Heavy steel clubs make a great warm up for barbell lifts

Our athletes use steel clubs and maces just about every day. Our program uses both. Sometimes in our macefit.com classes and other times as a warm up for barbell training like you see here. Don’t limit your thinking! Adding macefit.com to your existing training program can improve your performance overall.  

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club long cycle swipes x 25 reps Sanddune split squats x 10/10 reps resistance band pause face pulls x 20 reps dislocates x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) back squats set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) back squats x 10 reps, followed by 4 restContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Cave Strong-training of the (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club alternating 1 hand front swings x 40 reps Adex club 1 hand side clean & lateral pull over x 10/10 reps resistance band  vertical pull a parts x 50 reps traveling broad jumps x 100 feet specific warm up (5 minutes) push press set up and light practiceContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the (TOD)”

Today at 3:30pm, Don Giafardino will be live on Facebook discussing the benefits of club & mace training

Two challenging versions of pull overs

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Sanddune power steps x 75 reps Sanddune fist push ups x 15 reps tin mans x 100 feet tuck jumps x 15 reps med ball chest passes x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) high/low sled sprint set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) high/low sled sprint xContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Today is macefit.com day!

We are really psyched to let you know about our new website,  macefit.com which is for people who want to start a mace and club training program at their gym. You can see numerous people swinging maces online, but that doesn’t teach you how to program  the training for people just starting out. We haveContinue reading “Today is macefit.com day!”

Lots of Mace Fit classes available for 2018 at the Cave

Check out all of our Mace Fit classes , just click on our training schedule tab  

Are you Mace Fit?

Most people train only in linear movements, but life doesn’t always move in a straight line. Being Mace Fit means you have better mobility,  coordination, midline stability, rhythm, strength, and endurance in all planes of movement. Mace Fit is a name I use to cover all our centrifugal strength training with maces or clubs. It’sContinue reading “Are you Mace Fit?”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Sanddune power steps x 100 reps resistance band pause face pulls x 20 reps resistance band Sumo high pulls x 15 reps Adex club front clean & squat x 15 reps tuck jumps x 10 reps Burgener drills specific warm up (5 minutes) squat cleans set up and light practice strengthContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”