FLEX Clubs #658

FLEX Clubs are used to maintain joint flexibility, improve range of motion, improve coordination and strengthen muscles and ligaments.

Flex Clubs package includes :

• Two, 14-ounce clubs. Each club is machined from a hardwood and crafted to precise quality standards. They are then stained for a smooth finish.
• 30-Minute Instruction Video: Kinesiologist, Dr. Ed Thomas, nationally recognized authority on health and fitness, demonstrates novice club swinging routines using slow, precise movements.

The Origin of Club Swinging:
"Club swinging was discovered centuries ago, but the art is not widely known today. The Flex Clubs can help increase range of motion in your shoulders, elbows and wrists. They also build a base of efficient shoulder girdle movement. Range of motion and efficiency are further enhanced as you gain precision. Together, these three elements of training will benefit even the most highly skilled and conditioned athlete." Ed Thomas, Ed. D. State Health and Physical Education Consultant Iowa Department of Education.

More on Club Swinging:

• 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, Georgia.