VIP Fitness & Lifestyle

Alex’s fitness journey started in the pool as a kid. As a high level swimmer and waterpolo player, he became addicted to competition and training to compete. As a coach for the Ladner Stingrays swim team and head coach of the waterpolo team, Alex got his first taste of the joys of inspiring others to achieve their own personal goals. From there, Alex studied Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia and gained experience in rehab training at the senior and disability gym BodyWorks. Alex was certified as a personal trainer with ACSM, and has been building his philosophy of training and gaining experience at other gyms. He became a BCAK registered Kinesiologist, and was certified with Agatsu Kettlebells, TRX RIP, and Theraputic Fascial Mobility, and the Functional Movement Assessment, but after traveling to Arizona to take Fascial Stretch Therapy levels 1 and 2, things began to really take off.

Alex believes in training full Fascial lines and not muscles, and includes rhythmic movements and power movements in any strength program to train tendons and fascia as well as muscles. Helping clients reach their goals, be they rehabilitation, weight loss, strength, muscle building, or sports performance is what keeps me passionate and motivated. He loves the challenge of overcoming boundaries and loves expanding his tool belt to help clients with unique goals. For him the key to overcoming any goal is longevity. More important than a quick fix is the habits you form along the way. Whether that means learning to drink more water or eat right, keeping up with your prehab to avoid injuries, sticking to your program and not skipping workouts, or setting goals regularly to keep progressing and stay motivated, Alex can help you get there!

Tirra’s happy place is the gym, this is where she gets to shut out the world and just play. She’s driven by exploring her capabilities and the constant challenge to push those limits. This journey is her passion, this is what lets her come alive. She loves to be creative and have fun with her training and as a trainer that’s exactly what she believes in bring to every session, a chance for her clients to learn about movement and find what they love, what will ignite their passion. Tirra’s training moto is to always push the limits of what you think you’re capable of and by doing this show you how incredible you truly are.

Tirra first started her fitness journey as a competitive track athlete between the ages of 9-17. As a young adult she grew to find her love in Physical Theatre, with types of performance arts such as Butoh (Japanese Physical theatre), Suzuki Method, Acting, Clowning and Dance. During this time in her life she also dove into the world of yoga and started tasting the joy of teaching at the age of 20. Receiving Her BCRPA Cert in Fitness Theory and her BCRPA Yoga Fitness Cert. She taught yoga alongside acting for many years until she found a very intriguing healing therapy called Fascial Stretch Therapy. Changing her rhythm completely feeling a very strong calling to this craft she went back to school to get her full personal training cert with the National School of Sports Medicine and travelling to study under the creators of FST to become certified as a Fascial Stretch Therapist. She is now living her dream being able to come to work every day to see people she cares so much about achieve their fullest capabilities and she feels incredibly lucky that she gets to inspire and encourage all types of people along this powerful journey.

Shelby Maletz-Comm is a Jill-of-all-trades health and fitness! She is a nutrition educator, certified health coach and fitness instructor. She specializes in holistic nutrition, functional health and movement including yoga and kickboxing. Through her own journey to health, she’s learned that simple habits promoting wellness, including a whole food diet, functional movement and mindfulness, can unlock our greatest potential as individuals and give us the momentum needed to live our best lives.

Shelby grew up in a family of healthcare professionals and as a result has always had a strong desire to help others. With limited exercise experience, she began her health journey in university and started resistance training and focusing on nutrient dense foods. She gained confidence, physical and mental strength and energy, and quickly developed a passion for all things health. She then decided to pursue her education in preventative health care and in 2015 graduated from UBC Land & Food Systems with a Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition and Health. To expand her knowledge she recently completed a Holistic Culinary Certificate through the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.

Her favourite thing about being in the industry is watching clients transform their lives as they gain confidence in mind, body, and spirit. She believes that we all deserve to live happy lives full of vitality and free of pain and sickness. She wants to inspire clients to take responsibility for their health and show them that no matter where you start at any age and stage you can create the life you’ve always wanted. Away from VIP you will find her practicing yoga, cooking, and pursuing musical hobbies.

Savannah's passion for helping others has always been a part of who she is. Becoming a registered massage therapist for her was the perfect fit, allowing her to help impact someone's well being while learning about all the incredible aspects of the human body. She played many sports growing up and was constantly looking for new ways to help her body recover and improve.

Originally from New-Brunswick, Savannah started her own practice right after obtaining her RMT diploma. She recently decided to journey across the country to experience life on the west coast. Savannah's thirst for knowledge lead her to pursue her studies in Osteopathy, she is currently in her third year and loves incorporating an Osteopathic approach during treatment.

You can find her practicing yoga, hiking a mountain or jamming out to some music. Savannah values the importance of finding balance between a therapeutic and relaxing experience during your visit and will make it a priority to inform you on what's going on with your body while putting all her focus on your absolute improvement. She looks forward to meeting you!