Business : Mark Erickson certified RKC instructor

Owner and Founder of Kettlebell Advantage, LLC Mark Erickson has successfully completed the re-certification training and passed the required tests to teach kettlebell fundamentals as a certified RKC instructor. Erickson first attended the course in June of 2007 and opened the Kettlebell Advantage training center in Vinton, where he conducts personal training and small group workouts. He had also re-certified in 2009.

The re-certifiction process is designed to ensure that any person certified by Pavel Tsatsouline, Tactical Strength, Inc., and Dragon Door Publications, Inc., continues to meet the requirements for certification established in the course requirements of the organizations. Re-certificaiton is required every two (2) years.

After his re-certification in April Erickson served as an assistant working with a team of 16 candidates during the weekend at the Russian Kettlebell Challenge Instructor Certification course presented by Dragon Door, Inc. and Tactical Strength, Inc. in St Paul, Minnesota. The RKC is highly demanding mentally and physically, including 23 hours of hands on training spread out over a 3 day time period. Over 80 participants attended from all over the world.