| John Wild is the founder and head coach of the Orange Kettlebell Club. The OKC has over 200 members in 16 countries. They are a based in the San Francisco/Bay Area but have taught Kettlebell in New York, Dallas, Sacramento, San Diego, Boston, Sweden, Finland, Tokyo Japan and Johannesburg South Africa. In July John Will take his first trip to teach in Hong Kong.
John Wild is a World Kettlebell Club Master instructor (WKC) and one of only two assistant instructors licensed to certify Kettlebell trainers with the International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation (IKFF). In addition he is a certified Kettlebell coach/instructor with the American Kettlebell Club (AKC) and the Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC). He has competed on the professional level in Kettlebell Sport taking first place in his weight class at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic on 2009.
John Wild was born in Astoria Queens NY on October 22, 1977. He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Plattsburgh State University in 2000 with a degree in English Literature. He has been a personal trainer since 2003 and has been working with Kettlebells since 2004. John Wild is an NSCA certified strength and coditioning specialist www.nsca-lift.org, and a certified USAW fitness coach. He is a certified Kettlebell instructor with the IKFF (Steve Cotter) www.ikff.com RKC (Pavel Tsatsouline) www.dragondoor.com/cgi-bin/instructor.pl?ipage=944&rm=mode2 and the AKC/WKC (Valery Fedorenko) www.americankettlebellclub.com . He is also a Kettlebell instructor with Full KOntact www.fullkontact.com Kettlebell Athletics www.kettlebellathletics.com and Kettlebell Concepts www.kettlebellconcepts.com. He is a contributing editor for www.hybridfitness.tv. He lives in Oakland CA. |
