Warrior Mace Training

Train like an ancient Hindu warrior with a mace, or gada. The one I used in the video is from Onnit: www.onnit.com/...

[@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

[@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?

[@mynameisnobody3931]

The Indian music at the end really gives you endurance energy

[@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

[@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!!!

[@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

[@WTFisTingispingis]

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

[@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

[@mariusa.1205]

superb intro to mace training!

[@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.

[@Terioth]

This is possibly the best channel on youtube

[@dakshsudhendu]

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

[@Anmeldn]

makes me proud of my heritage

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

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

[@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.

[@saturnus423]

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

[@xander0713]

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

[@lifegiverchurchwindsor]

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

[@artofmanliness]

CROM!!!

[@GyanIndianJori]

Thank you Art of Mailness for this content

[@AmitMishra-lx7er]

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

[@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?

[@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

[@charlesnwoods]

I dearly love this video.

[@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.

[@Lowpropo]

niice now this exercise would improve my zombie head chopping skills

[@Angel_EU34]

Leonardo Po Wich is always useful!

[@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

[@kuldips430]

This is a part of Hindu Culture. Jai Bajrang Bali

[@kongmw]

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

[@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).

[@namenotfound34]

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

[@artofmanliness]

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

[@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

[@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

[@holdshiftt2run308]

We need to bring this practice back.

[@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.

[@turtleyshelltastic]

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

[@Carl007Jr]

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

[@colemanemery5624]

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

[@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.

[@KatyushaRockets]

Every day I envy this man's mustache

[@ruskiyify91]

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

[@jacobortega7569]

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

[@crackerHero]

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

[@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

[@thewiseone6982]

greetings from India

[@cptjacksparrow007]

Steel was absolutely in existence during the time of Alexander the Great

[@InfiniteDroidArmies]

Wootz steel

[@tainttickler4073]

not easily available for just anything

[@nw3877]

Yea, just that they weren't using that for practice in traditional gyms

[@sandeshmhatre9070]

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

[@alexmalyarchuk1723]

Indeed.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That looks like a good and fun workout.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@hazlettryan]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@KTtraintowin]

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

[@jamesbshaw]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@kevteg05]

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

[@robinthebright]

I like the gray digger move

[@genjiglove6124]

That is sweet workout music.

[@50calorie82]

Nick Tomasello that is Panjabie music in the background .

[@sahaskamble4467]

Indian's are sigma male that's why they are invincible at that time they are giant I'm proud to be a Indian

[@truthseekers696]

He was our Sanatani king Porus🕉️

[@50calorie82]

Awesome Panjabie Bhangara Music!!!

[@Motoruven]

Got a 12 kg/26.5 lbs mace for christmas. Christ on a skateboard that thing's a killer

[@ism94786]

Absolute beast.

[@RikthDcruze]

Well, In India Soldiering is an honorable profession. Hence the fierce warriors who Alexander faced. I can tell you, that soldier culture is more or less the same.

[@drmccabe88]

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

[@4LoveAndJustice]

Amazing... You look Indian with that moustache 😀

[@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

[@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.

[@kk2ak14]

awesome mustache! I though Freddy Mercury was dead?

[@OhHhugo7]

Awesome video

[@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.

[@MattXBL123]

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

[@ralphruhl3806]

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

[@Abh19021]

I thought it's just some foreigner trying to look cool with a gatha.. but that 360 was really good.

[@waveexistence3512]

If I could only grow a mustache like this here... 😔

[@Onepieceshortzz]

The rule is to chant "sankat mochan mahabali ki jai" before starting the exercise

[@utubeaticktko5630]

Thank you very helpful

[@elcatrinc1996]

How to become a beast

[@harveyhonor3670]

To become a beast you have add Desi Ghee in Your diet which is the most powerful nd natural food supplement on earth . A2 milk as well (of indian cattles or not of crossed breed cattles ) . 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

[@oscarbear7498]

" had a cool mustaches" 😂

[@vmayn92]

Dope ass video man

[@Motoruven]

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

[@mkh1688]

Hey, we finally figured out newtons matter.

[@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

[@JamaaLS]

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

[@ex-muslimraj8652]

0:50 yes!? 😂They had alloys that we, in this 21st century have not yet discovered!

[@nw3877]

ah true! Damascus Steel was actually Indian invented just unfortunately named after Damascus

[@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

[@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.

[@kgpnerd]

Man, you are handsomely cute.