Kettlebell Juggling Blog

I believe it’s in Mastery of Hand Strength that John Brookfield states “Blockweights = Hand Strength.”

That being said I got myself a few of them and have used them off and on over the past couple years. Mostly holding them for time.

However, recently I decided to make it a little more fun. Why not toss them around just like the kettlebells?

So I did. The video shows a few simple moves, but you can do more if you want like flips, or passing around the body.

To blast my hands at the end of a workout I’ll do kettlebell juggling, except I’ll only  focus on the grip intensive bottoms up juggling and mix in the blockweights.

Different types of hand strength but all of it explosive and dynamic. Never in optimal position.

So far so good as far as training results are concerned.

In strength,
Logan Christopher

P.S. The new Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling has been flying off the shelves. If you want to learn all the tricks to bottoms up kettlebell juggling and much more grab your copy now.

Yesterday, I was on the phone with Senior RKC, David Whitley. One of the things that came up regarding kettlebell juggling was how you really need to have the basic kettlebell moves down first. Mainly the swing.

But on top of that all kettlebell juggling moves are based on a few fundamentals. Nothing is more fundamental than the regular flip.

I’ve been showing an awful lot of advanced moves recently from the bottoms up kettlebell juggling to the double kettlebell juggling and more. That’s all good and fine, but you MUST be proficient at the basics first.

In the spirit of that here’s a video that will give you the steps necessary to master your first two-handed flip. From there you’ll move on to a single handed flip.

The swing is the basis of the flip which is the basis of all kettlebell juggling. Learn it and learn it well.

Now a bit of information on my soon-to-be-released Kettlebell Juggling DVD‘s. (Of which this video is from, a sneak peak if you will.)

Well the first bit is that it’s not one DVD, but a two DVD set. Couldn’t fit everything I needed onto one disc. There’s two hours of solid kettlebell juggling information for you.

I’ve been working like a mad man to get everything ready. Well the wait is ALMOST over.

I know I’ve been sending you an email about once a week, usually with a new video but over the next week or two I’m going to be ramping that up.

Just a few more emails with the details including a contest on how you can win a free copy.

More on that later. Until than, get out there and throw those weights around.

And if you have any specific questions send them in.

In strength,
Logan Christopher

Here’s the first kettlebell juggling teaching video.It’s an intermediate move followed by a few combos you can string together.

The behind the back stuff if a bit trickier than most things done to the front, for obvious reasons, but with a little practice you can easily master this move.

In the video I am using a 16kg or 35 lb. kettlebell. And here’s a summary of what I say in the voice over.

Start with around the body passes. Use the legs, arm and the rest to generate the rear flipping motion. The legs and arm generate the power but the wrist is the fine tuning for the flip.

Keep your other hand as close as possible to the handle. As soon as you let go with the first hand you should be reaching for it with the second.

To begin with look at the kettlebell on your side so you can see what’s happening. Later on when you have the move down you won’t have to.

Just practice and you can add this flip to your arsenal.

The combo’s shown in the video include a side-to-side flip followed by the behind the hip flip. And a between the legs pass, to the uppercut flip, around the body and behind the hip.

The advanced combo is a repeated behind the hip flip done left to right, right to left.

Let me know how it works out for you and if you like this teaching style. Showing the move, with the zoom and slow-mo, with the voice over.

If yes, I’ll give you more.

Logan Christopher