When Brandee Owens first picked up a mace she had no idea how to use it in a workout, but after her first lesson she was hooked.
With the help of her coach Zackary Yanyk at Readiness Fitness in Regina, she learned how to use a mace safely and effectively. Six months later she became a certified mace instructor herself, and now coaches others during her Steel Mace Valkyrie classes at the same gym where she first picked up the tool.“I’ve always liked the superheroes, the comics, Wonder Woman, all that kind of stuff,” she said.
Her and Yanyk’s mace fitness classes have been steadily growing since they were introduced a year ago. Owens said Yanyk’s class began with just eight people and he now has about 35 clients, while she has about 25.
It's gimmicks like this that keep us from figuring out that it doesn't take flipping a giant tire end over end to get some exercise