January 5, 2026

Tendon strength matters

Tendons are like steel cables like those on tow trucks. Towing a compact car is one thing but try to tow a school bus with the […]
January 4, 2026

Mace Fit Training #1,094

general warmup (15 minutes) walking double club front swings x 50 feet barbarian rear walking lunges x 25 feet horizontal mace strikes x 12/12 reps (Note: […]
January 4, 2026

celebrating Mace Fit’s 10th anniversary

Mace Fit was born in a little obscure warehouse gym, called the Cave, in 2016. Donnie Giafardino did a free Adex mace & club workshop for […]
May 5, 2018

A powerful new member of the Mace Fit Team: Jason Tackett

Jason was unanimously voted in by our leadership team, consisting of Valerie Pawlowski, Don Giafardino, Rik Brown and myself. He is a very accomplished competitive athlete […]
May 4, 2018

How medical professionals stay fit after a long hard day of work

May 3, 2018

Review of our certification by Garage Gym Life Magazine

April 23, 2018

Take action, clean up the mess later!

With all our human imperfections, we went ahead and jumped in with both feet. Was it perfect? Of course not! We sure learned a lot, though. […]
April 23, 2018

Our new Mace Fit Level 1 Coaches

April 22, 2018

Recap of day #1 macefit.com certification

The very first certification started off with a bang! The people attending all had very noteworthy training backgrounds. Don Giafardino and Valerie Pawlowski “brought the thunder” […]
April 21, 2018

Pioneering the macefit.com movement

By the time most people read this, out first certification will be under way. The people who are traveling long distances for this epic event are […]
April 19, 2018

"I should have gotten in at the beginning!"

How many people have said that over the years? They procrastinated and missed a great opportunity. As the very first Mace Fit Level 1 Coaches will […]
April 12, 2018

What the macefit.com certification is and isn't

Some people are confusing our certification with a regular mace course so here’s some of the  differences: macefit.com is a multi-faceted, comprehensive training strategy integrating several […]