lose the weight.
keep the strength.
FIT by the VIP Collective is strength coaching built specifically for women losing weight — designed to protect the muscle, energy, and capability you need to keep your results. Because the number on the scale isn't the whole story. What you're made of when you get there is.
Personalized Coaching
This isn't a workout library or a PDF of exercises. It's real coaching, from a certified trainer, built around what your body is actually doing in this phase of your healing — programmed to work with the nutrition, hormone support, and metabolic work already underway. Never against it.
Your training is built in 12-week blocks — the same arc your nutrition follows. Every twelve weeks your programming rebuilds around where your body is now, not where it was when you started. Nothing expires. Nothing has to be renewed.
STRONG IS THE POINT
STRONG IS THE POINT
When a woman loses weight, she doesn't only lose fat.
most weight loss programs have no solution for thisShe loses muscle too — and muscle is the tissue that keeps her metabolism responsive, her bones dense, her energy steady, and her body capable of the life she actually wants to live. Lose enough of it, and the weight comes back easier than it left. This is the quiet reason so many women regain everything they worked for, and then blame themselves for it.
It matters more now than it ever has. Women naturally lose lean muscle as they move through perimenopause and menopause — right at the season of life when most programs are telling them to eat less and move more.
Most weight loss programs never mention any of this. They hand you a plan, watch the scale drop, and call it a win. We think that's the part everyone's getting wrong.
FIT is built for the woman who is:
Losing weight and wants to keep the muscle she has
Coming out of years of cardio, restriction, or nothing at all
Nervous about the weight room, or hasn't lifted since she can't remember when
Worried about bone density, balance, or feeling fragile as she ages
Strong once, and wants to feel that way again
Tired of "movement" that's really just punishment for eating
training that follows your healing
the same four VIP phases, applied to strength-
We start with foundation. In these early weeks your body is calming inflammation and stabilizing, and training is built to support that work, not compete with it. Simple movement patterns, manageable volume, and the goal of showing up consistently. Nothing here is designed to exhaust you.
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This is where strength work begins in earnest. As your energy stabilizes and your body starts using fuel more efficiently, we add resistance and structure. You'll begin to feel capable in ways the scale doesn't measure — carrying, lifting, climbing, keeping up.
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Your training becomes more personal here. As hormones, sleep, and recovery normalize, we fine-tune programming to what your body is actually responding to. This is the phase where most women stop thinking of themselves as someone who should exercise and start thinking of themselves as someone who trains.
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You leave with strength that's yours to keep — and the knowledge of how to maintain it. A body that holds its results because it has the muscle to hold them. This is the part that outlasts the program.
training that meets your body where it actually is
inside FIT you will receive:A hormone aware strength training program designed by a certified trainer — not pulled from a template library or trainer that doesn’t understand your unique needs
Training built around your experience, your equipment, and your phase of healing
Programming built in 12-week blocks, rebuilt each cycle around your current strength
Uninterrupted access for as long as you're a VIP member — nothing expires, nothing to renew
Video demonstration for every movement
Questions answered by certified trainers, not a support inbox
A trainer and nutrition coaches who are one team, under one roof
The custom VIP Fit app, downloadable from the App Store
Meet YourTrainer
CHRISTI BERTELSON
FIT by the VIP Collective Lead TrainerChristi Bertelson is a personal trainer, Air Force wife, and mom of two who understands firsthand what it feels like to lose yourself — and what's possible when you find your way back. Despite lifting weights, eating well, and staying active, her body stopped responding. She felt uncomfortable, discouraged, and disconnected from the woman she used to be.
After breaking her foot and reaching a low point, Christi turned to the VIP Weight Loss System. What she found wasn't a quick fix — it was a step-by-step approach built on real food, real habits, and real support. It was the missing piece she'd spent years searching for. She lost 24 pounds, and she got herself back.
Today she leads VIP Fit, bringing that same combination of technical skill and lived experience to every woman she trains. She writes every program herself. She's known for meeting women exactly where they are — whether that's a first-ever set of squats or a return to lifting after years away.
Her belief is simple: strength isn't something you earn back. It's something you build, one honest week at a time.
BUILD SOMETHING THAT LASTS
BUILD SOMETHING THAT LASTS
Expected Results
While every woman’s body is unique, clients commonly experience:Strength you can measure — more weight, more reps, more capability
Everyday tasks that stop feeling hard
Better balance and confidence in how you move
Improved posture and reduced everyday aches
Energy that holds through the afternoon
A body that keeps its results because it has the muscle to keep them
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Patty spent years doing everything “right” without seeing results—until VIP uncovered what her body truly needed.
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Alicia spent years trapped in restrictive diets and rebound weight gain, but VIP finally gave her the education, flexibility, and support she needed to succeed.
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Stacie joined VIP after years of frustration with bloating, digestive issues, and short-term diets—and finally found a sustainable approach that worked
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After years of battling diabetes, thyroid issues, and stubborn weight, Beth transformed her health with VIP—losing 72 pounds, improving her labs, and reclaiming her energy
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Tami reclaimed her health and energy with VIP, losing 43.5 pounds and building sustainable, real-food habits—proving lasting weight loss comes from balance, support, and smart nutrition, not quick fixes.
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Brianne transformed her health with VIP, losing nearly 20 pounds, reducing bloating, and boosting energy—showing that lasting results come from support, education, and sustainable habits, not quick fixes.
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Sheryl regained strength, energy, and confidence in her 60s with VIP, losing 16 pounds and improving her digestion—proving lasting, lifestyle-focused change is possible at any age with the right support.
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Pam broke free from years of yo‑yo dieting with VIP, finally losing weight, boosting her confidence, and building sustainable healthy habits—proving lasting results come from balance, support, and mindset, not quick fixes.
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Cara, a busy nurse and mom of three, lost 20 pounds, healed her gut, and eliminated migraines with VIP—showing that sustainable, balanced habits can boost health, energy, and confidence far beyond the scale.
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Christi, a personal trainer and nutrition coach, broke through her plateau with VIP—losing 24 pounds, reducing inflammation, and reclaiming confidence—proving that even experts thrive with the right support.
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At 50, Katie Majeres lost 40 pounds and has sustained her results for two years with VIP—proving real-food habits, balance, and a lifestyle approach beat restrictive diets for lasting health and energy.
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Leslie, navigating postpartum and Hashimoto’s, lost 25 pounds and regained steady energy with VIP—showing that real-food habits, and structured support create lasting health for busy moms.
let’s GET STARTED
1. Book Your ConsultationYou’ll meet with a coach to go over your health history, symptoms, and goals — training included.
2. Receive Your Personalized PlanWe provide a custom plan outlining your nutrition strategy, hormone support options, and recommended tools.
3. DOWNLOAD THE VIP FIT APPYour first 12-week program is waiting inside, written specifically for you.
4. keep buildingEvery twelve weeks your programming rebuilds around your progress. With coaching support the whole way, strength becomes something you keep — not something you finish.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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It's included with your active VIP membership, at no additional cost. If you're a VIP member, it's already yours.
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Book a consultation and we'll talk it through. Strength training works best when your nutrition is supporting it — that's not a sales line, it's mechanics. We'll look at where you are and recommend the right starting point honestly.
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No. Most women in VIP Fit start with little or no strength training experience. Your programming meets you at your actual starting point, and your trainer walks you through every movement.
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You will need access to a set of basic bands and dumbbells.
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No. Building visible bulk requires a combination of training volume, caloric surplus, and hormonal profile that's genuinely difficult to achieve — particularly for women in perimenopause and menopause. What strength training does is build lean tissue, which supports your metabolism and creates the shape most women are actually after. You'll get stronger. You won't wake up bulky.
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Start with less. Early-phase training is built to support your energy, not drain it. If you're truly depleted, your coach will tell you to wait. Nutrition and recovery come first, always.
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No. Movement is encouraged inside the VIP Collective, never required. Plenty of women see excellent results focused on nutrition alone. VIP Fit is here for when you're ready.
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Then this matters more, not less. Protecting lean muscle is one of the most important things you can do while your body is releasing weight — which is exactly why we built training into the system rather than leaving it to chance.
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
