Victoria says that Sweat! is her effort to bring a “London vibe” to Newtownards, incorporating influences from the American and Australian fitness scenes too sp
The recently opened Sweat! Fitness in Newtownards is the work of local woman Victoria Gill, who is drawing on her experience in the world of professional dance to offer something new in Northern Ireland.
After finding out how beneficial hot yoga and reformer Pilates could be – and noticing that they are still niche areas in Northern Ireland, Victoria set up a studio that specialises in both. Hot yoga is practised in 40-degree heat, based around 26 different postures – Victoria says that it offers all the benefits of yoga, but elevated due to the heat. It’s intense.
“It's a tough practice,” she says. “After three sessions, people are either like, ‘Yeah, this is for me', or else – totally understandable – it's not for you in that heat. But if you keep going with a regular practice, the endorphins you get and all the benefits you get are just unbelievable.” “Especially in Ards and Down, there isn't really anything like this at all. I think there was a pretty open market, and I wanted to bring that little bit of London to Newtownards.”
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