For those who think kettlebell juggling is all skill and builds no strength I’d like them to try this one. While lighter kettlebells can be used effectively and advanced tricks can be done, have you ever just tried the basic flip and gone as heavy as possible.
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?
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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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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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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Kettlebells are not the only weight you can throw around. In this post we’ll cover barbell juggling.
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.
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.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
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