You are just awesome brother

Your information snd knowledge is tremendous. Great job good sir.

Great information good sir, just located your channel. Keep up the great work 💪👍.

Your a great lifter, however it looks like you hardly studied the forms, and hardly scratched the surface of this style of training. Maces, clubs, kettlebells, (and even burpees, as per your comparison) are meant to be trained very different than a barbell for the most part. The reps need to be extremely high, you need more variation, and much less rest. A good mace workout might look like: 100 x each side 360 swings to squats, 200 x 10 - 2's, 100 x barbarian squats, with a 500 x bw squat finisher. And as far as the pricing, if you are doing workouts in the fashion I mentioned with a set weight, you can use a tool like a mace, club, or kettlebell as a single or primary piece of equipment for about a year, as someone who trains daily. This makes 300 dollars turn into less than a dollar a day, which is worth it if you are training from home and want to master a tool like this. That's the whole idea, get great fitness, have fun, master something odd, save money. But you gotta put in that same study and ethic that you have with barbells, sandbags and stones (and all the other crazy elite stuff you have done) before. The channel I recommend you check is "Goondalini", he adds in his own twists (as you can), and does a great job portraying the versatility, and how to make them for cheap. It's not for everyone, but don't discredit something which you never gave the due time and respect. Same with burpees, checkout the older videos on the channel "Iron Wolf", burpees, maces, clubs and kettlebells go wayyyy deep man. Also, imagine doing anything else you've done for just 28 days, and then sharing a set opinion on it. I imagine all other implements you use you have put years and decades of hard work into, and often times it might have taken over a year to be comfortable with even a single movement. Think about a barbell squat or a deadlift, I know you get sore when your just starting in these movements, but how long (realistically, not theoretically) does it take for someone to feel "smooth", "controlled" and have proper form in these movements? I feel like even after 5 years, a competitive lifter is still constantly queuing themselves, making adjustments, and having thoughts like "I have patience, just you wait and see everyone". All forms of training take time, effort and open-mindedness before their true value is revealed. Thank you for sharing your video and your opinion on it thus far.

Can I still change a tire when I'm in my mid seventies? That is what motivates me.

Ironically, fitness industry came up with special sandbags to make them easier to handle.

I noticed your heels weren’t on the ground, is it ok if you drive through your toes like that? Should I do what feels most comfortable?

Whats weight sledgehammer is good to start with

Thanks for the reminders. It’s easy to get distracted, at least it is for me. 👊🏼

How much would the baby bear sandbag weigh?

Still a great cycle in 2024. I use it after a hypertrophy in order to move to strength and lean out a little. Well thought out undulation and coverage of percentages. When beat up, just push it right. Fantastic.

the man

So don’t jerk it off? If both hands are holding the bar how would you jerk it off?

YOU SAID “My dead Grandma!” 🤣🤣🤣

God bless you Brian, thank you for all you do

Just got started with sandbag training and this video is amazing!!!

Came here to find out what pre workout you use. Thanks for saving me $50.

My Dad got mad at me for the news paper trick. “Christapha why is the news paper crumpled into balls?” I flex my forearm at him 😂 “Why are both bigger. Aren’t you right handed?” 😂😂

I've been doing this standing for a bit, and I gotta say, I think it's got insane potential for combat sports training. Probably general sports training really, but specifically the standing version with a more upright posture and an active snap back down into the bottom position simultaneously trains the kind of rotation needed for punching and for many kinds of throws. Of course if you're just training for *any* kind of rotational movement and not specifically those, I could definitely see the kneeling version suiting many people better. And having the advantage of engaging the core more by taking almost any residual leg drive out of the equation.

28 days is only playing around with the maces, and those rotational movements really uncomparable with kettlebell work. If someone, (maybe in a city) never did hard physical labor with hand tools, maces are a great way to lots of untouched potentials. Saying, there's only one excercise with them is weird, 'cause wielding a weighty, long lever is the basis of about every martial art weapon technique ever. And a word on price: I made the simplest DIY mace from a leftover piece of pipe with two heavy duty collars, so it costed literally nothing to try out.

300 bucks is waaaay to much money for what you get

I’ve been doing Indian club swinging for a few years now after not being able to bench press for a year due to shoulder pain. Shoulders have never felt so good at 53

came to your channel for the strength tips, helped my daughter add kilos to her liftsand she's competing in the british and world championships over the next few weeks only to find bushcraft as well. we have a permanent camp in a woods here in the uk. awesome stuff fellah.

Been trying to do this for at least a month now and for some reason just cant get it right. Very frustrating

Awesome explanation man im going to try and execute this . Been struggling with bench

Can i get such a physique just with a Sandbag?

Using these to make my rugby scrum half pass as quick as a bullet

Solid solid solid! 👍🏼💪🏼👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼

I wish I could give this video another like every time I saw it.

When bending to lift the sandbag, not keeping your back straight can damage the disc if you arch your back

I just use sledgehammers. I find I can modulate the intensity just fine by choking up on the handle (and I do that to warm up the movement). I mostly use it for light mobility work in the shoulders and hitting the less straight forward ranges if motion in my wrists, which helps keep them feeling healthy. I can't see paying $300 for a mace. Heaviest sledgehammer at the hardware store? Definitely worth it.

Love the mace is getting popular. Been using it for years HIGHLY RECOMMEND

I wanted to add mace training to my training after watching "The Flowing Dutchman" for a while. The mace I got is a Strength Shop EU, I got the 6kg one, costed 60€. But if you have a sledgehammer, use that or even better, if you're handy or would like to take on a craft project, make your own; whether it be concrete and a bar or carving wood like the Indian ones. Personally, I didn't see all too much benefit overall, as I use kettlebells on my off days after rucking. But it's nice to mix it up and for 60 bucks it's honestly not a big deal. If it was $300 like what you got, yeah no way I'ld get that.

Wow that is amazing on the PR I can’t do that on a good day keep up the good work 👏

This is how vikings got so strong.

My dead grandma 😂

Shield casts, 10-2, uppercut with lunge, grave digger to shield cast, battle lunges and combos there of. Works for me. Totally agree on helping with the shoulders. This and your sandbag workouts keep this 58 year old moving along. Another thing to try for those interested are fixed maces. I use the ones from Amazon. They have a thicker grip and as they get heavier they get longer to increase the dynamic force you are swinging. Keep up the great work, Thanks

I started doing swings behind the back as a finisher after sledgehammer tire work with a 20 lb sledge. After a while I wanted to try going heavier, so I made a 50 lb mace that is plate loadable, and I will say swinging a 65 lb mace is absolutely brutal. For me it really hits my triceps hard

I got a 10lb macebell for $30 and I can do a lot with it. Just takes some research and imagination :)

I have a 5kg (11lb) fixed weight mace. I find it is a good weight for the therapeutic/health benefits of a mace without the expense of the adjustable ones. Another affordable adjustable one is the wooden Kensui mace. Apparently it feels a bit different though because it's wood.

I’ve been subscribed for years and always recommend you and Alan Thrall to anyone who asks about fitness , I hope you keep your spirits up it’s really important to me

You should try heavy clubs. They're far more versatile. A club plus a dumbbell replaces a kettlebell and you can do a lot more exercises than you can with a kettlebell.

I know how to build traps... syringe 💉 💉 💉

This was a really helpful review thanks.

Great video. Thank you. 👍

Clean and press

Thank you

Been wearing my Bearfoot Ursus in the gym for almost 2 years. They’re still going strong. Just ordered Bruins this morning. I’m psyched to get them in! Highly recommend their gym shoes, I’m hoping their boots satisfy the same way

The Tactical Games put me in a YT sandbag workout rabbit hole and found myself here. Cool.

I wish i knew what someone not on something looked like.