness for this content

[@RelevantRhythm]

It's obviously a great exercise, but doing it wrong will get you some serious sprains and injuries. Do it the right way and be safe.

[@Sam-vk8xd]

Doesn’t that apply to all forms of exercise?

[@nietzschean3138]

@@Sam-vk8xd Yes and?

[@saturnus423]

You have the mustache of a true warrior, good shit.

[@AmitMishra-lx7er]

Good man good task from great country 'India'🇮🇳🇮🇳😇🌹💐❤️

[@mode3517]

Great video! Two notes on pronunciation if you're interested. The Gada/Gadha (mace) is pronounced "guh-tha," with the "tha" sounding heavy, like a "dha". Pehlwan (Strongman/Wrestler) is "pail-wahn".

[@manjitrupbikram]

Modimus Prime That's a southern style of pronouncing it. It is gada in the north. In Bengal, Odisha and Assam it is more like goda.

[@hayvantv4210]

Pehlwan... "Pehlivan" is wrestler in Turkish. Interesting.

[@ex-muslimraj8652]

@@hayvantv4210 We were upto the Saudis... you'll find sanskrit words in Poland and Russia also...no surprise, once you consider that Cholas were upto the Filipino islands until the last few hundred years

[@adityakhatwa8555]

Back then they didn't had steel. Really bruv.... come to New Delhi... and i will show you a pillar which didn't rusted for more than 2000 years. (So not only they had steel but galvanizing process of it was also really dope).

[@charlesnwoods]

I dearly love this video.

[@killjoy1727]

As much as I like the idea of owning a mace, couldn't a man on a budget just use a sledge hammer and achieve the same results?

[@artofmanliness]

Indeed.

[@lonewolf209]

Thank you Gabriel, I was just going to ask this.

[@whiskeybeerbeer]

You may wish to consider that if you do a sledge to tire exercises. you may injure yourself if you angle the hammer incorrectly. The reason for the mace is to avoid the injury. Ijuries just suck..

[@nicocontreras5366]

whiskeybeerbeer that is true but you can also get injured with ball eh

[@VicariousReality7]

Sledge hammers are usually way too heavy to use as defensive weapons Not sure about excersise tools

[@hris3540]

Good for sword figthing practice as well whether it be one handed or two handed, this exercises the same muscles that your body uses to swing a sword effectively.

[@namenotfound34]

Oh God the leggings........ oh the humanity..

[@artofmanliness]

I know it's sexy, but please control yourself.

[@VTPSTTU]

I like the swinging clubs because I don't keep hitting things around me. If I could find a good mace, I would do some of that.

[@KageumiUmikage]

I appreciate this video. Looking to incorporate these types of work outs and ditch typical gym gear that only targets specific muscles. This seems like an all rounder which would save me time

[@sixfittyonembitties]

On the 360's one of the ONNIT trainers coach Vaughn says to point your index finger of the base hand and let the mace fall toward that direction. Also, I think postioning your hands when the mace is vertical above the belly button area is better technically. Not trying to hate, I loved the video!

[@holdshiftt2run308]

We need to bring this practice back.

[@jtsburn]

would it still be manly if i used a giant sledgehammer?

[@DirkieB]

My thoughts .. I have a sledgehammer, but not a gada ... or mace :)

[@polpotjay]

Iron handle sledgehammer is manly enough in my opinion.

[@kevynhansyn2902]

If you think Giant Sledgehammers aren't manly enough, than your on the wrong page.

[@thewiseone6982]

greetings from India

[@antakaranah]

You can work the same muscles using a barbell with light weights clamped on one end. I use a hand forged spring steel battle axe by starfire swords, which weighs about 12 lbs.

[@maxwilson3530]

The barbell would probably be too heavy

[@MattXBL123]

Could you just use a sledgehammer and do the same workouts with the same results?

[@turtleyshelltastic]

Love the mace. Erik Melland from Viking Ninja is the grandma master of this system.

[@Lowpropo]

niice now this exercise would improve my zombie head chopping skills

[@Angel_EU34]

Leonardo Po Wich is always useful!

[@polpotjay]

Awesome vid from an awesome dude with an awesome mustache. Imma subscribing you! Now, i'm gonna start training with my gada in front of my house and let all the passers-by bask in my overflowing manliness!!

[@harveyhonor3670]

Real india is not on front seat yet , traditional things are on verge on extinction in india , check another kind of Indian excercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2OWmIKbmLeijbM

[@kongmw]

lol this looks like a whole lot of fun, esp. with the accompanying music.

[@rahulk2633]

Even though there is controversy on this subjects, I read that chinese and russian historians have recorded that alexander lost the war against northern india and later died from its injuries but the romans of the time didnt want his legacy to be over against a relatively unknown king from india and hence his historians changed the story somewhat that alexander supposedly won but gave away the land which cost him so much to win which sorta doesnt make any sense.

[@crackerHero]

what a fucking badass biker moustache the great gama had!!

[@kuldips430]

This is a part of Hindu Culture. Jai Bajrang Bali

[@TeddyRPL]

Hi, i like very much your idea and videos, thx for what You doing, but, i have question: if i can`t buy mace in Poland can i use bar/barbells to mace training? with weigths for example... I try to do some training with dumbbell in similar way You showed (dumbbell with only on side equipped in weights), i think it increases my strength. I try to combine mace and kettlebells exercises Thx again for Your work, great respect

[@ruskiyify91]

Switching hands and stance? oh boy I'm going to get hurt.

[@KatyushaRockets]

Every day I envy this man's mustache

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That looks like a good and fun workout.

[@ILLUMI-NATTY]

Jai Shree Ram Fact: The most powerful person till now to use gada was HANUMAN He is still the strongest man alive! Yes Today also And Gada is not only for training , in ancient scripters it was a great and powerful weapon

[@colemanemery5624]

Wonderful video man!!! inspired me to buy my own mace now.

[@Carl007Jr]

Sindhi/Punjabi/Balochi warriors. Literally almost all in Pakistan 💪🏽🇵🇰.

[@peshwabajirao1175]

ancient hindu warriors literally resisted islamic invasions in india for almost 600yrs even when some turks was succesfull they was never able to conquer whole india , "RAJPUTS" were the bravest warriors that indian land had ever produced at the end it was hindu marathas who destroyed the one of the worlds powerfullest islamic empire(mughal empire) jai jai shree ram🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@jacobortega7569]

Bro ty, was literally gonna drop about 250 on the one for rogue, u saved me so much ty

[@KTtraintowin]

Nice video ! The mace is for real n will challenge anyone .

[@GusTs51]

haha, for the longest time i thought that it was the green screen behing you until you started the last exercise :D Cool technique though :)

[@BuntFencer]

Gama was no giant, he was only 5'7", but 113kgs of hard muscle. None of the wrestlers of his day could beat him.

[@dv9239]

5'7 was tall back in the day

[@BuntFencer]

I am from India and 5' 8" is average height of Indian male. It could be couple inches less 100 years ago, Gama wouldn't be a giant even then.

[@klokmedia]

Finest gentlemen, could one of you please inform me what the name is of the music? It is brilliant.

[@drmccabe23]

I don't have a mace, but I got a big Sledgehammer that works pretty well for getting the mechanics down 😅

[@AniruddhJain]

The wrestlers are called pahlwan : prounce them as: pay+hell+wan (minus the d in wand)

[@nw3877]

To be honest, Pahalwan is Persian word. I would call them Malla Yoddha.

[@genjiglove6124]

That is sweet workout music.

[@50calorie82]

Nick Tomasello that is Panjabie music in the background .

[@sandeshmhatre9070]

india is the mother of all martial arts.in india each state having their own martial arts.

[@alexmalyarchuk1723]

Indeed.

[@ColoradoBengal]

FWIW.. a lot of these exercises can be performed with the "bodybars" you find in the gym. While the weight is not distributed exactly the same, its a great way to try out the exercises and see if they might be right for you. And.. I've done some of these with a long handle sledge in my garage. Works great, but be careful.

[@hazlettryan]

Chris Duffin uses this for his bench press warm up and hes one of the strongest lifters of all time.

[@OhHhugo7]

Awesome video

[@SouthOfDodge]

Nice! This would be a great workout to cycle into my training program.

[@joshlp900]

this would be great for cardio, i'm definitely putting it into my routine

[@arandomzoomer4837]

Does it build obliques too? I’m trying to strengthen obliques

[@AVtheMcFly]

Instead of using a Mace, or Gada, would a sledgehammer suffice as an alternative?

[@jamesbshaw]

Great Content Man! We appreciate it. Keep up the Good Work!

[@50calorie82]

Awesome Panjabie Bhangara Music!!!

[@electr0wizard951]

Was alexander talking about punjab-sindh king puru??

[@ralphruhl3806]

You are in great shape! Thanks for the video. Can you do a few reps with a 100 kg power twister?

[@kk2ak14]

awesome mustache! I though Freddy Mercury was dead?

[@stonewallbook]

Good video Brett. I would add that the same thing could be accomplished with a splitting maul - and get some firewood up at the same time!! ;-) Thanks for sharing.

[@bradleyzum]

Splitting maul is a lot less weight though

[@bradleyzum]

I thought the same thing ahah splitting 2 cords of firewood every year

[@ProgressiveDiscussions]

Does anyone know of a webpage that illustrates the force generated by a Mace/Gada of various weights, possibly due to increasing torque? The basic swing appears to be what they call the 10:00-2:00 O'Clock. I can push heavy dumbbells so I am trying to accurately select a specific size Mace. I know that will a kettelbell you cannot get "jacked up".

[@kevteg05]

I know how it feels when my moustache got in the way too. But we all love ours naughty moustaches.

[@TimEsguerra]

Check out Coach Rich Thurman if you’re interested in learning more about steel mace training. Took one of his workshops and loved it.

[@harveyhonor3670]

Real india is not on front seat yet , traditional things are on verge on extinction in india , check another kind of Indian excercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2OWmIKbmLeijbM

[@Motoruven]

Mustache got in the way of writing, Haha good one! :)

[@4LoveAndJustice]

Amazing... You look Indian with that moustache 😀

[@ism94786]

Absolute beast.

[@MrSwimer23able]

So could I just buy a sledgehammer and get the same results?

[@Neocasko]

Probably.

[@ConiferGrower]

I have tested many different objects (my favorite substitute being large wrenches for tractors), and for the most part yes you could just use a sledgehammer. I find the advantage of the Onnit mace is it is balanced at the weighted end, where a sledgehammer has two heavy faces causing the resisting force to be a little lopsided. Additionally, while 'splitting wood' a sledgehammer can hit on an angle, causing it to rotate in your hands. If you're dead set on holding on, it may cause injury. TLDR; A 10 lb sledgehammer around here is anywhere between $20 - $40. The Onnit 10 lb mace is $40. Both work, the latter is designed specifically for working out.

[@JamaaLS]

If Alexander defeated them, what kind of training was Alexander doing???

[@gerardogarciadeleon7115]

all there days of the week práctice with macebell? how many hours per day? thanks for the video

[@Lord.Firechops]

Was about to ask where to get a mace but I seen from previous comments you could use a BFH

[@Swordisk]

People will laugh at me, but I use my sledgehammer that I got from work and use to hit tires as a substitute for a maceball

[@utubeaticktko5630]

Thank you very helpful

[@madman11893]

where did you get those work out pants with the sash ive looked for a pare like that but i cant find anny producers

[@tsohgallik]

You could probably find them at a Indian clothing store, or a costume shop.

[@vmayn92]

Dope ass video man

[@taenyftw]

is an awesome mustache a requirement before doing mace training?

[@chubbybubbers13]

what weight is the mace he's swinging

[@kgpnerd]

Man, you are handsomely cute.

[@okun8856]

Can I do this with a barbell. Might not be as effective as the entire bar holds the weight rather then the end. I'm just a boy trying to build a good foundation frame to add to during manhood.

[@okun8856]

Hmm?

[@spodface12]

@Artofmanliness whats the music for this video ??