I Tried The World's Oldest Workout!

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I Tried The World's Oldest Workout!

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The Mace or Gada is one of the oldest strength training tools ever created. Today ‪@TheFlowingDutchman‬ visited St. Louis and gave me a personal seminar to teach me how to use these awesome tools.
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@TheFlowingDutchman 4 ай бұрын

It was a privilege for me to teach you some of the basics and actually see you swing a mace in person. You're an example of a humble, open, yet knowledgable man and it means a lot to me to witness that in person. I understand why your channel is so popular :). Hope to see you with some big weights soon!

@lisaharris1375 4 ай бұрын

That was Awesome! Thank you for sharing. 😊 It's obvious the benefits you receive from what looks like something so simple and easy but quite the contrary. Ha!

@bijoymondal6005 4 ай бұрын

Your spreading knowledge

@imcalleddakota 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your expertise man. Much love 🤙🏽

@bartburg2112 3 ай бұрын

You're clearly a very technical teacher 🙌

@kdcbattlecreek Ай бұрын

Can some of this be modified for someone sitting?

@The10532124 6 ай бұрын

Finally a respectable fitness influencer giving the mace some coverage

@crcurran 6 ай бұрын

This is serious core work. So much more effective than crunches and the like.

@MarekKE-ei6ec 6 ай бұрын

yes, but crunches will make the abdominal muscles more visible from the outside. I know what I'm writing, I regularly practice various core exercises, I've been practicing with the help of macebells for two years (two-handed, one-handed), and only after years, when I included 1 set of sit-ups a day, did my abs become more visible... One poondiata set of 40 was enough repetitions (legs are not closed)

@crcurran 6 ай бұрын

@@MarekKE-ei6ec more visible on the outside is called low fat.

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

It's a great core workout!

@deyvisonwillamy6931 6 ай бұрын

Crunches are for bodybuilding

@thebodykeepsthescore2828 6 ай бұрын

@@MarekKE-ei6ecYou clearly don't know what you are writing about😂 Visible abs are to do with low body fat, not crunches🤦‍♂️

@conradrichard1492 6 ай бұрын

The guy in the black is an excellent student. Easy to teach and understands and does the actions well quickly.

@kshahkshah 6 ай бұрын

That's Dr. Aaron, this is his channel. He's amazing. Probably has improved the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of people, no joke.

@pbkobold 6 ай бұрын

@@kshahkshahthat’s the joke.

@swoosh2835 5 ай бұрын

@@kshahkshahnooo you don’t say!

@mayankprasad7317 4 ай бұрын

Nice observation

@david-pb4bi 6 ай бұрын

I have been training for over 57 years now at 71 still compete in powerlifting competitions, got to say why didn’t you have this channel when I started out, would have saved me loads of time.

@Seriouslyfunny1 4 ай бұрын

He probably wasn't born sir XD

@Im__Your__Huckleberry 4 ай бұрын

KZfaq didn't exist, the internet didn't exist, the printing press was the talk of the town!

@Samir12357 29 күн бұрын

Hey grandpa well I recently only starting working out so if you can give me tips and tricks and learning you found out after more than half a century experience. Well I am 22 and never done any workout. Used to play badminton and cricket on regular basis till I was 17 then I left all that and I want to get fit again because yesterday I was not even able to run for 2 minutes..

@david-pb4bi 29 күн бұрын

@@Samir12357 First tip learn some manners, second tip take your face for a sh**. If you don’t put a sock in it will start taking about your mother.

@david-pb4bi 29 күн бұрын

@@Samir12357 First tip learn some manners, or I will start taking about your mother, don’t think you would like that.

@parthvyavhare5134 6 ай бұрын

Never saw this collab coming ❤

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@user-pn8mm4wt5l 6 ай бұрын

Hey, @@SquatUniversity can you do a remake video of the kettlebell weight shift video?

@EyesOpeninCaliforniaDreams 6 ай бұрын

@@SquatUniversity Bro, I know you just uploaded this video but I’d like to know later if you were sore when you woke/wake up??

@jujuman3422 6 ай бұрын

@@SquatUniversity I recently fell on my left knee and I can feel pain in the back of my knee. Is there anything I can do to help relieve and fix this issue

@Prometheus-Rising 6 ай бұрын

Hey @SquatUniversity where are you located so I can come in?

@DrMSid 4 ай бұрын

One amongst many contributions from ancient Indian knowledge.

@justnobody2172 3 ай бұрын

@user-nh8zt9wl3c what the heck dude do you study in whatsapp university of BBC ...do some search on youtube about ancient india even Aryan is a sanskrit word . Go and educate yourself.

@yashsharma1280 3 ай бұрын

@user-nh8zt9wl3c Persian was the common language ? Then what about Sanskrit and Tamil ? Were graduated from Macdonald University? Also Persia was Zoroastrian country there was No Islam In Persia 🤣

@DayzGod-vi6wl 2 ай бұрын

@user-nh8zt9wl3c You are the one who needs history lessons 😂😂😂😂

@DayzGod-vi6wl 2 ай бұрын

@user-nh8zt9wl3c We don't need to learn our history from a dummy foreigner 😆

@GhostRiley-zs8zb 2 ай бұрын

@user-nh8zt9wl3c persian was the court language, not common, otherwise Indians would be speaking persian instead of hindi

@mercedesbenz3751 4 ай бұрын

19:15 This is how ancient Indian warriors used to swing their swords too. Enemy can't attack you from the back as well.

@Shadow-uw3ld 6 ай бұрын

Ngl I saw his videos during he visited in India and I was inspired by it. I was thinking about starting this exercise, but didn't know the proper way. I was searching for this and boom 3 days later squat University did it. Thank you for this 🙏🙏

@shanebentley5630 5 ай бұрын

I discovered maces a few years ago and still spread the word about them. Such an amazing tool for so many movements!

@MindControlUltra 6 ай бұрын

I just bought one to get rid of my neighbours. Was a good training.

@Anon_E_Muss 6 ай бұрын

😆

@francoispatacchini3802 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Mark-ro3gx 4 ай бұрын

RIP neighbors 😢

@abhishekpanthi6496 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@blakekennard7700 6 ай бұрын

Love these movements! Started using a mace to unlock a dysfunctional shoulder. The reflexive switch between relax and muscle twitch are fantastic. Way to help bring it to the fore.

@MinusStatue11 6 ай бұрын

His instructions, and your immediate response to change was very impressive. Really enjoyed watching this!

@Dr._Squid 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you made this video to learn from!! I literally impulse bought a 15 lb mace after seeing your video short about the gada/weighted mace. I've been working with it to improve my strength and overhead mobility. I'm so happy to have this to build on. Very informative. Perhaps a slow-mo breakdown and some good graphics could really drive the key concepts/steps home. Thank you!

@EllaGreenn 5 ай бұрын

😂 I'm literally looking around my house for sticks to start swinging around. My broom seems like the most likely candidate atm. It's probably too light, but I'm a very small female and looking to improve mobility first anyway. Hope this will help my creaking, bubble wrap noise making shoulder. I had it for years and every few months it starts hurting (inflammation I suspect). Just watching this mace exercise feels like a relief to my shoulder, so I need to start this asap. Where did you order your impulse purchase mace?

@lifsabeech 6 ай бұрын

This is the best video in my opinion. Using the bodies natural ability to get a great work out in. I’m sold.

@GAKKIN 5 ай бұрын

This one gave me a lateral pelvic tilt, especially the exercise that takes mace in circle over your head. Lot of pain. I used PRI exercises to get this under control. The key is not to increase weight quickly. I went from 7 lb to 10 lb to 15 lb mace in 3 weeks. I should have practiced 7 lb for 3 months, then 10 lb for 6 months and then perhaps 15 lb. One has to be really mindful of any exercises that has pelvic rotation. Of all the exercises I had done so far, mace really feels empowering.

@sanjitkumarroy9589 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I am from India. Learning the mechanics of this ancient workout was very nice.

@hardikshukla6590 6 ай бұрын

Best Collab, Two of my favs coming together. Need more of this 🙌🏼

@starwhitesdemo 4 ай бұрын

Hi I am fan of your channel I am from india I know a practioner of your video art which is called karlakattai Before this practice You need three months training on body mobility 360 degree work out with out weight Then after 45 minutes of body warmup only you have to rotate this weights Orelse it causes the injury Kindly I am your fan You have a advanced science But our traditional Indian workouts have more than science.

@usergiodmsilva1983PT 6 ай бұрын

The history of mace/clubs, as a weapon of war, and later as a tool of exercise, is ancient and covers much of the indoeuropean world. Persia, India and many others have works of art and literature featuring these since at least the Iron Age.

@hafirenggayuda 5 ай бұрын

These exercises seems more a training to handle the weapon imo

@Subha95 5 ай бұрын

It was both from the start. You need to do this exercise in order to get used to wield Gada in a fight

@_UNISTAR_ 4 ай бұрын

@@hafirenggayuda The Gada was used in battle as well. And the swords were also swung like this a LOT in Indian battles.

@DayzGod-vi6wl 2 ай бұрын

Before Persia it was India It goes way back !! You dummies need some history lessons!!!

@dhruvsingh9 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video.. I am glad he visited your channel and gave this ancient technique a huge shout out.. Thanks

@jvm-tv 6 ай бұрын

Mace swings fixed my nagging shoulder issues that i had for years and nothing else was effective.

@domzbu 5 ай бұрын

Clubs and mace did the same for me 👍🏻

@zenraloc 4 ай бұрын

This is what I came here to see. What products do you recommend?

@ladyowl9187 3 ай бұрын

I struggle with bursitis in the shoulder. I'm hoping this helps!

@shumardi1 4 ай бұрын

The Flowing Dutchman is great. I love that guy.

@KarenSchuessler 6 ай бұрын

That is the coolest! Flow and grace coupled with strength and balance. Thanks for filming this partnership and posting for all to see.

@michaelstagar4254 4 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. The Dutchman has entered the chat.😊

@jondunsmore2121 6 ай бұрын

I'd love to add something like this to my workout but am afraid of having terrible form without having an instructor like that to offer correction. Love the video, thanks for sharing!

@DharaBheem 5 ай бұрын

That is right observation. The mace is infamous for literally popping out our shoulder cuffs and wrists. But you can start with small weights and even with improper form, it will not pose a risk and slowly by the very nature of maces complimenting natural body movements you will be fixed in proper form in just 1.5 month time more or less.

@rickkern5785 3 ай бұрын

Even leg definition of the instructor shows how fit this guy is. Looks like an awesome workout.

@renstal7638 6 ай бұрын

This was awesome to watch the progression. whoever did the backtrack, great job! Especially at the end with the intensity going up with the weight 👍🏽

@Seriouslyfunny1 4 ай бұрын

The motion seems more like a way to train for handling heavy swords

@EnochDark 5 ай бұрын

Good for you. I've been training with maces and clubs for a couple years now as well as subscribed to Flowing Dutchman... I can certainly feel and see the difference in my shoulders and neck over back when I just trained with barbells and dumbbells.

@diegocarrilloduarte8168 6 ай бұрын

Two of my favorites fitness content creators together, this is pure gold. Thanks for the video bro

@user-zm9gc1kt8b 6 ай бұрын

Bloody awesome video lads😎👌

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@juanalejandrosuarez4382 6 ай бұрын

I've been training with a macebell for 6 months and the benefits are awesome, my flexibility and strength had improved dramatically,great video a content,2 of my favorite content creators together

@AmanKumarSharma-de7ft 5 ай бұрын

Never stop learning… love your attitude … the main reason why you know so much and can explain it so well

@jvm-tv 6 ай бұрын

Collab between two of my favourite coaches. Never saw it coming! 💯

@v.premkumar399 3 ай бұрын

Best ancient workout man... Love from INDIA ❤❤

@jumboon 5 ай бұрын

WOW!! FINALLY! I learnt about this and other Indian ancient techniques many year ago. I forgot immediately about the other techniques as absolutely out of my range😂 but this is something I still practice to keep my shoulders moving. The first time I saw that was about clubs like a 360° round cricket wooden club. But the mace seems to be more popular. Also the movement dynamic should be different. Maces are quite rare in the gyms (and expensive to buy) so at gym I use a light bar the kinda you can add light plates from 1 lb up, to. Usually found in the classes studio/area. Weights only on one end, of course😂 and the DIY mace is ready. The hands position on the bar makes the exercise more or less difficult the farer or the closer you go to the weighted end. So everyone can do the exercise. Thank you for the video, clearly explaining the starting steps and tips to make the movent flowing better. 🙏

@AdrianMcGavock 6 ай бұрын

really cool vid and demonstration of technique, thanks for posting ... will try it out with my sledge hammer 👍

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@PrinceLobo-es8kl 3 ай бұрын

This training is so damm good for back, shoulders and core's stability, mobility and strength

@eddieg9506 4 ай бұрын

Lived this colab! I don't have a mace, yet. I'm resisting the urge to use my mattock. Now there's a reality check. Yikes!

@PlayfulTraining 6 ай бұрын

That flow at the end! Looks like there are some great possibilities to play and have fun with the mace which I look forwad to exploring!

@Iwillchange682 6 ай бұрын

Awesome I am a big fan of your videos 😊

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@DurtyDuggg 6 ай бұрын

This was really fun to watch. I am definitely going to give this a try. Fun to see a fellow Dutchy on my favorite channel.

@T0myTune Ай бұрын

Very cool. Great video!

@Organic_Organist 6 ай бұрын

Ah, TheFlowingDutchman getting some much deserved love and attention. Thank you!

@JackOfAllWeights 4 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Great exposure to the greatest warrior tool there is, and with this Dutchman🔥 I love this a warrior conditioning tool but there are so many benefits from training with this! Experience no more shoulder pain! Get a healthy back. And explosives!!

@Yupppi 6 ай бұрын

Coincidentally just today I was talking with a friend who uses sledge hammers at work, about hitting tires with sledge hammers, and this fits perfectly for a sledge hammer. Workout tools and movements are everywhere.

@davidmiller4078 4 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@Marsel_G. 6 ай бұрын

I look forward your explanation of the correct DIPS techique. Because its a very good compound exercise, but it can cause a lot damage to your shoulders

@DipankarBhattacherjee 4 ай бұрын

Awesome.

@Pankaj-tk3do 6 ай бұрын

As Indian from Maharashtra kolhapur this good to see

@user-yg7qs9bv8r 5 ай бұрын

I can't wait to start this kind of work out it

@sebastiencosmos 6 ай бұрын

An other dimension of the training . Very cool❤❤❤

@woody1856 6 ай бұрын

thanks for the intro type video. I have been interested in mace workouts to build core and strength my low back issues.

@snorelax3908 6 ай бұрын

I started using a mace for cardio. I love it.

@IWillKillSomeDay 6 ай бұрын

Gada workout has known to be thousands of years old and effective. It was the Gada because of which Alexander lost to an Indian king of a tiny kingdom. The Greeks and Persians were scared of the Gada to hell 2000 years ago. There' gotta be some reason behind it.

@Lebaneselinguist 6 ай бұрын

Hi, Sir. Can you please make a video about lower back muscle and tendon strains and how we can fix it, thank you very much.

@fitgirlnyima400 6 ай бұрын

WOw i love this session. Its amazing :)

@santoslopez283 5 ай бұрын

Hell ya, that was hard

@harryv6752 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful collaboration, instructions, and demonstration. Totally makes sense where all the power is generated or transferred thru from the hips, as with a strike from a boxer or a martial artist. Tells me I've been doing it wrong all this time and I've only started. Love it. Thanks! 🤘

@tejasweesaha3630 6 ай бұрын

Please please make a video on pain/stiffness on the side ribs, obliques maybe🙏🙏

@pradeepchandrasahu5126 4 ай бұрын

Its indian guys❤

@harrybrown4815 4 ай бұрын

Well this is a knaves training tool from the feudal europe so no not just indian!

@jujutrini8412 4 ай бұрын

@@harrybrown4815 With origins in India.

@greatkaafir7478 4 ай бұрын

@@harrybrown4815 Lol Tbis Is Called Gada From Ancient India Not Europe ✌️

@ShivKamalUpadhaya 3 ай бұрын

It's actually mentioned both in Ramayana and Mahabharata my father used to practice with these when he was alive. I am fat btw. 🤣@@harrybrown4815

@phantomc2175 3 ай бұрын

@@harrybrown4815 stolen....as usual... 😂

@lisaharris1375 4 ай бұрын

That was really cool! Loved it!

@vamsikrishna8793 5 ай бұрын

Breath aspect of it is the most important to be kept in mind. It works not just as physical exercise but as yogic breathing too when done correctly.

@anthonycraig274 6 ай бұрын

That was brilliant for the first time.

@crayzmarc 6 ай бұрын

Love both your work and was so happy to see you two together on IG at the end of last year. Great you got a video out of it too and look forward to you exploring the benefits of mace.

@rajatchopra1411 6 ай бұрын

More such unexpected collabs are needed❤

@anthonycraig274 6 ай бұрын

The weird thing about mace training, you notice muscles are built in unexpected places like the forearms, lats and abs but you can also incorporate the mace in your lower body.

@hsamzsd 8 күн бұрын

dude you really crushed it and made it seem like youve spent at least a week with the mace. It's funny, in another video I was complaining about dumbells and taht you should check out the steel mace and here we are.

@Chyeahokay 4 ай бұрын

Get a 10 lb sledge hammer from Home Depot

@PavelGorbachev-gz3ys 3 ай бұрын

and get hit with it

@Aboriginal_American_Hebrew 2 ай бұрын

🎉

@ericolofsson Ай бұрын

Sledge hammer handles are oval to help align the head, makes it quite annoying to swing. Better to just use a stick in a pot of concreate.

@exxeedlys1 6 ай бұрын

Ah, finally an easy to understand macebell tutorial.

@SquatUniversity 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the tutorial!

@TheC0mmentSection Ай бұрын

The times we live in now we can just watch a video on how to do an ancient mace style workout by an instructor for free just blows my mind

@xrhstoshell 6 ай бұрын

JUST AWESOME!!!!!

@railtorail 6 ай бұрын

Great to see you learn this!

@learoser1339 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful

@petrawagner4946 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video. I'd been wondering about this workout, actually. Excellent. Absolutely love and appreciate your work, is helping me with hip impingement and hip flexor strain issues. Shared you with my chiropractor, too. Blessings!

@samayturki 6 ай бұрын

Jai Bajrang Bali

@swoosh2835 5 ай бұрын

No way! These two doing a collab is this fitness nerd’s dream come true! Huge love for you both 🙏

@tommytanumihardja9415 4 ай бұрын

Really need this instructional video

@walkssays6331 2 ай бұрын

Brothers this is awesome 🤩 I’m going to give this a go

@tw1npe4ks 6 ай бұрын

Amazing workout, need to try it out

@bhaskyOld 6 ай бұрын

Just brilliant

@SolLeeYT 6 ай бұрын

Long time viewer. Love the editing upgrades.

@akashcharynaarozu9633 26 күн бұрын

❤ Really enjoyed watching this video.

@mathewday4677 6 ай бұрын

wow great vid mate you have the best content! I have a mace in the shed now i know how to use it properly thankyou

@Alejandro-te2nt 6 ай бұрын

Do persian meels with the OG Paul Taras Wolkowinski

@Bombsuitsandkilts 5 ай бұрын

I coach Highland Games and I've always said the Hammer swing is the single greatest shoulder and rotational core conditioning tool. Anyone who has a mace 10-30 lbs can start learning how to do it. It's like a mace swing on steroids and if you want to you can throw it really far too.

@leojugoibrahimovic8327 6 ай бұрын

Great! I really would like to have one...

@KanekiKen-lm1dl 6 ай бұрын

They’re really not expensive to buy, and really cheap to make.

@leojugoibrahimovic8327 6 ай бұрын

@@KanekiKen-lm1dl do you know the name of it mate?

@KanekiKen-lm1dl 6 ай бұрын

@@leojugoibrahimovic8327 just look up “macebell for sale”. They’re all pretty much the same so just focus on finding weight, length, and girth that suits you the best. You can also use a sledgehammer, or a regular barbell with weight on one side. As I said tho you can make one yourself for next to nothing. Anything with offset weight will work (there are many instructional videos how to make one with concrete, flower pot, bamboo, and a handful of nails. All for a couple of bucks). Hope this helped, if not then just go to the flowing dutchmans channel (tall guy in the video) he’s got tons of great videos on this subject.

@mohitmanas1573 6 ай бұрын

Mace or Gada@@leojugoibrahimovic8327

@mr.p1814 6 ай бұрын

@@leojugoibrahimovic8327Mace/Gada/Mudgal

@soumalyadas1123 6 ай бұрын

Amazingly explained!

@ErlingGrey 6 ай бұрын

SU will be a master in a weeks time.

@aidanhughes3458 6 ай бұрын

Any other hammer throwers realize a lot of the same concepts taught for this implement are very similar to throwing the hammer?

@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been swinging maces for about 9 years. It’s a phenomenal workout and a skill that completely changes how you move.

@dylandesmond 6 ай бұрын

They found the world's oldest axe dating around 45,000-49,000 years ago... pretty sure the axe wins this one.

@shirokun4742 5 ай бұрын

And axe made out of stone or bones 😂

@greaterbharat4175 5 ай бұрын

Spear is oldest tho

@kerotan2444 6 ай бұрын

I love this video, very cool training

@rajvirdhillon4690 6 ай бұрын

Hey Squat University ! Love the videos. Just wondering if you could post something on a tight QL causing leg length discrepancy? When I stretch my QL my legs even out but only last a few minutes before shortening! Would love your amazing advice on this!

@nak3dxsnake 6 күн бұрын

Been avoiding responsiblity for 40 years. Had no clue I was min/maxing perseverance. Grow slowly live longly... I hope.

@ajaysridharan 10 күн бұрын

Indian mace and club swings are the best for shoulder and core strength and stability. And yes, once you get the hang of it, it is meditative! I put on my ear buds and listen to spiritual discourse while practicing the swings!