Valentin Dikul is an amazing man. He broke his back as a circus performer at a young age. Despite doctors telling him he wouldn’t walk again he went on to do much more than that.
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.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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As I’ve mentioned before I was an Assistant at a recent Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) Certification in San Jose, California. Several people came up to me saying “Hey, you’re the kettlebell juggling guy aren’t you?” or something to that effect.
I said yes and offered to help them out to do some juggling themselves if they wanted. A couple people took me up on the offer.
One thing that has become clear is that in all things, and definitely in kettlebell juggling too, is that people want to get to the advanced stuff quickly.
How do you do this one flip? First show me what your basic flip with two hands looks like. If you can’t do that smoothly and easily you can’t be going on to the more advanced stuff.
Just like if you can’t properly swing a kettlebell you should be taking care of that before you even try snatching or juggling.
Here’s a video from the event. Just flowing from one exercise to another with a light bell, 16kg.
If you listen closely you can even hear Pavel in the background.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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The other day I was on the phone with Senior RKC, David Whitley recording the interview that is part of The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling. 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. Secondly the clean and snatch.
I addressed this yesterday in the last post aimed at Kettlebell Beginners and hope you got the message.
But on top of that, all kettlebell juggling moves are based on a few fundamentals. Nothing is more fundamental than the regular kettlebell flip. You get that and every other move is just built right on top of it.
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 can move on to a one hand kettlebell flip.
The swing is the basis of the flip which is the basis of all kettlebell juggling. Learn it and learn it well.
How to do your first kettlebell flip video
If you give it a try I guarantee you will be able to pull this move off in one day. In fact, it probably won’t take more than half an hour at most for you to do it with ease.
This is a bit of footage from the actual Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling (of course, its lower quality here online). If you want more you know what to do
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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