In this video from the European Weightlifting Championships in 2004 held in Kiev, Ukraine you’ll see a troupe of professional kettlebell jugglers. With groups of people the juggling is almost always synchronized which looks great when done right.
You’ll see a lot of partner juggling, that is tossing the kettlebell from one person to another. They do it in the normal easy forward way but also over the head and under the body.
There’s also catching of the bell in the back of the neck/shoulder area. Not a move I plan on trying to replicate any time soon.
And one of the most unique moves is juggling the kettlebells while standing on top of other people. They bring out the female who then juggles the kettlebell while in the side splits!
I’m unsure of the weight of these kettlebells though I believe they are light, probably 12 kg to 16kg at most.
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I have a whole section in The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling on being creative and making up your own moves. Think about what else you can incorporate into your kettlebell juggling?
After watching a video of a professional kettlebell juggler I saw her drop down into a one handed bridge between throwing the weight around. Being that I have quite a bit of experience with bridging exercises I decided to try it out myself.
Kettlebell Juggling with Bridging
After some practice I had some success with the move being able to fall into it. Standing up out of the bridge proved to be more difficult. Now you may not be able to do this move, but what can you do?
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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It’s nice to have a perfect sunny day when you go outside to do kettlebell juggling, but you don’t always get that. The truth is kettlebell juggling can be done in all weather conditions. Rain, snow, mud, its all good.
Of course these conditions do make it more difficult. The kettlebell is likely to slip and fly out of your fingers more readily then when its dry. But then again we’re not juggling kettlebells because it’s easy. This just requires some more hand strength.
This video shows some muddy kettlebell juggling. You’ll notice when the kettlebell flies out of my hands.
You may have recently seen some of my successful students kettlebell juggling in the snow. There really are no excuses. You can juggle kettlebells anywhere (except indoors).
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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This is another kettlebell video just for fun. In fact, this one is the intro video for The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling. By watching closely you might pick up a move or two you can go out and try today.
Kettlebell Juggling Intro Video
That’s it for today.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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How about some bottoms up kettlebell juggling? Tricks involving flipping in and out of the bottoms up position. This is some of the most advanced kettlebell juggling possible. Now we’re getting somewhere!
Kettlebell juggling by itself will work the grip more than the normal ballistic moves like swings and snatches.
Simply by having to release and catch the handle, often in awkward positions, you‘ll build an explosive grip. I can’t count the number of times I’ve caught the kettlebell by just one or two fingers.
But when you add in the bottoms up kettlebell work you can take it to another level. The video’s a demonstration of a few of these moves. (There’s many more.)
Bottoms Up Kettlebell Juggling Video
For this and other filming I did a lot of reps. Completing the move or not you’ll be working the hands like never before as you clamp down on the handle.
In 20-30 minutes of mostly bottoms up work my hands were fried and I was feeling it when I woke up the next day. And this was just with a 16 kg. bell.
You don’t need a heavy kettlebell to get intense grip work although that’s another way to do it.
Be sure to check out the final move in the video. The Bottoms Up Flip to Bottoms Ups. One of the most difficult moves to pull off, bar none. In fact that one is the last move covered on the first DVD of The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling.
http://www.kettlebelljuggling.com/video/bottomsup.html
In strength,
Logan Christopher
P.S. Until you’ve got your basics down, don’t even bother attempting these moves. There’s a reason they come last on my DVD’s.
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