This is my first attempt at making a mace. I have a 15lb and 25lb ones that are commercially made. This is a little lighter than I wanted at 28lb but I had a lot of fun making it and was very impressive how smooth and defined the pumpkin outline was. definitely will try again with another pumpkin bucket in the near future. My current routine is 100x2handed360 (15lb) 40x1handed360 (15lb) 30x10to2 (25lb) 30x2handed360 (25lb) 10x1handed360 (25lb)

I bought this because I thought it looked interesting and I wanted a mace that I could use on roadtrips. I've had it for a few weeks, so I decided to write a brief review. There's no picture of the kettlebell because it's the usual KBK/BoS/Titan comp style 12-26kg that most are familiar with.

I feel like it could have been packaged better, though from experience I get that shipping heavy and awkwardly shaped things isn't cheap and has its own challenges. There's only one lower shell and screw and they're shipped on the kettlebell, leaving the lip of the mace half exposed. That edge actually cut through the cardboard, so I'd argue that the way they shipped it was unsafe for the courier and potentially the customer. I worked at a shipping company for most of college and have done some ecommerce stuff for my family's business and on my own, so I'm not speaking totally out of my ass.

Unless you've built up experience with swinging heavy maces or are already pretty strong, it's going to be a challenge to use safely, if at all. I've only trained with maces for the past year and, prior to buying this, the heaviest I'd ever swung was 9kg/20lb (I'm ~70 kg). To mitigate that problem, I bought a plastic shell intended for use with adjustable competition kettlebells, which dropped the weight down to 8kg (from 12kg), which is far more manageable. The upshot of doing that is that it frees up the OEM steel shell to be used on the kettlebell. Oh yeah, I also had to buy an extra screw for the lower shell, which Grainger carries (I'll have to get the part number later, if anyone's interested).

Once I got past that, swinging the mace was a joy. The overall length is 40"/101.6cm long, which is about 3-4"/7.5-10.2cm longer than my 15lb and 20lb maces. Even though I'm only 5'8"/1.72m in height, I somewhat prefer the longer handle on this.

Another reason I bought this is that I wanted to burn up some leftover FSA funds. I use mace work as a way to treat and prevent elbow pain, since I have a desk job and have a history of golfer/tennis elbow RSIs and they offer payment with TrueMed. In retrospect, it's not been as straightforward as I was led to believe. My employer's FSA/HSA provider has requested a Letter of Medical Necessity and the one provided by TrueMed wasn't exactly robust. I've not heard back from the FSA provider, but I'm not optimistic and am prepared to reimburse them for the expense should they find the letter insufficient.

tl;dr: If you're already strong, don't have an adjustable kb, and you're close to California, it might be worth it. (US-specific: The same goes if you know your FSA/HSA will accept TrueMed LMNs.) Outside of those scenarios, it's not really the best value for your money, IMO.

It's a decent buy and I don't regret it, but I'm not sure I'd pay $400 plus shipping for the whole thing. I wish that there were an option to buy the mace handle by itself because I already have a pair of adjustable kettlebells, but I suspect that there's a reason they don't do that.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/Kc7hW4k

As a beginner I was looking into an adjustable mace and found what appeared to be a decent looking mace from Paraball. I pulled the trigger and ordered from their website but instead of getting a mace I received a Twin Comforter. Thats right a bedding comforter and sheets. All I can say was they were extremely rude in my attempts to rectify the order. I suspect this entire company is a scam. I made a dispute with my CC company. They didn’t make an apology their last words we “take it up with your bank”.

Wanting to try implementing some swinging into my workout routine and in struggling to choose between the 2. Here’s what I’m hoping to gain from the addition, wrist and shoulder health/mobility, grip strength, core strength. Is either a club or mace clearly a better option to check these boxes? Feedback appreciated.

5.6 height and 60,3 weight.

What weight would you consider best to start with ? In a past was searching for ideal weight and back then decided to go for 3kg but now when I am looking at begginers weights it showwing more like 4-5kgs. What would you choose ?

EDIT : I ordered the Adex and Ad on kit. As tempting as the clone is I have money and I should support the OG "local" business. Thanks for the thoughts everyone.

I know this isnt the clubbell reddit but that place is pretty dead compared to here.

Ive been looking at adjustable clubs here in Canada and ive found 2 that I really like but cant decide between.

Markwildman Handle Adex Club + Ad on kit will run me $1200 Canadian or a chinese clone/ unbranded version of it here on amazon which would cost only $900.

The amazon club looks better to me honestly but has dubious/ unknown quality.

It goes from 13-35 pounds with its addon kit bringing it to 55lbs which is 10lbs over the the adex. It also has the same handle diameter of 1.4 inchs like the MW adex so im assuming I could even buy the other adex handles down the line to make this into a mace.

The overall length is longer at 29inchs vs the adex but using a stick it seems to clear my toes by an inch or two.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0D8BG91WC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1RHS0BIMA32UI&th=1

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0D89ZLLRB/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1RHS0BIMA32UI&th=1

For $300 cheaper I think it might be worth it but any thoughts? If I do decided to buy it ill be sure to post a mini review of it but as im a beginner besides a build quality/ fit and finish I may be useless.

I'm 35 and wishing I got into CrossFit ten years ago instead of last year. I'd like to add a mace to my home collection of kettle bells and not sure what weight to start with.

At the gym I typically don't RX the WODs but try to stay close to them. I'd like to build upper body strength and this seems like a solid way to do that at home without amassing a bunch of dumbbells.

At my gym we do not have any maces so I've never tried one before.

As I am exploring mace training, (different lengths grips, ect.) I have purchased from 3 companies. Last week I received my mace from CK Maceworks and it was the wrong item. As it was Friday after work I didn't expect much in the way of customer service, so I took pictures to show the item I received and sent the email to them. They responded the next morning and promptly sent me a return label. They were very nice and courteous through this process. When I dropped the item off at USPS Monday afternoon I emailed them again to let them know it was sent. They responded and the next day they shipped my correct item,....they did not wait to receive the return item or ask for the photo proof i had. I was very grateful for this and did not expect it at all. I got off of work yesterday (Friday) and it was at my home waiting for me.

I wanted to post this here to sing their customer support praise, and to bring to light that even a great product needs great support and CK Maceworks has both. Thanks!

Question for anyone who might know. I’m sure everyone knows @daring101 on IG. I saw one of his posts with the new Rogue mace. And he had what looked like some really small diameter plates on his mace. Anyone have any idea which these are?

I'd love an Adex adjustable mace however the cost of shipping Adex clubs to Australia is currently prohibitive, so I'm wondering about alternatives.

I have a fixed mace from Dangerously Fit which is good but not sure about their adjustable ones.

Has anyone in Aus got something they're happy with?

I recently upgraded my steel club to an adjustable CK Maceworks Cadi Club.
This club is much longer than most clubs, almost like a very short mace.

Since getting this club, I've all but abandoned my fixed weight maces and my HoH adjustable mace in favor of club work.

I'm wondering if you think using a steel club is enough or whether I'd benefit from buying a CK Maceworks Mace as well?

I'm not looking for double-blind studies or anything. Give me your hot takes on the advantages of owning the adjustable mace and club over just owning the club.

I have a feeling that if I did get the mace, it would reignite my passion for using the mace. The reason I like the CK Cadi Club so much is because I can fine-tune the weight, but unlike my other adjustable club, there are no weight collars on the handle so I can slide my hand right up to the weight to do things like upper-cuts and various moves that involve moving the hand further up the handle.

With mace flow starting to be more and more of a thing, I'm wondering how long it's gonna be until someone makes an LED blinky mace. Anyone seen one in the wild, or had some neat idea how to make one?

You can do a lot of cool things with a swinging implement like a mace or a heavy club, but I feel like one thing it does better than any other implement are "behind the back" movements and that's what I want implement in my strength program (mainly calisthenics and kettlebells). For now I have been doing kettlebell halos (superset with pull-ups), but it would be fun to do some "proper" club or mace work instead.

I wonder if anyone here has tried to put together a "hierarchy" of sorts regarding those kinds of exercises - as in, which are more advanced, which are more beginner-friendly, which tax your body more, what are their benefits and drawbacks compared to each other, etc. I presume the simple pullover would be the start, but which exercise would you put right after? What after that? And so on.

I would love to put together something like that with your help so then I could just cycle through this progression ladder with increasing weights as my strength and skill improve. Thank you for any input!

EDIT:

After some thinking on my own, I came up with a following progression chart of what I call in my head "loaded shoulder opener" exercises. I know it's a clunky term but couldn't think of anything else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sorted by difficulty (in my opinion):

1 - Pullover/Shoulder Cast

2 - Deadstop Pullover

3a - Halo (less commonly done with a mace)

3b - Back Pendulum

4 - 180 Pullover

5 - 360/Shield Cast

6 - 10-2/Gama Cast

7a - Mill

7b - Hand-to-Hand 10-2 (best done with a mace or a longer club)

Then they all can be progressed into one-handed variations.

What do you think, folx?

I’m a Fireman and an older one (38) compared to others in my department. I’m looking at getting away from chasing numbers with powerlifting and wanting to focus on more functional fitness/strength training. Any recommendations on where to start and what weight to start with? I have two 35lbs KBs, and two sand bags but unsure about maces/clubs and how to program. Any advice would be greatly appreciated