Tacfit BCN : Kings of clubs : part 2

 

The second part of the Tacfit Barcelona workshop, was about learn how to use and swing a clubbell!

we use dumbbells regularly in the gym, we know that black cannonball originally form Russia called kettlebell, do we really need this new, old heavy tools that make you look like a mob in a gangster movie?

The answer is " Yes we Do "

Enter the Clubbell :

Clubbells are originally from India, but you can trace them in Ancient Persian during the strongman competition. They were used like conditioning tool for martial art. In 1862 Indian Clubs (similar to Clubbells) were brought to USA. For some reason they felt into disuse until they were recently discovered and brought to new light by Scott Sonnon.

This is me Swinging a mace , in an Original Indian Wrestling Gym in Varanasi one of the oldest and sacred City in India! Crazy Place!

 
Original Clubbells from India

Clubbells are the perfect tools to :

• Lose weight
• Build  muscles
• increase joints strength
• increase grip strength
• obtain great shoulder mobility and stability
• develope rotatory cuff strength

The first time I 've tried to swing a clubbell, I was amazed by the difficulty of controlling it. You watch a video and you think it's easy. Trust me it's not! The leverage change everything.

Alberto Gallazzi did a good job showing us the progression from the Clubbell Clean  (Order position) to the Shoulder Cast to the Mill. Here some tutorial  videos  explaining the most important exercises

Clubbell Swipes

Clubbell Shield Cast

Clubbell Iron-Cross

Clubbell Mill

The key word guys ,it's mobility!The more mobility you have the better your performance, the younger you stay, the less injury you'll suffer. And Clubbell it's the perfect tool in this realm. Scott Sonnon has tons of videos about how to mix an high intensity training work-out with Clubbells, Kettlebells and so on , to achieve the best fitness conditioning possible. here one of them:

 

Train Hard there is no other way around ! Ciao