Iron baseball bats?

[Rhood]

The right corner of this photo appears to have baseball bats made of iron.
I've never seen this before at American gyms. Is this common in Europe?

 

[DEVILsSON]

Those look like maces. You can find exercises with them. They are deceptively tough for the uninitiated.

Edit: These are clubbells*.

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Maces:




Clubbells:

 

[period]

Those are clubbells, basically the modern version of the Persian meel or the Indian Jori. They have been around for maybe 20 years now, I think Scott Sonnon pioneered them; you can typically get them in weights up to 15 kg, more rarely 20 kg. Originally, they were used by wrestlers to do pummeling drills etc., but have become more mainstream. I wouldn't say they are commonly found in commercial gyms, though - only in places that focus on "functional fitness".

 

[NoSmilez]

It's club bells. It's like an Indian bell? I think deadshot is into it.

In terms of MMA I believe AA was into this stuff.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Just New York Yankees things

 

[Fahcough]

Those are clubbells, basically the modern version of the Persian meel or the Indian Jori. They have been around for maybe 20 years now, I think Scott Sonnon pioneered them; you can typically get them in weights up to 15 kg, more rarely 20 kg. Originally, they were used by wrestlers to do pummeling drills etc., but have become more mainstream. I wouldn't say they are commonly found in commercial gyms, though - only in places that focus on "functional fitness".

And recently in the baseball world . Have seen catchers in the bullpen holding a mini-club instead of a catchers mitt. Then using the weight to mock, sweeping or 'pick' moves to scoop the ball out the dirt. Looked to work the entire arm chain from hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, shoulder.

 

[period]

And recently in the baseball world . Have seen catchers in the bullpen holding a mini-club instead of a catchers mitt. Then using the weight to mock, sweeping or 'pick' moves to scoop the ball out the dirt. Looked to work the entire arm chain from hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, shoulder.

Interesting, but looks risky to me - in the sense that you may screw with a fine motor pattern. But what do I know about baseball - maybe it works as contrast training or whatever.

 

[Fahcough]

Interesting, but looks risky to me - in the sense that you may screw with a fine motor pattern. But what do I know about baseball - maybe it works as contrast training or whatever.

or just something for ESPN to promote bc its baseball and half the viewers are asleep

 

[Trabaho]

None in European gyms. He is from Kazahstan that is in the middle of Europe and Asia.