IMF - International Macelifting Federation

Interview with Alain Sihali macelifter IMF Amateur, cat.  7,5 kg (Yoksuthaï, France) IMF: Hello Alain, please introduce yourself   (Where do you live, where do you train?...) AS : My name is Alain, but my training partners call me « Mascotte ». I am 62 years old. I live in Pouillon, a village in the Landes department. I train with the Yoksuthai club. My trainer is Pascal Delente. IMF: How and when did you start training with a mace? AS: I started in 2018 watching Pascal having fun with his macebell. IMF: What do you like most about Macelifting?  AS :I like the different possibilities of practice that the discipline offers. I currently suffer from my back and I thought that doing macebell would help me strengthen my body and relieve my current pain. I like competition and I would like to be able to go back soon to a platform. IMF: What advice would you give to new macelifters who want to start practicing this sport? AS: I have noticed that beginners in

Interview with Adrián Blanco, macelifter IMF Amateur, cat.  7.5 kg IMF: Hello Adrián, introduce yourself a bit more (Where do you live, where do you train?....) AB: Hello Giorlando.  I live in Tres Cantos, I train in the Move Up gym. With the mace mainly at home and sometimes at  parks  IMF: How and when did you start training with a macebell? AB: With mace  If I remember well 3 years ago, in Giorlando's course.  He lend me a mace with a weight below the competition ones (<5 kg) to be able to work technically.  Occasionally we would meet and Giorlando would lend me a 5kg mace (yellow in competition) and would teach me technic, working methods, rules of the modalities, etc.  The truth is I appreciate that. IMF: What do you like most about Macelifting? AB: The ability to stay focused and connect your entire body to the mace.  That both flow in the same system. IMF: What advice would you give to new macelifters who want to start practicing this sport?

Interview with Sandra Carbonell, macelifter  IMF Pro,  professional category 10 kg . Multiple world macelifting Records -  Spain IMF: Hi Sandra, introduce yourself so that we know you better, where do you live and where  do you train? SC: Hi my name is Sandra Carbonell, I am 44 years old, I am from Spain and I live  here in Madrid  where I train. IMF: How and when did you start training with a macebell? SC: I started training  and competing in Kettlebell  in 2010, and a few years after that I started specializing  with Gaston in macelifting,  I started training with  a mace in 2014, about 6 years ago and using it together in my kettlebell workouts. IMF: What do you like most about Macelifting? SC: what I like most, the technical part, understanding it and changing those details that make the difference,. Also the mental part, disconnecting, which happens while performing the swings, especially during a marathon. IMF: What advice would you give to women who want to start

Interview with Pascal Delente, macelifter IMF Pro, professional cat. 15 kg,  one and only Marathon Master of Sport.  Founding Member  of IMF. Creator of Bulavalifting and Multiple global records of Macelifting  IMF: Hello Pascal, present yourself so that we know you better. DP : I am still a self-employed  personal trainer specializing in combat sports. I work mainly with  sports association, leisure centers and individual clients.  I am undergoing professional retraining in art publishing.  IMF: Where do you live and where do you usually train? DP : I live and I train in the southwest of France, near Dax in the Landes department.  IMF: Where and when did you start training with a mace? DP: I discovered the macebell tool on april 04th, 2015 at a french Kettlebell Sport competition. An unforgettable historic date. Because it was the day where Gastón Jeronimo Giorlando established the  first official world record with a macebell (2 hours of swing 360° swing one arm with