In this video Rob Russell flips a bell a single time. But this bell happens to weigh 80kg or 176 lbs. You can read more on his blog here.

I’ve been doing more heavy kettlebell juggling recently. How about you?

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Logan Christopher

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.

In this video he effortlessly throws around steel balls. Not sure the weight on these but I can guarantee you they’re not light.

Perhaps this can give you some ideas for your kettlebell juggling?

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Logan Christopher

After rehabbing himself, Valentin Dikul went back to the circus to do many amazing feats like the kettlebell juggling shown below. This is a 180 lb. or possibly even 90 kg kettlebell the he snatches and does one hand flips with!

He has done many other amazing feats in his act as and outside including some unofficial powerlifting records with massive weights.

Currently Valentin Dikul runs a number of clinics over Russia devoted to helping others overcome their spinal injuries. Their success rate is quite high.

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Logan Christopher

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?

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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).

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Block weights are the cut off ends of work or hex dumbbells. This removes the handle and thus you must use your hand strength, particularly the pinch grip, in order to lift the weight. If you can lift a 50 lb. block weight you have a world class grip!

You can do many different moves with the block weights. Just doing standard lifts like picking them up is fine but when you add the dynamic component you really start to have some fun.

Block weight tossing involves throwing the weight from one hand to another, doing around the body passes, and more. You can include other moves like cleans, snatches and curls in too. Check out this video to see wehat it looks like.

Block Weight Tossing

Block weights are just one more weight you can throw around to build strength and have fun.

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Logan Christopher

Barbell juggling, like kettlebell juggling, does not involve actually juggling barbells but the spinning, throwing and catching of one barbell. The barbell can be circled around the body in different ways. It can be thrown and caught in several positions like in the crook of the elbows or from hand to hand.

When you get started do it with an empty bar but as you progress you can add weight. Make sure you have a solid pair of collars that would fly off along with the plates!

This video shows my first attempts at barbell juggling.

Barbell Juggling

The best person today, at least to my knowledge, at barbell juggling is strongman Andrew Durniat. In fact, in the interview I did with him, included with The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling, we discussed what it takes to get started in barbell juggling.

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Logan Christopher

Kettlebell Juggling Intro Video

That’s it for today.

In strength,
Logan Christopher