Onnit Steel Clubs

Name: Onnit Steel Clubs
Brand: Onnit
Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Onnit’s steel clubs are a single-piece, machined-steel training implement — a modern take on the traditional Indian club — sold across a 5-45 lb weight range. The 5/10/15 lb pieces were marketed as “Steel Club,” while the 25/35/45 lb pieces carried the “Heavy Clubbell®” name under an RMAX International trademark license; later Onnit copy and owner reports also mention a 20 lb size not present in the earliest manufacturer captures. Construction is 100% steel with no welds or cast seams, finished in a matte powder coat that Onnit chose deliberately over knurling (which chafes) or a glossy finish (which slips when sweaty) — a coating Garage Gym Reviews and owner reports both describe as good but inconsistent unit-to-unit. Each club has a bowling-pin profile with a flat, bare-steel bottom that lets it stand upright for storage; length scales with weight, from about 12.5” at 5 lb up to 27.5” at 45 lb. The weight is stamped on the bottom of the club only, which several reviewers flag as awkward to read once the club is set down or in a rack.

This line is discontinued. Onnit exited the fitness-equipment business entirely; onnit.com/steel-clubs now redirects to Onnit’s supplements storefront, and the only surviving manufacturer copy is a 2014 Wayback snapshot. There is no current price, no live listing, and no published equipment warranty — Onnit’s money-back guarantee explicitly excluded fitness equipment even when the clubs were sold new. Buyers looking for the same style of training new today typically cross-shop Titan Fitness or Great Lakes Girya steel clubs instead.

Shape	Bowling-pin profile with a flat, bare-steel bottom for upright storage
Finish	Matte powder coat, chosen over knurling (chafes) or gloss (slips when sweaty); reported to withstand 2,000+ hours of salt-spray testing, though unit-to-unit consistency varies
Length	Scales with weight — about 12.5" at 5 lb up to 27.5" at 45 lb
Material	100% steel, machined from a single piece (no welds or cast seams)
Availability	Discontinued — Onnit has exited the fitness-equipment business; no longer sold new
Weight range	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 45 lb (5/10/15 lb sold as "Steel Club," 25/35/45 lb as "Heavy Clubbell")
Weight marking	Stamped on the bottom of the club only

What is a Miscellaneou?

What’s in Miscellaneous

This is the catch-all for the conditioning tools and accessories that don’t fit a single equipment class — weighted vests and plate carriers, medicine and slam balls, plyo boxes, ab mats, and the odds and ends that round out a garage gym. Items land here because their job (loaded carries, jumps, core work) cuts across the categories rather than sitting neatly inside one.

Who it’s for

Anyone filling in the gaps around the big pieces. If you already have a rack, bar, and plates, this is where you find the vest for rucking and weighted push-ups, the ball for slams and wall throws, or the box for step-ups and box jumps. Match the tool to the training you actually do — a plate carrier for conditioning and rucking, plyo boxes for explosive work — rather than buying the whole shelf.

How it compares

	Onnit Steel Clubs	Calf Raise Block - Custom/DIY	Rogue Oly Platform	Full Boar (Yellow) Sling Shot
GymRadar rating	4.75/5	4.75/5	4.75/5	4.75/5
Price			$495.00	$62.00
Shape	Bowling-pin profile with a flat, bare-steel bottom for upright storage
Finish	Matte powder coat, chosen over knurling (chafes) or gloss (slips when sweaty); reported to withstand 2,000+ hours of salt-spray testing, though unit-to-unit consistency varies
Length	Scales with weight — about 12.5" at 5 lb up to 27.5" at 45 lb
Material	100% steel, machined from a single piece (no welds or cast seams)
Availability	Discontinued — Onnit has exited the fitness-equipment business; no longer sold new
Weight range	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 45 lb (5/10/15 lb sold as "Steel Club," 25/35/45 lb as "Heavy Clubbell")
Weight marking	Stamped on the bottom of the club only

4.8/5 · 4 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert	4.75/5	4 reviews
Youtube	4.5/5	4 reviews	Four gathered videos (Onnit's own explainer plus independent reviews from Strict Vision Athletics, DRP Fitness and Health, and John's Gym) all verdict the clubs positively for grip, shoulder mobility, and rotational training — no quality complaints raised in any transcript; the only gripe (DRP) is bulk-order shipping cost, not the product itself.
Reddit	4.0/5	13 reviews	r/homegym owners repeatedly praise build quality ("super high quality stuff," "never disappointed") and use the clubs for warm-ups and shoulder mobility, with two recurring gripes: shipping arrives with powder-coat damage on some units, and Onnit is the expensive option versus Titan Fitness scratch-and-dent and Great Lakes Girya, which owners cross-shop on price.

Onnit’s steel clubs earned their reputation honestly — machined from a single piece of steel with no head-to-handle joint to fail, powder-coated rather than knurled, and shaped like a bowling pin so they park upright and sit comfortably on the shoulder. Build quality and durability are the standout dimensions: Garage Gym Reviews scored construction 4.75/5 and called them “the best steel clubs for the price currently available,” and all four GymRadar owners rate build 5.00/5. Value is the weakest, and for two reasons — GymRadar owners mark value down to 4.25/5 while scoring everything else perfect, and Onnit exited fitness equipment entirely, so there is no live product page, no published equipment warranty, and no new-stock price; anything you find now is secondhand at whatever the resale market asks. The more important caveat is what a club is for. Every independent source lands in the same place: this is a warm-up, mobility and change-of-pace tool, not a primary strength buy — two of the four GymRadar owners admit they rarely use theirs, GGR would take kettlebells if forced to pick one implement for all-round conditioning, and r/homegym only ever raises clubs in “nice-to-have addition” threads. If you want a club you can still buy new, the Titan steel club is the budget cross-shop owners name most often; if you want the longer-lever version of the same training, that’s the Onnit steel mace.

+Build quality: machined from a single piece of steel rather than cast or welded, so there is no head-to-handle joint to fail — Garage Gym Reviews scores overall construction 4.75/5 and all four GymRadar owners give build quality 5.00/5
+Durability: the powder coat is chip- and rust-resistant and reportedly passed 2,000-plus hours of salt-spray testing; owners describe years-old units as "rock solid" and "really solid, smooth finish with no blemishes" (Garage Gym Reviews, GymRadar)
+Versatility: the offset load trains the transverse plane, grip and shoulder mobility in a way dumbbells and kettlebells do not, with a use-case split GGR draws cleanly — 5-10 lb for rehab and prehab, 15-45 lb for grip and rotational power (Garage Gym Reviews, Onnit Academy)
+Functionality: the bowling-pin profile resists slipping mid-swing, sits on the trapezius without digging in, and the flat bottom lets clubs stand upright for storage, which is a real space advantage over racked weights (Shane Heins, Garage Gym Reviews)
+Functionality: a wide 5-45 lb ladder plus clear manufacturer buying guidance that owners independently confirm — a pair of 15 lb plus a single 20-25 lb for men, a pair of 10 lb plus a single 15-20 lb for women (Onnit Academy, r/homegym)

−Value: discontinued. Onnit left the fitness-equipment business, onnit.com now serves the supplements storefront at that URL, and the only manufacturer copy left is a 2014 Wayback capture — there is no current price, no live listing, and the money-back guarantee on that capture explicitly excluded fitness equipment (manufacturer page, GymRadar)
−Value: it was the expensive option even when new — Onnit's 2014 MSRP for a 35 lb was $99.95, against Titan Fitness scratch-and-dent at $80 and Great Lakes Girya at $96 for the same weight, which is what r/homegym owners actually buy on price (r/homegym, manufacturer page)
−Build quality: the powder coat is good but inconsistent unit to unit — GGR scores it 4.25/5 with some samples "noticeably smoother, others rougher," one Reddit owner says "most of my clubs showed up with powder coating issues" from poor packaging, and one roundup reports users finding it slippery when sweaty (Garage Gym Reviews, r/homegym, Weight Loss Made Practical)
−Functionality: the weight marking sits on the bottom only, where you cannot see it while the club is standing, and the white paint rubs off with use; the 5 lb club will not reliably stand upright at all, and the knob is large enough to force excessive wrist bending in swings — hardest on smaller hands (Garage Gym Reviews, garagegymproducts, Shane Heins)
−Versatility: by consensus a supplement rather than a base purchase — GGR would choose kettlebells for all-round conditioning, two of four GymRadar owners say they rarely use theirs, and the learning curve is steep enough that even light clubs are demanding (Garage Gym Reviews, GymRadar, garagegymproducts)