As the Founder and Director of IKFF, Steve Cotter draws from an extensive and diverse background as a champion athlete and cutting-edge trainer to develop some of the most complete and exciting programs in strength and conditioning today.

Throughout his lifelong study, Steve continues to research and implement the most effective training methods in kettlebells, martial arts, qigong, strength and conditioning, athletics and human performance fields. He constantly improves his skills and abilities to benefit, teach and motivate you.

Named to Men's Health Magazine's "100 Fittest Men of All-Time", Cotter shares his years of experience as a martial artist, world-class athlete and fitness coach to design and supervise programs for those who take their training seriously. While each client is unique, a common theme always presents itself in Steve's training programs; an unyielding focus, unparalleled intensity and precise attention to detail.

An all around fitness and martial arts training expert, Ken Blackburn is the International Team Leader with the International Kettlebell & Fitness Federation. As the Team Leader and Head IKFF Master Trainer, Kens travels all over the US and internationally teaching IKFF workshops and the very popular The CKT (Certified Kettlebell Teacher) instructor course, as well as helping Steve to develop the international IKFF Team leadership.

His background in the martial arts has created a unique approach to training where the emphasis is on balanced conditioning while developing high levels of mobility and athleticism.

Ken is also one of the top American kettlebell competitors and is the North American Record Holder in the Chair Press. In addition to his high-level and well-round athleticism, Ken is a superb and patient coach and teacher, whose friendly and caring demeanour always puts students at ease, creating the relaxed, comfortable learning atmosphere that accelerate the learning and understanding so vital to the educational process.

Andrew Durniat is a C.S.C.S and the owner of Durniat Strength – Optimal Performance Training. He is a Master Trainer for world champion Valery Federenko’s AKC certification course, an international kettlebell competitor and current American record holder for the single arm snatch (147 reps, 32kg). He is also certified on the IronMind Captains of Crush #3 – an internationally recognized measure of grip strength and competes regularly in grip events throughout the USA.

Andrew has also served as an assistant lacrosse coach at the College of Wooster and was an All-American Defenseman in lacrosse at Ohio Wesleyan University. His training has led him to be able to perform many famous feats of strength and compete in several ultra-endurance events He has taken the best attributes from the different modalities of power lifting, Olympic weight lifting, and kettlebells, distilled from his own training, and combined them into effective training programs for any serious athlete looking to improve their performance. In addition to training athletes he has much to offer the professional trainer. His arsenal of training techniques can show them many ways to add to their own programs and thus make tremendous gains.

Kettlebells are a relatively recent addition to the trainer’s toolbox. Not only are athletes confused about how to effectively use kettlebells, they are even more confused about how to add kettlebell training to their programs. Not everyone wants to do ’kettlebell-only’ workouts and most athletes will benefit from a variety of training modalities. Andrew effectively combines the best of the kettlebell training techniques with the more traditional techniques of weight training and conditioning.

Andrew is not only a high level strength coach but a high level athlete. He is a former all American Lacrosse player and regularly competes in kettlebell sport and strongman competitions. While kettlebell sport and strongman require very different training, Andrew successfully combines the two and excels at both.