EDK Training

Move Better. Live Stronger. Kettlebell + Strength Coaching online and in NE Minneapolis. All ages and fitness levels welcome and encouraged.

Small Group Training | Private Coaching | Custom Programs
Focused on technique, progressive strength, injury resilience and confident movement for real life. EDK offers unique Virtual Classes, Individual Online and In-Person Coaching programs and Workshops with instruction specific to kettlebell, barbell and bodyweight training. LIVE Virtual Classes are in Central Standard Time and accessible to s

tudents globally. If you're new to strength training or looking to improve your skills, EDK provides options to adapt to your experience level from beginner to advanced. Please visit the EDK Training website for Virtual Class and Online Coaching information.

05/05/2026

✨Registration is open!✨

The next Masterclass is coming quick — a few spots have already been snapped up!

For intermediate-advanced students and local coaches, this is a prime opportunity to tighten up your KB Clean, improve your technique and apply beneficial drills to build the skill.

✨Kettlebell Clean Masterclass✨ Sunday | May 17 2026 | 10-11am
Absolute Strength Gym • NE MPLS

✨BOOKING BUTTON

See you there! 💪🏽

Minneapolis | Kettlebell Workshop

04/29/2026

You can DIY…
Or you can hire a certified professional to help you learn and build the progression right from the start! 💫

The Sn**ch is an advanced skill. Many people want to jump right into it without a clear technical breakdown or a suitable foundation of skills that DEVELOP the Sn**ch.

✨We coach you how to build the skill.✨

If you’re falling apart doing Sn**ches…

🚨Shoulders are cranky.
🚨Hands are chewed up.
🚨Bruises on your wrists or forearms.
🚨Back is aching or “tweaked”…

Blame your technique and inadequate development of the skill. It’s not cool to get repeatedly beat-up doing advanced skills when your body is sounding alarms. It’s not cool to keep pushing through ripped up hands and angry joints. It’s not cool to perform mega-heavy Sn**ches when the technical refinement hasn’t been established with a suitable weight.

This is where we swoop in and fix the problems. 🙌🏽

✨You need to BUILD the skill.
✨EDK coaching teaches you how!

💪🏽 Virtual + In-Person (Minneapolis) Coaching:
Limited spots for May / June — book your call before they’re gone!

Sn**ches | Sn**ch Technique | Strongfirst Elite

**ch **ch

04/27/2026

Single Arm Swing Masterclass | 4.26

Time seriously flies during these 60-minute sessions! “Packed” with drills and application practice, the goal of these Masterclasses is to walk away with more knowledge, skill and technical refinement.
Mission accomplished today. 💪🏽

Swinging KBs on a Sunday morning…let’s do it again.

Next Masterclass announcement coming soon!
Want in on the next one? Join the EDK subscriber list (link in bio) and follow EDK Training

To this crew — thank you for joining, soaking up the Swing action and helping us grow the KB community in MPLS. Y’all are awesome.
🫶🏽 — Ericka

04/25/2026

We believe it 100.
When you hire a coach, you are investing in a buddy-system that encourages consistency, growth, improvement and goal achievement.

That investment means you’re putting value on your time, your training and number one — YOURSELF. 💪🏽

Fretting over cost?
It’s probably not the actual dollar amount that holds you back. It’s the cost of committing to something you’re ALREADY doubting your ability to show up for consistently…

And, if consistency and accountability is challenging for you, **stop the pattern** of paying for memberships, packages or training plans that lack the personalization to hold you to it and offer easy-outs.

You need a different system! 🙌🏽

✨Our Small Group Training and 1:1 Coaching options deliver top-tier progressive programs, putting you front and center.✨

You deserve focused attention and a plan that guides your personal training story. We’re here to help you start writing that first chapter with a strong hook (obviously)!

✨50% OFF first month of SGT Membership✨
✨TWO Remote 1:1 session slots open✨

Want to lock it in for May / June?
Comment “CODE” and we’ll connect!

Online Training | In-Person Coaching

04/20/2026

No amount of complexity replaces highly refined skill. Piling on more weight, sets, reps and advanced variations without **truly mastering** core fundamentals of the basics isn’t impressive.

The bones of your training shouldn’t be a circus act of overcomplicated skills and we see it all the time…especially on social media.

Somehow it’s become “cool” to add complex variety, throw weight around and remove simplicity because it appears boring. 💩

There is incredible value in dedicating yourself to the process of building your training skills. When the SKILL is locked in, it shows. It reveals competency and a deep appreciation for consistent practice. It also guides you more effectively TOWARD advanced variations, heavier weights, etc.

Excessive complexity without the foundational skill to back it up, can lead to injury (or re-injury!), greater fatigue, poor progress and performance breakdown...

This goes for classes / apps with a gazillion exercises and volume thrown at you too. How do you expect to truly learn and grow when you’re going through the wringer for an hour? 😆

Skill proficiency first — always.
We want to see MORE growth, LESS injury, BETTER training, GREATER benefits.

Want high-level, sustainable, skill-based training programs and coaching? Connect with EDK! 💪🏽

✨Schedule your Consult Call

04/19/2026

Your body is likely far more capable than you are willing to give it credit for…

The difficulty when it comes to strength training isn’t necessarily about the weight itself. It’s moving beyond the mental roadblocks telling you to avoid, put it off or quit. It’s repeatedly showing up…for yourself.

The body is remarkable when you allow it to show you what it can do! Muscle growth and movement improvement is possible at any age. And, if you want to age with strength, mobility and resilience at your back — start now. Get on the positive longevity path, not the road to decline.

Our ✨Small Group Training✨ sessions deliver high-touch training and program design focused on your ability with appropriate progression.

You’re not guessing.
You’re not doing a wipe-board workout.
You’re not picking a random program on an app.
You’re not trying to keep up or beat the clock.

You are coached with intention. 🫶🏽

Our “class” structure has always been student-centered and we’re sticking to it. Connect with us to learn more about SGT and get started in May!

✨BOOK your Consult Call

Make it a great week! 💪🏽

04/17/2026

✨Registration is open!✨

It’s time to pack the power of your Two-Arm Swing into your Single-Arm Swing. Learn how to properly “drill the skill” so you can swing iron without it swinging you!

We often see sluggish Swing form — disconnected breathing patterns, little lat engagement and hinge depth. This Masterclass will focus on common SA Swing mistakes that limit you from maximizing power and eventually increasing weight.

✨Single-Arm Swing Masterclass✨
Sunday, April 26 | 10-11am

Heads up!! ⚡️Spots are already filling FAST.⚡️
*Recommended Two-Arm Swing experience to attend.*

BOOK NOW

Happy Friday! 💪🏽

04/16/2026

Oh the sweet sound of Swings… 🙌🏽
The breathing behind the Kettlebell Swing makes it or breaks it. Learning to time your breath to support the movement, maximize power and build stamina is an important technical component.

✨We don’t silence the breathing during our Swings.✨

Your ability to embrace this matters. Your inhale and exhale guides the skill and helps you develop necessary tension and relaxation required to perform the Swing correctly. If you want to increase your Swing weight and endurance — lock in the breathing pattern.

We’ll be carrying this breathwork into our NEXT Masterclass — coming up quick!

✨SINGLE-ARM Swing Masterclass✨
Sunday, April 26th | 10-11am
Absolute Strength Gym | NE MPLS

Previous Masterclass attendees and EDK Members receive priority booking TODAY (email access only).

Open registration hits FRIDAY!
Save the date and watch for sign up info tomorrow. 💪🏽

04/15/2026

If your motivation is nonexistent, it’s likely because you haven’t developed a system to reinforce consistency and habit change.

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” — James Clear

Motivation doesn’t just pop out of thin air. It comes by taking small actionable steps to create a SYSTEM that works for to you to stay on track. 🙌🏽

Once you lock in the system, the motivation to keep it going follows — not the other way around.

Training inconsistently? Expect inconsistent results and a deeper dig for motivation that never has a chance to fully set in and become habit.

✨We design SYSTEMS for training that help you start and keep showing up.✨

And you know what they say… You get what you pay for. If you’re lowballing your training investment, you’re more likely to skip it. Fact.

When you have more financial skin the game, you’re putting your valuable time and commitment at the top of the list — not at the bottom.

Lock. It. In.
Once you do, you won’t even need motivation. It will just be part of who you are… The person that doesn’t wait around for things to magically happen and chooses to get sh*t done!

✨Limited SGT & 1:1 Sessions for May / June!✨

BOOKING

Online Training | Kettlebell Coach | Minneapolis

04/13/2026

Kettlebell Swing Masterclass | 4.12

What a fab way to start the week! Lots of practice and swinging heavy iron this AM and we’re ready to do it again (Single Arm!) soon. 💪🏽

60min dedicated to the technical breakdown of Two-Hand Swings goes crazy quick… Covering common mistakes and dialing in drills to take their Swings to the next level — this group has it down! And, it was a blast to see familiar faces from all different training backgrounds and meet a few new students too. I love the connections and all the folks who are invested in learning KBs!

Every day I’m thankful for the opportunity to do what I do with people in so many places. This one was right here at home — Minneapolis ❤️
ABsolute Strength MN

Interested in joining the next Masterclass? Subscribe: https://www.edktraining.com/kettlebell

xx Coach Ericka

04/08/2026

“Osteoporosis is a major and growing public health issue. It is estimated that among individuals 50 years of age and older, 10.2 million have osteoporosis, while another 43.4 million have low bone mass… The proportion of undiagnosed osteoporosis remains very high, with roughly 69.12% of individuals going undiagnosed.”**

🚨 Your future self needs you to prioritize weightlifting.

It’s important to understand that osteo issues can start at any age and your attention to prevention-mode is crucial.

We’re not talking about maxing reps or hitting PRs. We’re talking about developing the stimulus required to build strength and enhance bone health through smart programming, safe lifting AND the coaching to back it up.

Supplementing your strength training with modalities that promote mobility, flexibility and stability is fantastic. It’s wise to balance your training with feel-good fitness (Pilates, yoga, etc). 🙌🏽

✨But, your body requires demand — yes, lifting — to trigger increased bone density + prevent bone loss.✨

We focus on progressively adding load (weight) through consistent training tailored to your ability.

✨Progression requires consistent training.
✨Consistency requires dedication to this process.

Our Small Group Training sessions help you develop the skill and confidence to arm yourself for years to come. Deadlifting in your 50s, 60s, 70s…like the women here? Yes please!!

✨NOW BOOKING✨
Small Group Training April / May
Individual Sessions May / June

Quit the low-commitment classes and join EDK for a training experience that puts your longevity and resilience first. Let’s chat and start your strength training story!

✨Schedule your Consult Call today

**[Osteoporos Int. 2025 Jan 28;36(3):547–554. doi: 10.1007/s00198-025-07395-3]

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