Is There a Steel Mace Workout App?

Yes. Perside is a training app built for steel maces, heavy clubs, and kettlebells. It tells you what you need to do, what you've done, where you're going, and how long it will take to get there. Maces and clubs are fixed weights, so they progress through volume and density cycles instead of added plates. Perside runs those cycles for you and does the math, every session.

Why I built it

I used to have a notebook that I wrote down all of my training in. Then I went to a custom-built Excel spreadsheet saved on an online drive that I accessed through my phone. It was very complicated, with a lot of different colorings and formulas, but in the end everything was a hassle.

I wanted a simple way to track things and have the math done for me.

Why don't regular workout apps work for maces and clubs?

Maces and clubs are fixed weights. You can't just add a plate to a mace or club to progress.

Most workout apps are built around the barbell model: lift the weight, add a little, repeat. That model breaks when the next step up is a whole new implement. With fixed weights, you need volume and density cycles to safely make it to the next weight.

And the steps are big. The jump between a 25 lb and a 35 lb club is massive, a 40% increase, on a tool where leverage multiplies every pound. The heavy club guide explains the cycles, and this guide covers the moment you're ready for the next weight.

What does Perside actually do?

It tells you what you need to do, what you've done, where you're going, and how long it will take. It shows you the stats of your workout and the balance of your muscle load.

Everything you need to progress is in the app: programs, numbers, sets, reps, time. You open it, it tells you today's session, you do the work and log it, and the next session is already worked out.

Why maces, clubs, and kettlebells in one app?

They're all linked together because they're all leveraged, fixed-weight implements. They can all use the volume and density cycle methodology to progress.

Each one is a progressively longer lever, from kettlebell to club to mace, so you can decide how much leverage you want in your training. More leverage trains more traction, which trains the soft tissues and fascia. They're different levels of tools, and you decide what you need. This guide goes deeper on what leverage trains.

What is The Path?

The Path is the whole climb laid out as a skill tree: every movement and every weight ahead of you, and how they connect.

It's there because the entire point of Perside is progression. It's a system and an architecture designed around making you better at what you signed up for. Follow it sincerely and correctly and the math does the rest: every session builds on the last one.

Who shouldn't use Perside?

You shouldn't use Perside if you're not focused on progression.

If all you care about is staying at the same level, Perside is unnecessary. You can pick up the same kettlebell and do the same workouts for years if you don't want a sense of progression. That's a fine way to train. It just doesn't need an app.

Doing the arithmetic

Everything Perside does, you can do free with a notebook. I know, because that's how I started. The math isn't hard. It just has to be done every session, for every movement, without wishful thinking. Perside just never forgets and never rounds in your favor.

Your first day

Walk through onboarding and pick a few movements, or a prebuilt program, that you want to progress in.

If you're not sure which implement or weight to start with, size your first one here. Then do your first session as prescribed. The app takes it from there.

New to the mace? Start with pendulums before your first 360.

Perside programs volume, density, and timed cycles for clubs, maces, and kettlebells. See the full progression at The Path, or size your first implement at getperside.com/learn/start.