A private coach with 30 years of expertise working with girls’s our bodies has revealed how she sculpts them to perfection – and also you don’t have to raise heavy weights within the gymnasium.
Vix Erber, or Bondi Vixen as she is thought in her group of Bondi Seashore, first received her begin within the health business in 1991, changing into one of many first individuals in Australia to finish their private coaching certificates.
Now she owns and runs The Vixletix Technique Studio, a boutique power, HIIT, Pilates and yoga-infused group and private coaching setting, which is steadily rising its consumer base after disruptions and lockdowns brought on by Covid.
Whereas each girl’s physique is totally different and can reply to totally different coaching kinds Vix takes the strategy of infusing excessive repetitions with gentle weights because it means her purchasers are much less vulnerable to accidents and heavy loading on the joints.
‘It’s additionally a a lot safer strategy in my view and it doesn’t matter what your physique sort this fashion will lean you out and tone you up with out the majority that tends to come back with heavy lifting,’ she informed FEMAIL.
Vix Erber (pictured), or Bondi Vixen as she is thought in her group of Bondi Seashore, first received her begin within the health business in 1991
Considered one of Vix’s signature exercise lessons, referred to as SWEAT, includes utilizing gentle weights and cardio drills set to quick intervals
Considered one of Vix’s signature exercise lessons, referred to as SWEAT, includes utilizing gentle weights and cardio drills set to quick intervals.
‘It’s the final word in fats burning, strengthening and firming. It’s an all inclusive triple risk,’ she stated.
For these women on a weight reduction journey the devoted private coach recommends sustaining construction as crucial a part of the puzzle.
Holding it easy by understanding what number of energy you’re consuming in comparison with what you’re utilizing up through the day is the one method to see the scales transfer in a optimistic path.
‘Power coaching is crucial over every little thing else to remain lean and powerful and in the event you prepare with weights you’ve additionally tackled your cardio in a single hit,’ Vix stated.
‘In the event you don’t add a cardio factor to your weight coaching then I all the time advocate both a comfortable sand jog or stroll. You get extra bang on your buck on the comfortable sand.’
Vix, who’s in her late 40s, teaches as much as 16 lessons per week herself and completes all the private coaching appointments at her gymnasium.
‘I received a job at Healthland Gymnasium in Bondi Junction after ending college and I’ve labored ever since,’ Vix stated beforehand.
Within the early 2000s she would get a couple of girlfriends collectively for ‘mums and bubs’ lessons earlier than taking her coaching to the seaside within the type of bootcamps, the place Bondi Vixen was born.
After testing out the waters with a pop up studio – which ‘went by means of the roof’ in signal ups – Vix lastly landed an area in North Bondi, barely a minute’s stroll from the sand
What are Vix’s 4 pillars of well being and health?
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Empower: We decelerate the reps to concentrate on lifting heavier weights. With two lessons, one tailor-made to the higher physique and the opposite for the decrease, we prioritise defining and shaping lean muscle precisely the place you need it.
Sculpt: Be a part of us barefoot on the mat and put together to raise, squeeze and crunch your method to a robust core and highly effective booty utilizing tight and focused Pilates-inspired actions in opposition to reducing intervals.
Sweat: HIIT, however not as you understand it. Via bursts of excessive depth exercise, our exercise will get progressively more difficult. This dynamic circuit fashion exercise ends in whole physique cardio-conditioning.
Restore: In two kinds, Yin and Movement Yoga, we provide restoration lessons that show you how to really feel relaxed, lengthened and centred. These slow-paced classes are a time to replicate and take heed to your physique as we transfer by means of postures and really feel our edges.
‘I had 30 robust girls in my teams. We’d prepare rain, hail or shine. Solely 5 years in the past boutique health was simply beginning out and I knew that was the path I needed to go in,’ she stated.
After testing out the waters with a pop up studio – which ‘went by means of the roof’ in signal ups – Vix lastly landed an area in North Bondi, barely a minute’s stroll from the sand.
Whereas there are many health choices within the neighborhood focused at women and men of their 20s Vix hoped her technique of understanding would attraction to the 35+ age bracket.
‘Vixletix Technique is predicated on 4 pillars that I consider are essential for a extra constant routine,’ she stated.
The primary pillar, Empower, focuses on growing lean muscle with power coaching, which is essential for bone density and stopping osteoporosis as we age.
‘Younger ones are available in pondering they may bulk up with weights however that’s simply not the case. In a female-only setting, you’ll solely get the outcomes girls require and need,’ she stated.
The following pillar is Sculpt, which is Vix’s model of ‘progressive’ Pilates coaching utilizing booty bands, sliders and interval coaching.
It targets the glutes and core in equal measure for a focused exercise.
‘Vixletix Technique is predicated on 4 pillars that I consider are essential for a extra constant routine,’ she stated
The studio additionally has therapeutic massage therapists, nutritionists and dietitians on website to make sure purchasers have a well-rounded strategy to their well being
The ultimate two are Sweat – which is multi-functional cardio and conditioning – and Restore, which is an opportunity to meditate and loosen up with yoga.
There are lessons related to every of those pillars to make it simpler to decide on a broad selection every week.
The studio additionally has therapeutic massage therapists, nutritionists and dietitians on website to make sure purchasers have a well-rounded strategy to their well being.
‘You don’t should go anyplace else. The very best outcomes come from once you’re going to the one place, it’s safer and extra motivating,’ Vix stated.
Vix recommends 4 health classes per week to see outcomes, with three at an absolute minimal, and to make it part of your life-style, slightly than a chore that should get accomplished every day.
You could find extra about Vix and her studio on Instagram and her web site.
