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Meet Brian

Brian Copeland is a Denver, Colorado based Certified Kettlebell Instructor in the Russian Kettlebell Challenge system (RKC). The RKC is one of the most highly sought after programs for people who demand excellence in fitness and performance. People such as professional and college sport teams, military, law enforcement, athletes of all kinds, everyday men and women seeking above average fitness and people who are sick and tired of being in pain and having no energy who desire to make a change.

Remember, the difference between an elite Olympic athlete and someone living with pain and lack of energy is simply a matter of how their bodies move and perform. Brian will get your body performing, whether that means getting out of pain and stiffness, winning 1st place in your sport or having the body of your dreams.

If you are fed up with the ineffective touchy feely drivel that is being passed as fitness advice then kettlebell training is for you; "smart folks have gone hardcore", speaks Comrade Pavel Tsatsouline, founder of the RKC system.

Brian is also a Self-Defense/Martial Arts Instructor certified through Paul Vunak and Progressive Fighting Systems. Brian focuses on realistic Self-Defense for real situations including defense against guns, knives, fists, assault/rape, etc. Brian teaches the same system Paul taught to the Navy's infamous SEAL Team Six.

Brian enjoys helping people reach their fitness goals whether that means getting lean, enhancing sport performance or building an injury proof back and joints for healthy pain-free living.

Brian has trained professional boxers, Police, military, firefighters, people with back injuries and everyday men and women looking to get strong and fit. His clients range in age from teenagers to grandparents in their 60s and beyond.

Brian suffered severe pain for roughly 6 years from 2 severely herniated discs in his lower back. Frustrated by the lack of information out there for how to heal and told by doctors that surgery, drugs and/or living with the pain were his only options, he tried everything he could get his hands on to improve his condition. Finally Brian got a hold of an article written by top strength coach Pavel Tsatsouline, a former Soviet Spetsnaz (Russian version of the Navy SEALs) trainer and a Master of Sports. Brian learned of the reasons for his injuries, namely Americans don’t know how to stretch and have tight and weak muscles of the core and legs. Brian experimented with his newfound knowledge and within 6 months was completely pain free, after 6 years! Since this time Brian has helped others eliminate or greatly reduce back, neck, knee and shoulder pain and improve their body's performance.

Brian has a background in MMA (mixed Martial Arts), everything from western boxing, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Brazilian Jujitsu, Jun Fan, Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun Gung Fu, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, full contact Karate, submission grappling and more. If you are a fighter you can't go wrong having Brian develop your athleticism! Or fighting skill for that matter.

When Brian isn’t training a client, he is training himself with kettlebells, lifting odd objects like heavy tractor tires, tearing decks of playing cards in half, practicing martial arts, learning other languages, going to church or watching Battlestar Galactica (the new one not the old 70's one, dear Lord!) For some reason all of us geeks have to plug BSG.

Brian is committed to continuing his education of human performance and incorporates a variety of disciplines from Z Health to Yoga to Martial Arts to Powerlifting and everything in-between.

Let Brian help you reach your fitness goals; contact him today for more information and to set up your first session.  What do you have to loose except some unwanted of body fat and a lot of bad lifting habits? You might just gain the best performing, best looking body that you thought you could never have!


Qualifications:

• PFS Progressive Fighting Systems Certified Instructor through Paul Vunak - June 2008
• Assistant Instructor, Russian Kettlebell Certification Course for new Kettlebell Instructors - October 2007
• Assistant Instructor, Andrea DuCane Kettlebell Workshops - several times per year since early 2007
• Assistant Instructor, Mike Mahler Kettlebell Seminar - Fall 2006
• RKC Certified Russian Kettlebell Instructor - October 2006
• Winner Denver Kettlebell Competition 32 kg (70 lb) division, - Spring 2005
• Sports Nutrition Advisor certification
• Personal Fitness Trainer certification
• CPR Certified Instructor