IN-PERSON INDIVIDUAL Training
going the distance… our place or yours?
KUDOS
I highly recommend working with Ericka! I trained with her to achieve my StrongFirst Barbell Certification. I love how levelheaded she is and when an obstacle would arise, we’d simply go back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan of attack.
I had a 3x per week program and the option to do occasional Virtual Kettlebell Classes was super helpful as I wanted to re-certify my Level One SFG Kettlebell certification.
Ultimately, I felt prepared going into the certification weekend and I passed both certs successfully!
– Dani L.
Individual training is your system for change.
Your time is valuable, so is your training investment.
Stuck in a “workout” rut without clear direction? In-person training sessions with Coach Ericka deliver hands-on expert coaching, helping you to reach your personal fitness goals and exceed them. Coach Ericka will create a progressive plan that will educate you and guide the physical change you desire through a pragmatic approach.
Your 1:1 investment guarantees you lock in your strength training skills and technique. You will learn and arm yourself with important functional tools to improve your body awareness and movement in your daily activities and other fitness modalities — especially as you age! Your training sessions will be educational, covering essential mobility and stability drills, in addition to corrective exercise strategies appropriate to your abilities and your training objectives. You will build both mental and physical muscle.
Train for strength, train for life, train for YOU.
“Thank you for giving me my quality of life back. I have SO much more energy and focus... I’m able to play more with my kids in the evenings. I had NO CLUE that pushing so hard every day was frying me. I feel whole and sane and balanced again.”
STEP UP YOUR GAME
BENEFITS OF individual training
SYSTEM SPECIFIC customized training. Your body demands more than random workouts.
Injury REDUCTION and PREVENTION. Overall movement improvement.
Muscle and movement EDUCATION. Learn what muscles you’re training and why.
GUARANTEED reinforcement of YOUR SET GOALS with a COMMITTED and CONSISTENT training plan.
BALANCED training designed to promote adequate REST / RECOVERY.
FAT LOSS • MUSCULAR ENDURANCE • INCREASED STRENGTH / MOBILITY / STABILITY / FLEXIBILITY.
KUDOS
As a two time Kona Ironman qualifier I have ambitious athletic goals and as a physician I am very discerning in my choice of trainers…
Ericka came highly recommended, and my first hand observations of her working with clients confirmed to me that we would make a good fit. I have not been disappointed. She comes prepared to each of our sessions with a carefully crafted menu of exercises to work through, each building upon the previous within that day's workout, and building in a more holistic fashion from week to week. The progression is well thought out and designed to target my weaknesses while improving not just my strength, but also my flexibility and posture, all while avoiding injury.
I highly appreciate her attention to detail in getting me to execute each move in a technically precise fashion, and her demonstrations of the movements leave me with a profound respect for the degree to which she has honed her craft.
Working with Ericka has made me a stronger and more resilient athlete and under her tutelage and support I am left with a sense that my best is yet to come. What more can you ask for?
– Jeff W.
Coaching specializations
StrongFirst Kettlebell, Barbell, Bodyweight and RKC Kettlebell Certification Preparation / Training
Strength + Endurance Training – Athletes + Marathoners + Runners of all levels
Functional Movement + Range of Motion Training
Prenatal & Postnatal Exercise Programming + Strength Training
Post–surgery and Recovery Strength Training + Injury Prevention
General Kettlebell + Barbell + Bodyweight Resistance Training and Technique Refinement
Mobility + Stability + Release Training
Functional Wellness Strategies
make yourself a priority
KUDOS
COACH OF COACHES: Ericka Darst
Are you a strength coach? Do you want to learn how to use kettlebells optimally without getting hurt or your clients getting hurt? Go to the Coach of Coaches!
Coach Ericka is the Mother of Dragons in the Twin Cities. She has trained some of the best kettlebell instructors in town. Why is she different? The Devil is in the Details.
I have been teaching kettlebells as an RKC Instructor and I have been using weights for over 30 years. I need to get re-certified every few years, my time was up and I chose to go the StrongFirst route. I knew it would be super challenging to pass this certification. I met with Coach Ericka and I still had SO much to learn!
All of my lifts have gone up. I trained with her weekly for months and I was so prepared for my StrongFirst certification in Chicago. I have trained with other coaches for certs and had not learned half of what Ericka has taught me!
– Lisa T.
TRAINING Locations
Individual In-Person sessions are based in private training facilities in Minneapolis or St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Prefer at–home training or your regular fitness facility? Alternative training locations are open to consideration dependent upon client preference, equipment availability, facility approval and distance. We will find an option that works best for both coach and client!
Please note: Mileage fees apply for off-site training locations outside of MPLS / SLP.
investments
3 SESSIONS
$690
IN–PERSON
• Functional Movement Assessment (FMS)
• Customized Progressive Training Program
• Kettlebell / Barbell and/or Bodyweight Foundation Skills + Technique
• Corrective & Refinement Coaching Sessions
• Practice & Movement Improvement Strategies
• Accountability Check-ins + Training Video Feedback
• Optional Nutrition Guidance
• Live Virtual Class Access
• EDK Training T-Shirt
• 60 MINUTE Sessions
• 3 Month Expiration
Best option for creating a training habit to help you stay on a sustainable path of self-improvement and progressive strength. Recommended 3-month cycled program + one in-person training session per month.
single Session
$250
IN–PERSON
• Basic Assessment
• Specific Kettlebell, Barbell, Bodyweight Skills + Technique
• Corrective & Refinement Training Session
• 60 MINUTE Session
• 1 Month Expiration
Best option for learning the basics, assessing movement, help with practicing and troubleshooting specific skills to keep your training blade SHARP.
OTHER EDK 1:1 COACHING OPTIONS
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