Maintains Joint Flexibility
Improves Range of Motion
Improves Coordination
Strengthens Muscles and Ligament
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Two 14 oz. clubs
Machined from a single piece of hardwood
Each piece is crafted to precise quality standards and is stained for
a smooth finish.
Includes 30 minute Instructional video
Dr. Ed Thomas, kinesiologist and nationally recognized authority on health
and fitness, demonstrates how to perform novice club swinging routines
with slow and precise movements.
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Club swinging originated in India, developed by soldiers
as a method of improving strength, agility, balance and physical ability.
During the annexation of India, British officers witnessed the warriors'
graceful motions and noted, "besides the great recommendation of simplicity,
the Indian club practice possesses the essential property of expanding
the chest and exercising every muscle of the body."1
In 1914, the U.S. Army Manual of Physical Training noted,
"The effect of these exercises, when performed with light clubs, is chiefly
a neural one, hence they are primary factors in the development of grace,
coordination and rhythm... they tend [to] supple the muscles and [to articulate]
the shoulders and...the upper and fore arms and wrist..."2
The shoulder girdle is one of the most moveable, but
most fragile, areas of the body. Shoulder strength should be complemented
by flexibility, and swinging with FLEX Clubs can improve both.
Although a lost art for a number of decades, club swinging
has reemerged thanks to students at Northern Illinois University and a
physical training program of the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, GA.
1 Warman, E.B. (1921). Indian
Club exercises. Spalding "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks, No. 22R.
New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
2 War Department: Office of the Chief of Staff.
(1914). Manual of physical training for use in the United States Army. Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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