I copied your idea yesterday and made 2 of these. My differences were I used a 2" - 3/4" reducer which meant I didn't need the bushing, and I left out the internal nipple and plan to fill it with sand and lead. (A quick trip to my local tire shop produced 14 pounds of free lead weights used to balance car tires.) My total assembled weight is 6.5 pounds. Great idea, thanks for sharing! ...Oh, total price was $30 each.
@GuardianArt If you wouldn't mind, Who is this "Max Andranov" fellow that ive heard about on a few clubbell videos. i've googled shit loads, but i can't seem to find anything about him. do you have a link to where i can learn about him and possibly buy some of his products? all i could find was a youtube series some guy made called "meet the andranovs" i don't think that's it.
have an idea.. super cheap.. How about those big plastic kids baseball bats cut them open and feel them with sand and paper.. old news paper or whatever even some foam to make it according to how much you want it to weigh.. Just a thought! then spray paint them black for the look...
Gonna try this. Seems all of the wierd inventions make the best workout tools. Just gotta remember to use it outdoors rather than risk damaging something indoors.
I would add lead buckshot inside to maximize the weight. Very smart invention. Another great way to beat the system, do you hear that Torque Athletic!
I went to my local plumbing supply and all the tubing came out to $120 for the pair not $52.. I went to my local Home Depot and Lowe's and they didn't have the same sized pipes indicated in the video. I guess galvanized steel tubing has more than doubled in prize since 2007 or I just got ripped off.
Either way, thanks for the video they work great! What I do like is that I can fill the inner-pipe with concrete and vary the weight, so by having diff. inner pipes, they become adjustable.
@evilunixuser1 Yes I did, Ironically though it was closer than the Home Depot is. Either way, now that I've had a few months to use them, I think they are fun and definitely give a nice workout. I'd like to find somewhere that sells lead/metal pellets to fill the inner nipple. I think it would give it more weight than filling it with concrete.
Hi, I made a set of Indian Clubs much the same way but smaller fittings & filled them with sand. They weigh 1.5 lbs each and work like a hot damn! I found with the smaller clubs that I could tweak the weight slightly by replacing the longer nipple with 2 or 3 shorter ones and add couplers in between. It's great because it's all adjustable. Good video!
Seems like there should be a way to do this and make it more easily adjustable. I'm thinking about taking a standard weight bar and cutting it down. That way you will automatically have two bells and you can add or subtract weight from the ends just like on a barbell.
Looks like somebody didnt pass their certification test!! Jealousy is a mother f-er sometimes... No need to hate on Scott, you can retake your test again for a minimal fee... Oh wait no... your the guy that owns a rival company that tried to copy programs that cant get the volume of backing that Scotts have! Keep on douching bro
@MrNodouche Fuck off!! Keep sucking your coach's dick....haha, you lame ass fuck, scott is a phony and everyone knows it. Max Andranov is hella better than his lame uncreative ass, he just steals other peoples shit and try's to act like an expert, fuck off with that certification shit because it means nothing in the real world of fitness.
Dude you already sent me this in a private message... Please do not make me embarass you again in front of everyone.. we discussed in ur previous message ur attitude towards dick and ur futuristic out of this world Guardian Allegiance of jerk offs..
You are a dumbshit bro... Ignorant as they come.....let it go
@MrNodouche Why don't you make a real account r-fag-max?? is this scott?? fuck off, this homemade clubell is rad and legit. So you are calling a bunch of little kids and teens jerk offs from our school??? So I guess Scott Sonnon and his coaches could also be called certified child molesters too. Ignorant??? maybe it is just you because everyone seems to like my comment about Scott being a dick.
Did I say anything bad about the Homemade Clubbell??? Your right it looks legit to me... weather it does the job or not, I dont care... however you are simply a hater who knows jack shit about what Scott and his crew do for people...RMAX coaches train special forces, elite athletes, and more.. Its FACT! Its ok that your gym teaches kids... I never knocked on them either... However your representation of your company & desire to be accepted by YouTubes Finest is totally low class.
@MrNodouche listen your in denial look how many people agree with my comment, it just goes to show that retard-max (rmax for short) is not as special as you think. Why does this video have more views than scott's lame vids?? because its better than what he offers. And many people think he is a phony all he does is enter local tournaments which is nothing relevant and calls himself a world champ...thats just lame. And Special forces??? that's a joke just like his certifications.
No denial here my friend... The numbers do not lie.,, As a matter of fact this exact video is posted on the RMAX channel. The fact that you are getting approval doesnt mean a damn thing. The numbers dont lie, RMAX has 7 times more following than your company, i understand how that can be a sore subject., In regards to special forces, if you are calling MULTIPLE infantries, the Berkeley SWAT Team, and MANY others in the field a "Joke", you are an unpatriotic sad human being.
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@MrNodouche These people train and fight to protect our rights and liberties. Sorry they do not desire to jump off buildings while doing gainers, however I actually find that sort of shit cool. But the fact is you are completely ignorant with the claims you make, none of which you have been able to back. The fact that 13 people might agree with you is miniscule and irrelevant in the big picture! The truth is in numbers and in facts..You just choose to ignore them! Ignorance is bliss, Enjoy it!
@MrNodouche No the truth is that rmax is a dying company and that is why you keep going out of your way to prove something, all I am saying is my opinion that scott and rmax is pretty lame in general and many other seem to agree and that is something you need to except. Unpatriotic? Sad Human being? your an idiot straight up. You are just making yourself look dumber and dumber with scott and rmax. And fuck rmax for training swat who just beat down protesters, if anything that's unpatriotic jerk
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@GuardianArt No you started off by saying Scott was a sue happy dick?? Proof?? Second of all, you really do not know a damn thing about the industry if you think 68 countries, 4 distribution centers, and record breaking sales last year is a dying company... I hope you arent incharge of business decisions! There will always be people that hate, I agree thats expected. But the more people hate, the more you doing something right.. And yes, you calling special forces a joke is unpatriotic.
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@MrNodouche, to say that SWAT just beats down on protestors is a very close minded opinionated statement from an obviously uninformed, not to mention degenerate mind.. I dont know if you got hit in the head too many times with a sword, but your arguments hold absolutely no water past just being your own very biased opinion. I am not affiliated with RMAX, but I am an international law major that follows rapidly developing companies very closely. Lets just say Guardian Art is not on the list.
@MrNodouche Fuck you and your military propaganda, all scott is promoting then is a police state and that is very UN-American. Distribution centers!record breaking sales! why are proving yourself moron? I think your afraid of the homemade clubell because it is a threat your police state business empire. Anyone how calls themselves a celebrity coach is a dick because he is just full of himself. If Scott were to go to a real BJJ tournament and not a local one he would get rocked by white belts
So I just finish making my HM clunbbell. I made a small change and used a 12" nipple instead of a 10". This added some weight and more room to adjust the weight. I also added a rubber grip to the handle and have different inside nipples so I can adjust the weight (e.g., empty, filled with sand, filled with concrete, etc...). Works great! One last adjustment I made, I added some rubber padding at the bottom of the large nipple and top of the cap. This kept everything tight.
So I just finish making my HM clunbbell. I made a small change and used a 12" nipple instead of a 10". This added some weight and more room to adjust the weight. I also added a rubber grip to the handle and have different inside nipples so I can adjust the weight (e.g., empty, filled with sand, filled with concrete, etc...). Works great! One last adjustment I made, I added some rubber padding at the bottom of the large nipple and top of the cap. This kept everything tight.
Thanks for this post. I made one last week. My local Ace hardware store had a 2" to 3/4" reducer so it saved a little cost over using a reducer and a bushing. I also started out with a 6" x 2" nipple for less weight (I'm a newbie). Works great.
i made my frist clubells from half a brush pole with screws in it then put into a drainpipe and filled with concrete made them weight 12lbs cost me nothing had the stuff laying about the garage
yoou can do it either my way or the way the other guy described using a bell reducer. the best thing to do is go to home depot and put it together right there so you have all the right parts. you dont need any tools to do so.
Nice work. But I think beginners should do with something like Sonnon's Clubbells. The reason is that, when I (for example) began, I used to hit, now and then, my legs or my jaw or my shoulder; in these occasions, the rubber all around the barrell-head helped a lot not to do too much damage. Of course this happened just the first times I've been practicing; but one bad strike could be far enough.
I just made one of these and modified it a bit... I did not use the 1½X12" nipple inside, and I used a 2"X ¾ bell reducer (instead of your 2"X1¼ reducer with a 1¼X ¾ bushing). The thing works GREAT and I'm going to make another. BTW, if you fill it with lead the total weight is about 18lbs! (By using a lead shot and sand mix the weight can be varied quite a bit. Thanks for sharing this GREAT IDEA!
If you want heavier weights inside your design you could try - what we used to call curtain-cord. I do not know the correct English term for it, but it is a textil cord that has small lead beaks woven into it. It is used to lend weight to the lower ends of curtains. Has weights from 50 grams per meter to 200 grams per meter, and is sold for low prices in househild stores and some hardwarestores.
I used a 2" x 12" nipple with a 2" cap, a 2" clamp? I don't remember what it's called, it's just a cylinder that's used to connect nipples, a 2" to 1.5" reducer, a 1.5" x 12" nipple with a 1.5" cap. Stuffed a sock into the bottom, poured graphite coated lead shot into it and stuffed a sock in the top. Alas, roughly 30 lbs of clubbell.
thanks a ton for posting... made my own and added a 1" 10" nipple as well to increase the weight and put some sand in. to add even more weight, they sell (don't know the name) but a cap-ish end piece that fans out to maybe 3 or 4" and fits on the end of the clubbell. you can buy a couple of these, attach different numbers of 2.5lb plates via gorilla glue to the end, and you have yourself weight changing clubbells (might want to remove sand though)
I just made my own using your idea. Wrapped the whole thing in some vinyl electricians tape and added tennis racquet overgrip tape to the handle, along with a safety retention strap at the end, and it works beautifully.
I just made one based on the model, i wrote down the components and went to Home Depot who were helpful. I can hear the pipe sleeving inside moving around and it is in a state of evolution still but I'm getting there.
It's working, I doubt if this is as light as 9 lbs, more closer to 15 lbs. I'd say and I haven't placed anything in it. I also have some official lightweight wood 2 pounders which are good to get your bearings with. People from the Mideast and India always know what they are and are usually surprised to see someone using them.
I also read on a UK site, using tyre weights was suggested. I didn't know we'd have to melt the darn things.
To prevent the inner nipple from sliding around and clinking inside, i stuffed it into an old thin cotton sock. It took some effort to stuff that into the outer nipple, but the sock helped fill up the extra space and now my homemade clubbell is silent.
I made one like this for my birthday last weekend. It is amazing, all the things I can do with it. Definitely great for ballistic core workouts. And it doubles as a sledgehammer for chopping work on a tractor tire.
Doesn't take the place of k-bells, but it doesn't need to. It's a whole different kind of vomit-inducing fun.
I mean, realistically speaking you could make a device even better than the 'real deal clubbell' by simply using something with almost all the weight concentrated on the very end, putting max stress on your stabilisers for the best workout eva. I mean, that's what gada swinging is all about, right?
ever heard of a mace ball? there's video of karl gotch, who is an old school catch wrestler, using it as well as josh barnett who is an MMA fighter, though he does catch wrestling as well for training. they have been around for years. it's basically just a pole with a ball at the very end, sounds exactly like what you're looking for. club bells i think are slightly more efficient as far as variety of work out, but at the end of the day, you get the same kind of work out
That's even easier. Get a pipe and a flange. Screw the flange on one end and bam. Macebell. Slide weights on the free end, and use a clamp or collar of some sort to hold them in place. I'm just using a little hand spring clamp on a 1" pipe right now, and it hasn't slipped once yet. I've put about 35 pounds on it so far with no slips, so just that will get you pretty far.
You can use any length you want, I keep mine short enough to use indoors. Shorter handle means more weight on the end.
Not true, in fact, Scott Sonnon himself tested clubbells made of wood, pretty solid, right? Wrong, at the microscopic level, the particles of wood were being shifted. So, unless you just want a cheap substitute for the real thing, I wouldn't buy this.
As long as you're not using the clubs as actual clubs, it doesn't matter what they're made of as long as they can hold up their own weight. Iranian clubbells, from what I've seen of them, appear to be made of wood anyway.
The whole point of putting together your own equipment is to avoid the rediculous price of retail fitness goods. To stop the weight from shifting, fill the club with cement thus the solid contents won't move. Shit, you can even use a dumbell with weights on one end.
This might be one of weirdest statements I've ever read about clubs. If you can't pick anything up and use it for a tool, then you're missing the whole concept of what physical culture training is all about. I have clubs made by three different sources (one of them being the DIY method shown in this video). If you are honestly going to tell me that the Torque clubs are the best, you'll need a much better argument than nonsense about 'at the microscopic level.'
It does seem like a good deal, but there are a few important properties that are missing. For example, the handle is made of metal, allowing for more possibility of grip slippage. Also, filling it with cement or sand would shift the center of gravity with use, which is a unique trait that clubbells have (constant center of gravity).
A) If you haven't the grip strength to handle metal clubs (which, I believe, KBs and barbells are made of), then perhaps some grip training is in order.
B)'unique trait of clubbells' is a constant center of gravity? Meaning that nothing else has a constant COG? How do you figure that?
according to coach sonnon, the center of mass of a clubbell is 6" from the tip. using a fulcrum, you can find the center of mass and then adjust it by weighting the club.
I made a pair of these over the weekend. Went with a thicker handle (1", and will make the next pair wider still) and filled them with sand. Their great intro clubs, weighing in at about 12 pounds each, and they have an aesthetic value that's pretty darn cool.
They make a small appearance in the newest video on my Youtube page.
For more grip challenge, how about a thicker pipe handle? We've had some of our clubs custom lathed with almost 2 inch handles, which could be easily translated to your idea.
lol i had to listen 2 times to see if you really said "nipple", that's an interesting name for those lol. Anyways this is pretty cool, these are definately more hardcore then the "official" ones like someone said, pretty good find :)
The Clubbell is pretty good, I won't knock it, but is it possbile to make a very, very good club for a lot less, hell yeah and I have. 8triagrammer, I am going to guess you practice Baguazhang. The guy I used to train with had me walk the circle with 100lb sandbangs and a 25lb plate on the end of a 45lb bar and change high, med and low postions like it was a spear.
hey americanclubswinger, wow u can walk around with all that stuff? you'd make a great pack mule!! lol. 'im kev and i can walk around with heavy things attached to me'
so how's things going there kev? did ya have a nice christmas? how's the family?
Absolute find. Big props dude for taking the time to make this vid. I'd been kicking ideas around to have some machined down - as there are lots of machine shops down on the docks here in Hong Kong... but now I can forgo that altogether and just head to the plumbing shop.
Nice one... again big thanks for making this. Sure leaves the high priced clubbell peddlers looking a bit silly with their expensive certifications. :)
Here's another method for a 10 lber thats even cheaper. Go to kmart, and pick up 2 orange plastic baseball bats, the fat kind. Next go to home depot, and get a pack of fine sand. Poke a hole through the bottom of the handle big enough to get a funnel through. Also poke an air hole near the very bottom of the handle. Fill it with sand. Duct tape the handles tightly, with alot of tape. Ive had mine for 2 years, no sand leaks.
yeah, I had seen these online somewhere. and I searched all over for some wide wiffle ball bats but couldn't find any. that's when I turned to pipe. But this week I found wide plastic bats at Target for $3.15. I bought a couple. I'll see just how heavy I can make them. you're right Ivan. now that's cheap!
This is a really good idea. It's also possible to use different sizes for the handle, to give a thick handle. I plan on making a couple. If you want a real heavy one, use longer pipe and melt lead tire weights to add weight. You can get them free or low cost at most tire places. The melt easy, over a charcoal grill or something similar. HOWEVER, the fumes are bad! Do it outside with a fan. You could also buy small shot. A combination of shot and larger pipe could give you a *ruiser.
I made a 50lb club before I bought the 45lb bruiser. I like them both. The Clubbell is one unit and has a thick handle. They both produce serious torque. I have vids of me using the 45lb with one hand presses, I use the 45lb to validate what I am doing. I use the 50lb in my workouts.
I tack welded 5 10lb plates together and then welded them to a 27 inch long and 1 1/2 steel rod handle and placed them right the end. The club is as long as the clubbells you buy. Its a beast of a tool. The problem I have is the its a lot thicker at the head with the weight plates so I have almost split my skull open doing over shoulder smashes and the hammer swing once near cleaved out my leg.
You will not get the same benefits from using this homemade clubbell because "the center of mass" on a real CB is missing from this homemade one. I do not recommend it. You won't be doing Circular Strength Training with this homemade clubbell, you will be doing else.
well, these clubbells won't get you into any special club but there is no way you can say you won't get the same benefit as any other. you have never held it, it may have the same "center of mass", it may not. people have used similar devices for hundreds of years in many shapes and sizes.
while I admire coach Sonnon's work these are not for any particular method. just for cheapskates who want to train.
Dude, how the heck is the center of mass missing? Are we talking real physics or "commercial" physics???
Besides, have you seen really, really old, home-made club bells and gadas? Except for the most decorative ones, the old hand-made ones weren't exactly down to engineering specs.
And who the fuck cares if he's not doing "Circular Strenght Training". Did he claim to make this device for that purpose?
That was one oxymoronic red-herring piece of marketing. Well done dude.
Not such much "how can you say the center of mass is missing" (yep, bad physics) but "Okay, where should the center of mass on a 'real clubbell' be?' In other words, Bao, defend your statement! That might even lead to an improvement in the homemade design.
But even if the question were 'where should the center of mass be?', it would be impossible for Bao or anyone to make any form of statement on the physical attributes of this home-made club just by looking at it over the internet.
He has to physically measure it, balance it, weight it. In other words, he has to touch it to precisely say where the center of mass of the object really is.
the center mass should be as close to the end as you can. you would have to plug the handle portion and add weight to the top chamber. start off with rice or sand and progress to shot. if starting real light, fill the bottom portion with something light to keep the heavy fill near the end cap. and a safety note, glue all but the end cap. the cap should get teflon taped to keep the threads tight, but removable. have fun and keep it safe.
Scott Sonnon has made similar comments that home-made clubs are not as effective as his newly developed clubbell. His CST guys paid ALOT for certification, its benefits them to propigate that falicy. I make homemade clubs and macebells and own the 45lb club and 15kg macebell, honestly there is no training value diffrence.
I've seen your vids man the torch press you do with the clubbell is SICK. Why arn't the Shannon crew and the CST guys doing torch presses and the shit you do with a clubbell?
I've seen a number of CST people do the "true" Torch Press with the 45# Bruiser, and with better form. Quite a few are doing Mills with the 35# and 45# CBs. But that vid clip of the 45# Torch Press IS burly. I'm still working up to it! :)
My Torch Press vid was after 12 hours sledge hammering in tent stakes. Form isn't great, I missed the first attempt and had to really grind it out."True" came in response to jelous e-mails with pics of a man doing a 1 arm club press, his hand no where near the end of the handle, if he could have done it with his hand at the end of the handle it would have shown that and it would have been a vid on here a long before mine. I HATE elitism. Hard training and demonstation show ownership NOT a title.
I copied your idea yesterday and made 2 of these. My differences were I used a 2" - 3/4" reducer which meant I didn't need the bushing, and I left out the internal nipple and plan to fill it with sand and lead. (A quick trip to my local tire shop produced 14 pounds of free lead weights used to balance car tires.) My total assembled weight is 6.5 pounds. Great idea, thanks for sharing! ...Oh, total price was $30 each.
mtbkbmt 1 month ago
What is a good starting weight for a beginner who is a "fit" male? Thanks
mtbkbmt 1 month ago
@GuardianArt If you wouldn't mind, Who is this "Max Andranov" fellow that ive heard about on a few clubbell videos. i've googled shit loads, but i can't seem to find anything about him. do you have a link to where i can learn about him and possibly buy some of his products? all i could find was a youtube series some guy made called "meet the andranovs" i don't think that's it.
TheDisastrmastr 8 months ago
@TheDisastrmastr you can find his channel by typing in clubbellslinger4life
GuardianArt 7 months ago
have an idea.. super cheap.. How about those big plastic kids baseball bats cut them open and feel them with sand and paper.. old news paper or whatever even some foam to make it according to how much you want it to weigh.. Just a thought! then spray paint them black for the look...
jugerknott09 10 months ago
Gonna try this. Seems all of the wierd inventions make the best workout tools. Just gotta remember to use it outdoors rather than risk damaging something indoors.
evilunixuser1 1 year ago
I would add lead buckshot inside to maximize the weight. Very smart invention. Another great way to beat the system, do you hear that Torque Athletic!
megalife21 1 year ago
Where can I get these parts in the UK?
jsklair 1 year ago
I went to my local plumbing supply and all the tubing came out to $120 for the pair not $52.. I went to my local Home Depot and Lowe's and they didn't have the same sized pipes indicated in the video. I guess galvanized steel tubing has more than doubled in prize since 2007 or I just got ripped off.
Either way, thanks for the video they work great! What I do like is that I can fill the inner-pipe with concrete and vary the weight, so by having diff. inner pipes, they become adjustable.
xr650lguy 1 year ago
@xr650lguy - you really bent over by going to the local plumbing supply.
evilunixuser1 1 year ago
@evilunixuser1 Yes I did, Ironically though it was closer than the Home Depot is. Either way, now that I've had a few months to use them, I think they are fun and definitely give a nice workout. I'd like to find somewhere that sells lead/metal pellets to fill the inner nipple. I think it would give it more weight than filling it with concrete.
xr650lguy 1 year ago
Hi, I made a set of Indian Clubs much the same way but smaller fittings & filled them with sand. They weigh 1.5 lbs each and work like a hot damn! I found with the smaller clubs that I could tweak the weight slightly by replacing the longer nipple with 2 or 3 shorter ones and add couplers in between. It's great because it's all adjustable. Good video!
SkoyenStrength 1 year ago
also works as a bat :D Bring it on suckas :P
immortaliserwow 1 year ago
Seems like there should be a way to do this and make it more easily adjustable. I'm thinking about taking a standard weight bar and cutting it down. That way you will automatically have two bells and you can add or subtract weight from the ends just like on a barbell.
MrRezister 1 year ago
post a photo when you get it together...
nicesoup 1 year ago
Nice...watch out though, the phony celebrity coach scott sonnon is a dick he mite just try to sue you...lol
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Looks like somebody didnt pass their certification test!! Jealousy is a mother f-er sometimes... No need to hate on Scott, you can retake your test again for a minimal fee... Oh wait no... your the guy that owns a rival company that tried to copy programs that cant get the volume of backing that Scotts have! Keep on douching bro
MrNodouche 9 months ago
@MrNodouche Fuck off!! Keep sucking your coach's dick....haha, you lame ass fuck, scott is a phony and everyone knows it. Max Andranov is hella better than his lame uncreative ass, he just steals other peoples shit and try's to act like an expert, fuck off with that certification shit because it means nothing in the real world of fitness.
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Dude you already sent me this in a private message... Please do not make me embarass you again in front of everyone.. we discussed in ur previous message ur attitude towards dick and ur futuristic out of this world Guardian Allegiance of jerk offs..
You are a dumbshit bro... Ignorant as they come.....let it go
MrNodouche 9 months ago
@MrNodouche Why don't you make a real account r-fag-max?? is this scott?? fuck off, this homemade clubell is rad and legit. So you are calling a bunch of little kids and teens jerk offs from our school??? So I guess Scott Sonnon and his coaches could also be called certified child molesters too. Ignorant??? maybe it is just you because everyone seems to like my comment about Scott being a dick.
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Did I say anything bad about the Homemade Clubbell??? Your right it looks legit to me... weather it does the job or not, I dont care... however you are simply a hater who knows jack shit about what Scott and his crew do for people...RMAX coaches train special forces, elite athletes, and more.. Its FACT! Its ok that your gym teaches kids... I never knocked on them either... However your representation of your company & desire to be accepted by YouTubes Finest is totally low class.
MrNodouche 9 months ago
@MrNodouche listen your in denial look how many people agree with my comment, it just goes to show that retard-max (rmax for short) is not as special as you think. Why does this video have more views than scott's lame vids?? because its better than what he offers. And many people think he is a phony all he does is enter local tournaments which is nothing relevant and calls himself a world champ...thats just lame. And Special forces??? that's a joke just like his certifications.
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No denial here my friend... The numbers do not lie.,, As a matter of fact this exact video is posted on the RMAX channel. The fact that you are getting approval doesnt mean a damn thing. The numbers dont lie, RMAX has 7 times more following than your company, i understand how that can be a sore subject., In regards to special forces, if you are calling MULTIPLE infantries, the Berkeley SWAT Team, and MANY others in the field a "Joke", you are an unpatriotic sad human being.
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@MrNodouche These people train and fight to protect our rights and liberties. Sorry they do not desire to jump off buildings while doing gainers, however I actually find that sort of shit cool. But the fact is you are completely ignorant with the claims you make, none of which you have been able to back. The fact that 13 people might agree with you is miniscule and irrelevant in the big picture! The truth is in numbers and in facts..You just choose to ignore them! Ignorance is bliss, Enjoy it!
MrNodouche 9 months ago
@MrNodouche No the truth is that rmax is a dying company and that is why you keep going out of your way to prove something, all I am saying is my opinion that scott and rmax is pretty lame in general and many other seem to agree and that is something you need to except. Unpatriotic? Sad Human being? your an idiot straight up. You are just making yourself look dumber and dumber with scott and rmax. And fuck rmax for training swat who just beat down protesters, if anything that's unpatriotic jerk
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@GuardianArt No you started off by saying Scott was a sue happy dick?? Proof?? Second of all, you really do not know a damn thing about the industry if you think 68 countries, 4 distribution centers, and record breaking sales last year is a dying company... I hope you arent incharge of business decisions! There will always be people that hate, I agree thats expected. But the more people hate, the more you doing something right.. And yes, you calling special forces a joke is unpatriotic.
MrNodouche 9 months ago
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@MrNodouche, to say that SWAT just beats down on protestors is a very close minded opinionated statement from an obviously uninformed, not to mention degenerate mind.. I dont know if you got hit in the head too many times with a sword, but your arguments hold absolutely no water past just being your own very biased opinion. I am not affiliated with RMAX, but I am an international law major that follows rapidly developing companies very closely. Lets just say Guardian Art is not on the list.
MrNodouche 9 months ago
@MrNodouche Fuck you and your military propaganda, all scott is promoting then is a police state and that is very UN-American. Distribution centers!record breaking sales! why are proving yourself moron? I think your afraid of the homemade clubell because it is a threat your police state business empire. Anyone how calls themselves a celebrity coach is a dick because he is just full of himself. If Scott were to go to a real BJJ tournament and not a local one he would get rocked by white belts
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MrNodouche 9 months ago
made 1. love it. Thanks
vnm16 1 year ago
What's a clubble
IWPRO 1 year ago
Nice idea! You want it heavier for cheap?
1. Pull the inner 1-1/2"x12" nipple out.
2. Fill the thing with lead wheel weights (most auto shops will give you all you want for free).
3. Fill the remaining voids with sand to prevent shifting and noises.
Adjust the sand/lead balance to your weight desires.
imperialfleet1 1 year ago
This should be named "homemade adjustable clubbell". Kudos Nicesoup!! :)
candlecane 1 year ago
what's the heaviest thing to use to fill it that is easily available? Concrete? screws? What do you think would give me the most weight increase?
nyclear 1 year ago
Will a Parking Meter work?
ASSBANG6969 1 year ago 5
@ASSBANG6969
Hey ..i like that idea ..hahaha
healthprovic 1 year ago
So I just finish making my HM clunbbell. I made a small change and used a 12" nipple instead of a 10". This added some weight and more room to adjust the weight. I also added a rubber grip to the handle and have different inside nipples so I can adjust the weight (e.g., empty, filled with sand, filled with concrete, etc...). Works great! One last adjustment I made, I added some rubber padding at the bottom of the large nipple and top of the cap. This kept everything tight.
wtamisin 1 year ago
So I just finish making my HM clunbbell. I made a small change and used a 12" nipple instead of a 10". This added some weight and more room to adjust the weight. I also added a rubber grip to the handle and have different inside nipples so I can adjust the weight (e.g., empty, filled with sand, filled with concrete, etc...). Works great! One last adjustment I made, I added some rubber padding at the bottom of the large nipple and top of the cap. This kept everything tight.
wtamisin 1 year ago
Thanks for this post. I made one last week. My local Ace hardware store had a 2" to 3/4" reducer so it saved a little cost over using a reducer and a bushing. I also started out with a 6" x 2" nipple for less weight (I'm a newbie). Works great.
taotubebutt 1 year ago
guess this is what they mean by "yankee ingenuity," good job.
pillsburydoughboy47 1 year ago
i went to build one of these today.
home depot sucks.
i never build one.
Bonsai006 1 year ago
Have you tried to put concrete in the inner pipe in order to get a heavier weight closer to 15 to 25?
Scadder21 1 year ago
i made my frist clubells from half a brush pole with screws in it then put into a drainpipe and filled with concrete made them weight 12lbs cost me nothing had the stuff laying about the garage
v1ntyred 2 years ago
This is a fine idea. Can you tell me what the overall length is? Thanks for sharing this.
1Flashpoint 2 years ago
25 inches
nicesoup 2 years ago
Your vid says a 2" by 1 1/4" reducer, but someone above is talking about a 2" by 3/4 reducer, which is it? Thanks
nps727 2 years ago
yoou can do it either my way or the way the other guy described using a bell reducer. the best thing to do is go to home depot and put it together right there so you have all the right parts. you dont need any tools to do so.
nicesoup 2 years ago
thanks dude, I made my own macebell, I would make a vid but I don't have a vid camera
ramtron1775 2 years ago
go buy one at staples or best buy probablly as low as 60-70 bucks for a camera that records
geobros 2 years ago
Nice work. But I think beginners should do with something like Sonnon's Clubbells. The reason is that, when I (for example) began, I used to hit, now and then, my legs or my jaw or my shoulder; in these occasions, the rubber all around the barrell-head helped a lot not to do too much damage. Of course this happened just the first times I've been practicing; but one bad strike could be far enough.
ilvaiani 2 years ago 2
I just made one of these and modified it a bit... I did not use the 1½X12" nipple inside, and I used a 2"X ¾ bell reducer (instead of your 2"X1¼ reducer with a 1¼X ¾ bushing). The thing works GREAT and I'm going to make another. BTW, if you fill it with lead the total weight is about 18lbs! (By using a lead shot and sand mix the weight can be varied quite a bit. Thanks for sharing this GREAT IDEA!
celtenator 2 years ago
Where did you find a 2 X 3/4 reducer? The biggest I could find was 1 1/4 X 3/4.
stazzers 2 years ago
I got the 2"X ¾ bell reducer locally at Naughton's Plumbing here in Tucson. Unfortunately it cost $9.99. Hope this helps, Cheers!
celtenator 2 years ago
It does, thank you!
stazzers 2 years ago
If you want heavier weights inside your design you could try - what we used to call curtain-cord. I do not know the correct English term for it, but it is a textil cord that has small lead beaks woven into it. It is used to lend weight to the lower ends of curtains. Has weights from 50 grams per meter to 200 grams per meter, and is sold for low prices in househild stores and some hardwarestores.
Great design of yours btw.
THX for sharing.
Cheers
silk
;-))
blacksilkblacksilk 2 years ago
Awesome, I'm making me two of those.
milopezI 2 years ago
I'm definitely going to home depot and getting myself the parts to make one of those.
SakoYo 2 years ago
just be sure to declare it in your tagged luggage at the air port.
TheBlackSheep2134 2 years ago
I used a 2" x 12" nipple with a 2" cap, a 2" clamp? I don't remember what it's called, it's just a cylinder that's used to connect nipples, a 2" to 1.5" reducer, a 1.5" x 12" nipple with a 1.5" cap. Stuffed a sock into the bottom, poured graphite coated lead shot into it and stuffed a sock in the top. Alas, roughly 30 lbs of clubbell.
Yojimbo1717 2 years ago 2
thanks bro :)
serpentphoenix 2 years ago
I like the sledge hammer idea
ryobie1 2 years ago
Good to see people buying these instead of the rip-offs avalable elsewhere! $100 for a bowling pin? Give me a frigging break!
legna453 2 years ago
thanks a ton for posting... made my own and added a 1" 10" nipple as well to increase the weight and put some sand in. to add even more weight, they sell (don't know the name) but a cap-ish end piece that fans out to maybe 3 or 4" and fits on the end of the clubbell. you can buy a couple of these, attach different numbers of 2.5lb plates via gorilla glue to the end, and you have yourself weight changing clubbells (might want to remove sand though)
thenail01 2 years ago
instead of sand or cement inside...
go to a diving store, buy lead shots, open the bags and pour them in...
if you don't want them to move, stuff the end with some paper.
N0body99 2 years ago 5
could you use a sledge hammer instead of a clubbell?
mada88 2 years ago
clever!!
getfitdit 2 years ago
I just made my own using your idea. Wrapped the whole thing in some vinyl electricians tape and added tennis racquet overgrip tape to the handle, along with a safety retention strap at the end, and it works beautifully.
OneAngryAsian 3 years ago
I just made one based on the model, i wrote down the components and went to Home Depot who were helpful. I can hear the pipe sleeving inside moving around and it is in a state of evolution still but I'm getting there.
raleighgranprix 2 years ago
It's working, I doubt if this is as light as 9 lbs, more closer to 15 lbs. I'd say and I haven't placed anything in it. I also have some official lightweight wood 2 pounders which are good to get your bearings with. People from the Mideast and India always know what they are and are usually surprised to see someone using them.
I also read on a UK site, using tyre weights was suggested. I didn't know we'd have to melt the darn things.
raleighgranprix 2 years ago
To prevent the inner nipple from sliding around and clinking inside, i stuffed it into an old thin cotton sock. It took some effort to stuff that into the outer nipple, but the sock helped fill up the extra space and now my homemade clubbell is silent.
OneAngryAsian 2 years ago
Thanks, that is a good idea.
raleighgranprix 2 years ago
Fantastic! Thanks for posting. I'm going to my local hardward store RIGHT NOW.
PINGANTU 3 years ago
That was very informative. Thanks for sahring this.
SACREDFIREDOJOSHOW 3 years ago
thank you very for that idea romang58.
and yours too nicesoup.
i cannot spare 200+ bucks for a set of clubbells.
crazydiamond025 3 years ago
I made one like this for my birthday last weekend. It is amazing, all the things I can do with it. Definitely great for ballistic core workouts. And it doubles as a sledgehammer for chopping work on a tractor tire.
Doesn't take the place of k-bells, but it doesn't need to. It's a whole different kind of vomit-inducing fun.
Danrt2 3 years ago
Great video, just made mine. So sinister looking!
bucks1605 3 years ago
Very innovative. Indian clubs are hard to find. Thanx for posting man!
RonOrGina 3 years ago
Yeah I just attached 10 pound ankle weights to the top of a wood bat with duct tape it works just as good.
romang58 3 years ago 2
quick, cheap and easy.
nice going Roman
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crazydiamond025 3 years ago
I mean, realistically speaking you could make a device even better than the 'real deal clubbell' by simply using something with almost all the weight concentrated on the very end, putting max stress on your stabilisers for the best workout eva. I mean, that's what gada swinging is all about, right?
E.g.: Threaded rod + nuts + washers + weights + duct tape/ grip tape. Mmm... Hardware fitness.
persistentmemory 3 years ago
ever heard of a mace ball? there's video of karl gotch, who is an old school catch wrestler, using it as well as josh barnett who is an MMA fighter, though he does catch wrestling as well for training. they have been around for years. it's basically just a pole with a ball at the very end, sounds exactly like what you're looking for. club bells i think are slightly more efficient as far as variety of work out, but at the end of the day, you get the same kind of work out
lolll666 3 years ago
That's even easier. Get a pipe and a flange. Screw the flange on one end and bam. Macebell. Slide weights on the free end, and use a clamp or collar of some sort to hold them in place. I'm just using a little hand spring clamp on a 1" pipe right now, and it hasn't slipped once yet. I've put about 35 pounds on it so far with no slips, so just that will get you pretty far.
You can use any length you want, I keep mine short enough to use indoors. Shorter handle means more weight on the end.
anonamator 3 years ago
you really have got to be kidding...
hard to respond to such lunacy.....oh well.
nicesoup 3 years ago
Not true, in fact, Scott Sonnon himself tested clubbells made of wood, pretty solid, right? Wrong, at the microscopic level, the particles of wood were being shifted. So, unless you just want a cheap substitute for the real thing, I wouldn't buy this.
doctorlukeskywalker 3 years ago
As long as you're not using the clubs as actual clubs, it doesn't matter what they're made of as long as they can hold up their own weight. Iranian clubbells, from what I've seen of them, appear to be made of wood anyway.
The whole point of putting together your own equipment is to avoid the rediculous price of retail fitness goods. To stop the weight from shifting, fill the club with cement thus the solid contents won't move. Shit, you can even use a dumbell with weights on one end.
persistentmemory 3 years ago
This might be one of weirdest statements I've ever read about clubs. If you can't pick anything up and use it for a tool, then you're missing the whole concept of what physical culture training is all about. I have clubs made by three different sources (one of them being the DIY method shown in this video). If you are honestly going to tell me that the Torque clubs are the best, you'll need a much better argument than nonsense about 'at the microscopic level.'
Bodytribe1 3 years ago
It does seem like a good deal, but there are a few important properties that are missing. For example, the handle is made of metal, allowing for more possibility of grip slippage. Also, filling it with cement or sand would shift the center of gravity with use, which is a unique trait that clubbells have (constant center of gravity).
doctorlukeskywalker 3 years ago
if you fill it totally with sand it doesn't shift.
I wear grip gloves. you can easily wrap with grip tape.
I now use some plastic wiffle-ball bats filled with cement. awesome! and they cost about $8 each!
nicesoup 3 years ago
Yes! Wifflebats full of cement! How much do they weigh?
Oh by the way, if you grab these from the wrong end (the 2" end) they're good for grip training, as you want something big, about the size of a wrist
neuralned 2 years ago
A) If you haven't the grip strength to handle metal clubs (which, I believe, KBs and barbells are made of), then perhaps some grip training is in order.
B)'unique trait of clubbells' is a constant center of gravity? Meaning that nothing else has a constant COG? How do you figure that?
Bodytribe1 3 years ago
Hey thanx!
cbwillpower 3 years ago
according to coach sonnon, the center of mass of a clubbell is 6" from the tip. using a fulcrum, you can find the center of mass and then adjust it by weighting the club.
nvanborst 3 years ago
They look great and easy to make. I'll make some today thanx!
cbwillpower 3 years ago
i would put some cement in them
MightyThor655 3 years ago
I made a pair of these over the weekend. Went with a thicker handle (1", and will make the next pair wider still) and filled them with sand. Their great intro clubs, weighing in at about 12 pounds each, and they have an aesthetic value that's pretty darn cool.
They make a small appearance in the newest video on my Youtube page.
Bodytribe1 3 years ago
For more grip challenge, how about a thicker pipe handle? We've had some of our clubs custom lathed with almost 2 inch handles, which could be easily translated to your idea.
Bodytribe1 3 years ago
Just fill a baseball club with little lead balls .... that's it. Your clubbell is ready !
And say "no thanx" to coatch Sonnon ...
vince84231 4 years ago 3
lol i had to listen 2 times to see if you really said "nipple", that's an interesting name for those lol. Anyways this is pretty cool, these are definately more hardcore then the "official" ones like someone said, pretty good find :)
bloodriotiori 4 years ago
yeah, a nipple is a section of pipe with threads on both ends.
nicesoup 4 years ago
These are way more manly than the "official" ones
8triagrammer 4 years ago
The Clubbell is pretty good, I won't knock it, but is it possbile to make a very, very good club for a lot less, hell yeah and I have. 8triagrammer, I am going to guess you practice Baguazhang. The guy I used to train with had me walk the circle with 100lb sandbangs and a 25lb plate on the end of a 45lb bar and change high, med and low postions like it was a spear.
irishclubswinger 4 years ago
hey americanclubswinger, wow u can walk around with all that stuff? you'd make a great pack mule!! lol. 'im kev and i can walk around with heavy things attached to me'
so how's things going there kev? did ya have a nice christmas? how's the family?
hope the yoga is gonna well for ya....
getfitdit 2 years ago
Absolute find. Big props dude for taking the time to make this vid. I'd been kicking ideas around to have some machined down - as there are lots of machine shops down on the docks here in Hong Kong... but now I can forgo that altogether and just head to the plumbing shop.
Nice one... again big thanks for making this. Sure leaves the high priced clubbell peddlers looking a bit silly with their expensive certifications. :)
slipthejab 4 years ago 3
Fill that thing with lead shot.
Stryker505 4 years ago
Here's another method for a 10 lber thats even cheaper. Go to kmart, and pick up 2 orange plastic baseball bats, the fat kind. Next go to home depot, and get a pack of fine sand. Poke a hole through the bottom of the handle big enough to get a funnel through. Also poke an air hole near the very bottom of the handle. Fill it with sand. Duct tape the handles tightly, with alot of tape. Ive had mine for 2 years, no sand leaks.
IvanDrago187 4 years ago 2
yeah, I had seen these online somewhere. and I searched all over for some wide wiffle ball bats but couldn't find any. that's when I turned to pipe. But this week I found wide plastic bats at Target for $3.15. I bought a couple. I'll see just how heavy I can make them. you're right Ivan. now that's cheap!
nicesoup 4 years ago
This is a really good idea. It's also possible to use different sizes for the handle, to give a thick handle. I plan on making a couple. If you want a real heavy one, use longer pipe and melt lead tire weights to add weight. You can get them free or low cost at most tire places. The melt easy, over a charcoal grill or something similar. HOWEVER, the fumes are bad! Do it outside with a fan. You could also buy small shot. A combination of shot and larger pipe could give you a *ruiser.
aptdwler 4 years ago
I made a 50lb club before I bought the 45lb bruiser. I like them both. The Clubbell is one unit and has a thick handle. They both produce serious torque. I have vids of me using the 45lb with one hand presses, I use the 45lb to validate what I am doing. I use the 50lb in my workouts.
irishclubswinger 4 years ago
how did you make the 50 pounder?
nicesoup 4 years ago
I tack welded 5 10lb plates together and then welded them to a 27 inch long and 1 1/2 steel rod handle and placed them right the end. The club is as long as the clubbells you buy. Its a beast of a tool. The problem I have is the its a lot thicker at the head with the weight plates so I have almost split my skull open doing over shoulder smashes and the hammer swing once near cleaved out my leg.
irishclubswinger 4 years ago
You will not get the same benefits from using this homemade clubbell because "the center of mass" on a real CB is missing from this homemade one. I do not recommend it. You won't be doing Circular Strength Training with this homemade clubbell, you will be doing else.
Bao Tran
Certified Circular Strength Training Coach
wuwu63 4 years ago
well, these clubbells won't get you into any special club but there is no way you can say you won't get the same benefit as any other. you have never held it, it may have the same "center of mass", it may not. people have used similar devices for hundreds of years in many shapes and sizes.
while I admire coach Sonnon's work these are not for any particular method. just for cheapskates who want to train.
nicesoup 4 years ago
How is the center of mass missing? Everything has a center of mass.
wasswasswass 4 years ago
Dude, how the heck is the center of mass missing? Are we talking real physics or "commercial" physics???
Besides, have you seen really, really old, home-made club bells and gadas? Except for the most decorative ones, the old hand-made ones weren't exactly down to engineering specs.
And who the fuck cares if he's not doing "Circular Strenght Training". Did he claim to make this device for that purpose?
That was one oxymoronic red-herring piece of marketing. Well done dude.
elnyka 4 years ago
Not such much "how can you say the center of mass is missing" (yep, bad physics) but "Okay, where should the center of mass on a 'real clubbell' be?' In other words, Bao, defend your statement! That might even lead to an improvement in the homemade design.
ABretonMANCC 4 years ago
But even if the question were 'where should the center of mass be?', it would be impossible for Bao or anyone to make any form of statement on the physical attributes of this home-made club just by looking at it over the internet.
He has to physically measure it, balance it, weight it. In other words, he has to touch it to precisely say where the center of mass of the object really is.
elnyka 4 years ago
the center mass should be as close to the end as you can. you would have to plug the handle portion and add weight to the top chamber. start off with rice or sand and progress to shot. if starting real light, fill the bottom portion with something light to keep the heavy fill near the end cap. and a safety note, glue all but the end cap. the cap should get teflon taped to keep the threads tight, but removable. have fun and keep it safe.
oldschoollion 4 years ago
Scott Sonnon has made similar comments that home-made clubs are not as effective as his newly developed clubbell. His CST guys paid ALOT for certification, its benefits them to propigate that falicy. I make homemade clubs and macebells and own the 45lb club and 15kg macebell, honestly there is no training value diffrence.
irishclubswinger 4 years ago
I've seen your vids man the torch press you do with the clubbell is SICK. Why arn't the Shannon crew and the CST guys doing torch presses and the shit you do with a clubbell?
catchandcrush 4 years ago
I've seen a number of CST people do the "true" Torch Press with the 45# Bruiser, and with better form. Quite a few are doing Mills with the 35# and 45# CBs. But that vid clip of the 45# Torch Press IS burly. I'm still working up to it! :)
JasonEcst 3 years ago 2
My Torch Press vid was after 12 hours sledge hammering in tent stakes. Form isn't great, I missed the first attempt and had to really grind it out."True" came in response to jelous e-mails with pics of a man doing a 1 arm club press, his hand no where near the end of the handle, if he could have done it with his hand at the end of the handle it would have shown that and it would have been a vid on here a long before mine. I HATE elitism. Hard training and demonstation show ownership NOT a title.
irishclubswinger 3 years ago
Awesome. This will save me hundreds of dollars. Thanks!
sun818 4 years ago