Guest Post By: Don Giafardino

Indian club training is one of the oldest forms of exercise. Ancient warriors used clubs in battle and then discovered that by practicing swinging the club it made them stronger and faster.

Fast forward to the late 1800’s/early 1900’s when almost every gymnasium had an array of different weight clubs made from wood for students to use in training. Sometime later, in the 1940’s they fell out of sight, most likely in favor of barbells and dumbbells.