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As a former crossfitter: we did this, but we replaced the club with really expensive boutique sledgehammers in neon colors with mean-sounding names.

Like the Rogue "Warhammer": https://www.roguefitness.com/sisu-war-hammer

Or this Hannuman prop: https://www.onnit.com/quad-mace/

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Ugh. So faux. Although you likely know this, sharing information for others.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mace+bell&i=sporting&ref=nb_sb_no...

I got https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07263QW9M, the 15lb. $60. 15lb is what is often recommended for starters.

I can't stand the macho pretensions of so many of the new fitness sellers. It's a heavy thing. Do something with it in a well known way, get gains. Get a heavier thing, or do more, or do longer, or do it differently, get more gains, rinse, repeat. Adjust program based on goals and current progress.

> It's a heavy thing. Do something with it in a well known way, get gains. Get a heavier thing, or do more, or do longer, or do it differently, get more gains, rinse, repeat. Adjust program based on goals and current progress.

I had a friend who said almost exactly this about the olympics: "The olympics should be about moving really fast, lifting really heavy things, and throwing things really far." Can't disagree with that. Subjective sports really grinds my gears.

Why former?

Probably the injuries from silly unnecessary unsafe movements like this

I moved to a smaller town and there's only local one box which is populated with the town's supply of douchebags. It's hit or miss: sometimes a crossfit gym is a fun bunch of people, other times it's a bunch of head-butting-brahs that make the whole experience awful.

Yeah. Cross-fit is a franchise system, and they don't have much centralized QC. So it's very hit and miss.

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