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Meet Brian

Brian Copeland is an Aurora, Colorado based RKC kettlebell instructor, Z-Health Movement Reeducation Specialist and Progressive Fighting Systems Martial Arts instructor.

The RKC system of kettlebell training focuses on the development of strength, power, healthy joints and over-the-top cardio conditioning.

Z-Health focuses on the elimination of pain and improving posture and performance through smarter movements and the development of the nervous system, it utilizes subtle and small movements and visual and vestibular reeducation.


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.

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, Escrima/Kali, 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 human neurology to biomechanics 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 lose except some unwanted of body fat and unwanted aches and pains? You might just gain the best performing, best looking body that you thought you could never have!


Qualifications & Professional Education & Experience:

• RKC Certified Russian Kettlebell Instructor
• Z-Health Movement Reeducation Specialist
• Progressive Fighting Systems Certified Instructor trained by Master Paul Vunak
• Assistant Instructor, Russian Kettlebell Certification Course for new Kettlebell Instructors - October 2007 & June 2009
• Assistant Instructor for Master RKC Andrea DuCane - Kettlebell Workshops May 07, Aug 07, May 08
• Assistant Instructor for Mike Mahler - Kettlebell Seminar - Fall 2006
• Owned and operated Colorado's first kettlebell training studio since 2006
• Sports Nutrition Advisor certification
• Personal Fitness Trainer certification
• CPR Certified Instructor

Achievements:

• Completed US Secret Service Snatch Test in under 10 minutes (200 reps with a 53 lb kettlebell)
• RKC or TSC-style snatch test - 115 reps in under 5 minutes with a 53 lb kettlebell
• Torn 56 cards vertical and horizontal in under 8 seconds
• Quartered a full deck of cards (tore halves into half)
• Winner Denver Kettlebell Competition 32 kg (70 lb) division, - Spring 2005
• Bulldog Tamer (Using a 90 lb kettlebell, a strict 1-arm military press, a strict tactical pull up and a 1-leg squat or pistol)