POWER GUIDANCE Steel Mace Macebell Cast Iron Training Full Body Workout, Shoulder, Core Strength, Muscles, Joints (2.5kg to 12.5kg)

I have two of these the 7.5 which is going to be to heavy for some to start with and the 2.5 which has a handle to small for mace work but great for young teenagers to start with. If you don’t know a maker of steel maces then these are decent for the money , they have knurling for a better grip but I’m not a fan of knurling tbh.They are decently weighted , have a decent length handle which is a good diameter for good grip for most people , have a hard wearing Finnish and are good for the fundamental moves for steel mace workouts like 10-2 / 360 also if your into the more yoga type flow moves there good. The end of the day it’s a lump of metal attached to a long metal handle , so as long as the weld is good which it is on these as long as the Finnish is hard wearing which it is , and they swing nice which these do then that’s all you want. But there are people in the UK who hand make these you just need to look around , but these are definitely a good starting point , to a very good and effective fitness tool , combine one of these with a skipping rope and a kettle bell then that’s you got a fully operating gym , that will work strength , cardio , agility , and mobility. All important for longevity of fitness.

Why did you choose this product over others?:The build quality and standard is amazing for this mace.

OK, first of all let's try to address the willy waving going on in the reviews here with respect to what weight you should choose. I'm a bloke in my mid fifties, carrying more than a few extra unnecessary kilos (I was around 73kg when I was training regularly 20 years ago, right now I'm more like 80kg), whose upper body strength has completely nose-dived as a result of the pandemic and not being able to go to the gym - whilst I have set up a home gym this has been aerobic & circuit training type equipment than genuine strength training like you would get with for example lat pull down, seated row & pec deck machines in a public gym.I suspect that a lot of talk here about the "correct" starting weight is entirely predicated upon the assumption that the only exercise you are ever going to do with these things is the one where you are flinging it around in great big circles above your head (a kind of metaphor for willy waving, perhaps?). But - newsflash! - there are many more exercises to do with macebells than just that one. Just like with any other sort of weights, the correct weight depends on what exercise you are going to do.Having set up a small home gym in a spare room during lockdown and quit the public gym (no point in paying for a gym when I've got one in the next room), big weight machines were no longer an option. I had been eyeing up macebells with the intention of doing more functional training than gym machines give you and had them on my wishlist for a long time; noticing that they were on a deal price I actually splashed out on two of them - a 2.5kg one (which everyone here apparently seems to think a waste of time) and a 5kg one. Simply put, for me where I am right now, the 2.5kg one is actually right for some exercises and the 5kg is better for others where the 2.5kg is too light and not challenging enough. (And no, the big flailing circles round the head is not one of the exercises I am doing.) 7.5kg would be too much for me right now though for most purposes. 100kg guys in their twenties who are training every day will no doubt be able to do much better.After that lengthy preamble - I am quite impressed with these. They seem well made (cannot compare with other brands which I have never seen) and have decent knurling for good grip (though if you're doing one of those exercises where you are forcing the shaft through one hand with the other, gloves may come in handy). They stand up well on the flat end for storage and won't fall or be knocked over easily (the centre of gravity being very close to the ball).

Good value and reasonably made. Bought on price basis.

Hard to review this given I have nothing to compare it with. After months of use it hasn’t fallen apart and the heavy bit is still attached to the long bit. The areas of chequering on the handle are still sharp and “grippy”.Otherwise, I guess what matters is how you feel about maces in general. Having switched back to kettlebells, I really just use this for shoulder mobility, but it seems to fill that niche pretty well. Now the insta sensation about these seems to have passed, I imagine people will consider buying one to replace one, and finding exercises for it can be a bit tricky (or at least, good quality info on the mechanics can be) but that has nothing to do with this item. Want one? Buy one! As far as I can tell, this is a fine example of a macebell.

The media could not be loaded. This is a steel mace for exercise. So a steel ball on a metal pipe. It works well. You hold it, and swing it around and then you get sore and stronger. All good.I have 3 of these the 7.5kg, the 10kg and the 12.5kg.What I like:* Fit and finish are great. Coating is really solid.* Very grippy, both on and off the knurled area without being uncomfortable* Branding is discrete, clear on weight and doesn't come off, which it has on my other branded mace and steel clubWhat I'd like to see improved:* The bottom knurling is too short and the middle knurling is too long. If they increased the bottom length and decreased the middle knurled area it would be perfect.So all in all, should you buy this mace? Yes, it's good and you'll do 360s like a champ. Should you buy this mace instead of a Wolverson one? The Wolverson one will have a different shaped handle. I now prefer this one as its not flared, which makes swings more comfortable.PS. As others have written - if you're just starting out, 5kg is enough. I started with a 6k and it took me a while to get comfortable with it. I then got the Powerguidance 10kg, because I was following the kettlebell philosophy of 4kg increments, which was too heavy, so I ended up getting the 7.5kg in the interim. Now I do the 10kg for reps, so be mindful of not starting too high. I'd say if your kettlebell swing one handed is comfortable at 24kg go for the 5kg mace first.Also, company delivers quickly and reliably, with good packaging.

Well made and finished.Little surprised that it was longer than 4kg ones and handle thicker.But very happy to move up to 5kg after a year working with the 4kg one.Very good price too.

Great Quality and Correct Weight as expected. Just as indicated online