Enter The Steel Mace: Guide For Steel Mace Strength Training

In addition to covering a number of steel mace exercises, it has a number of drills to prepare you to handle the mace as well as some exercises involving kettlebells or clubs. Lots of useful information without the time-consuming advertising of trying to get it from Youtube.

This is without a doubt the most complete guide to mace training with detailed descriptions and a playlist of easy to follow YouTube tutorials. Must have for any mace owner

This book is basically a walk through of various exercises you can do with a steel mace. It has many grammatical errors and the exercise descriptions are often confusing. I will say that for the most part the photo examples are good; the book does a nice job "flattening" fundamentally 3D motions into a 2D page which I recognize is quite difficult.My biggest problem with this book is that the author makes no attempt to identify how or where a steel mace can/should fit into a serious strength and/or conditioning program. The author spend a page ranting about how 360s are improperly used by social media influencers, etc. but does not make any sort of case as to why a 360 belongs in a S&C program.I appreciate that this author attempted to model the book after Enter the Kettlebell, but I was disappointed in that I walked away without any clear sense of the author's philosophy on S&C or how the author would suggest utilizing a steel mace in conjunction with other things. In each of his books, Pavel makes a coherent case for why you should ________ (fill in the blank) but that was sorely missing here in my opinion. The author references being able to one arm press 100lbs or goblet squat a heavy kettlebell (impressive feats!) so clearly appreciates that for most serious athletes a steel mace will be used for accessory work, unless an extremely heavy mace is used. However, there is no discussion of when or why to increase the weight.Pavel outlines clear strength standards in Simple and Sinister--what are the respective mace standards? The fact that that's a silly question ought to demonstrate something about maces themselves, which unfortunately this author does not adequately acknowledge or address.

Best instruction for the Mace by a long shot. Coach Vaughn is literally the best personal trainer I have ever seen. Better than Pavel, Steve Maxwell, Steve Cotter, Scott Sonnon, etc. He also teaches steel clubs, wooden clubs, rings, and bodyweight exercises. He is better at teaching clubs than anyone else I've seen. He knows what he's doing, and trains you safely (my goals are mobility and durability). This is a really great book that delivers. Check out his website for other ebooks-I bought three of them and they are all fantastic. There really isn't another option once you check this guy out. He also has videos on YouTube.

At first, I was intimidated by maces but with the proper instruction was able to use it confidently.This book helped me learn the basics and beyond to set up flows and mix up workouts that fit my needs.It demonstrates lite warmups, flexibility moves, and very challenging, strenuous workouts. It is a tool that can teach you a full-body workout, giving attention to proper mechanics to maximize your efficiency, strength, and safe quality moves. Strengthening your core, shoulders, arms, back, hips, obliques, way more than the basics while improving your endurance, explosive power, and flexibility.Try it out, it works out my stress, keeps my attention, and is really fun. I highly recommend this book, it has changed my workout making it engaging and a blast.

Exactly what I was searching for as an introduction to mace training. Coach Vaughn emphasizes proper technique and includes more than enough exercises for the beginner to get started. I initially started looking at Onnit's website as a way to get into mace training but many of their videos seem to emphasize banging out many repetitions in a circuit like format with the instructors of the video demonstrating questionable form. In my opinion buy Onnit's maces and buy this book as your guide to get started.

Coach Vaughn cares about his craft, this book will build you up to conquer the mace fundamentals. Check out his YouTube if you want to see him action. There's also a little extra he hasn't released in any of his other ebooks (also great).Mace training can either be strong or weak. Coach Vaughn will show you the path to get strong with a mace, and not just gimmicks. Highly recommended!

This book is awesome I have done the works provided in this book I feel a lot better working out with the mace my shoulders don’t hurt and the pain in my back has gone away I highly recommend this book you won’t be disappointed at all

Good: The PDF with video links; maces are comparatively niche and the overall package does give enough to get started.Bad: Exercise descriptions are very difficult to follow and become somewhat irrelevant by watching the videos - I suspect I won't open it again unless there's something not covered by the vids; I could only open it on my iPad/iPhone...not my kindle, not the web viewer, nor the windows app...check the compatible devices; it seems a touch overpriced.Summary: I now have a good guide for getting started with maces, which is all I wanted...however, the book is really just a vehicle for the pdf/vids...I don't at all begrudge paying for the expertise but make sure to set your expectations.

This is a good book , but it shows you nothing you can’t find on YouTube even on the coaches Chanel , Im old school so learn well with books so wouldn’t think twice about buying this , but if you are better learning with watching then just go on his very good YouTube Chanel.

I recently discovered made Bells and they add a new component to a weight routine. The book really highlighted relevant and necessary movements that a message can help with. It's great but I also got over zealous and need a new window.

Alles sehr schwammig geschrieben.