NOT YOUR ORDINARY FITNESS STUDIO

Valkyrie Society Fitness Methodology

The Valkyrie Society fitness methodology is built on a foundational commitment to honoring women's distinct physiological needs throughout every life stage through evidence-based programming.

Our approach centers on progressive overload strength principles, employing strategic advancement in training variables—sets, repetitions, movement patterns, and time under tension—to ensure measurable progress in both strength capacity and movement quality.

We recognize that a woman's body undergoes continual transformation, both internally and externally, across her lifespan. The Valkyrie Society methodology adapts movement protocols to align with these physiological transitions, ensuring that training remains optimally effective, safe, and sustainable at every stage.

From hormonal fluctuations to structural changes, our programming evolves alongside women's bodies, meeting them exactly where they are while guiding them toward where they want to be.

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OUR SESSIONS

Valkyrie Large Group

Our comprehensive fitness programming is specifically designed to honor and support the unique physiological needs of women throughout their entire life cycle. We offer five distinct training cycles, each ranging from eight to sixteen weeks in length, carefully structured to align with different life stages, hormonal phases, and wellness goals that women experience.

Each cycle is founded in evidence-based strength training principles, recognizing that building and maintaining lean muscle mass is essential for women's long-term health, metabolic function, and bone density. Our strength-focused approach is thoughtfully complemented with strategic cardiovascular stimulus, creating a balanced training methodology that supports both muscular development and cardiovascular health.

These cycles are intentionally designed to adapt to the natural fluctuations in a woman's body—whether navigating monthly hormonal changes, pregnancy and postpartum recovery, perimenopause, menopause, or the active aging process. By acknowledging that women's bodies require different training approaches at different life stages, our programming provides the flexibility and specificity needed to optimize results while prioritizing safety, sustainability, and overall well-being throughout every phase of the female life cycle.

Goddess Era Group

Perimenopause + Menopause + Menopause

Our menopause programming addresses changing recovery patterns, shifts in body composition, and the heightened importance of strength training during this life stage.

Warm & Empowering: Perimenopause & Menopause Support Our specialized programming meets you where you are—adapting to your body's changing recovery needs, supporting healthy body composition, and prioritizing the strength training that becomes essential during this transition.

Clear & Direct: Perimenopause & Menopause Our menopause-specific programming is designed around your body's evolving needs: optimized recovery protocols, body composition support, and increased emphasis on strength training.

Most Natural Flow (my recommendation): Perimenopause & Menopause Our menopause programming adapts to your body's changing needs—accounting for fluctuating recovery rates, shifts in body composition, and the increased importance of strength training during this stage.

Young Valkyrie Athletes

Are you looking for a safe, structured, and empowering fitness program for your young athlete? Valkyrie Society in Ankeny is excited to offer our Young Valkyrie Athletes Program – designed specifically to help youth build strength, confidence, and proper movement skills that will benefit them in sports and life. What Your Athlete Will Gain:

  • Foundational strength and conditioning
  • Proper lifting techniques and body mechanics
  • Improved athletic performance across all sports
  • Increased confidence and mental resilience
  • A supportive, positive training environment

Whether your child is a multi-sport athlete looking to gain a competitive edge or simply wants to build healthy fitness habits, our Young Valkyrie Athletes Program provides the perfect foundation for success.

What is Valkyrie Society?

In a world that often tells women to be smaller, quieter, and less demanding, Valkyrie Society stands as a defiant answer: a space where women are encouraged to be stronger, louder, and unapologetically powerful. But this isn't just another gym or fitness program. Valkyrie Society is a community, a movement, and a sanctuary rolled into one—a place where women come together to lift heavy things, lift each other up, and lift the weight of societal expectations off their shoulders.

A Welcoming, Non-Judgmental Haven

Walk into most gyms, and you'll feel eyes on you—judging your form, your body, your right to be there. At Valkyrie Society, that toxic energy is left at the door. Here, every woman is welcomed exactly as she is, whether she's picking up a barbell for the first time or deadlifting twice her body weight. There's no room for comparison, no space for shame. Instead, there's an understanding that every woman's journey is her own, and every woman deserves support without judgment.

This radical acceptance isn't just about being nice—it's about creating an environment where women can focus on becoming their strongest selves without the constant noise of criticism, both external and internal. It's about building a foundation of trust where vulnerability is met with encouragement, not exploitation.

Training Through the Female Life Cycle

Women's bodies are extraordinary in their complexity. We menstruate, we may become pregnant, we navigate menopause—our hormones shift and change throughout our lives in ways that profoundly affect our strength, energy, and recovery. Yet most training programs are designed by men, for men, completely ignoring these realities.

Valkyrie Society takes a different approach. We understand that a woman's training needs to honor where she is in her cycle, in her life stage, in her journey. We teach women to work with their bodies, not against them—to recognize when to push hard and when to scale back, to understand that strength isn't just about lifting heavier but about building resilience that lasts a lifetime.

This isn't about limitations; it's about optimization. It's about giving women the knowledge and tools to train intelligently throughout every phase of their lives, from their first period to their last.

Embracing the Everyday Struggles

Life as a woman comes with struggles that are both universal and deeply personal. The mental load of managing a household. The exhaustion of working a full day and then starting a second shift at home. The weight of being told you're too much and not enough, often in the same breath. The challenge of carving out time for yourself when everyone else's needs seem to come first.

At Valkyrie Society, we don't pretend these struggles don't exist. We acknowledge them, we honor them, and we use them as fuel. Every rep becomes an act of resistance. Every set becomes a declaration: I am worth the effort. I am worth the time. I deserve to be strong.

We encourage women to bring their whole selves to training—their frustrations, their fears, their exhaustion—and to channel all of it into something powerful. Because when you learn you can lift something heavy off the ground, you start to believe you can lift anything that weighs you down.

Training to Beat the Odds

The odds are often stacked against women. We're more likely to live in poverty, more likely to experience domestic violence, more likely to sacrifice our own health and wellbeing for others. We're told we're the weaker sex, that we need protection, that we should be careful not to get "too bulky" or "too aggressive."

Valkyrie Society rejects these narratives entirely. We train to beat the odds—not just in the gym, but in life. We teach women that they are capable of far more than they've been told. That strength isn't masculine or feminine; it's human. That taking up space isn't something to apologize for; it's something to celebrate.

Every woman who learns to squat heavy, to press a barbell overhead, to pull herself up is proving that she's stronger than society expected her to be. And that strength radiates outward, into every aspect of her life.

Showing Up for Each Other

Here's what makes Valkyrie Society different: we don't just train alongside each other—we show up for each other. When one woman is struggling with a lift, others gather around to spot her, to cheer her on, to remind her of her strength. When someone is going through a hard time outside the gym, the community rallies.

This isn't transactional. It's not about networking or Instagram follows. It's about genuine connection, about women supporting women in a world that so often pits us against each other. It's about building the kind of sisterhood that our grandmothers and great-grandmothers knew instinctively—the knowledge that we are stronger together than we could ever be alone.

We celebrate each other's victories as our own. We hold space for each other's struggles without trying to fix them. We show up, consistently and unconditionally, because that's what Valkyries do.

Coaching Perfect Technique and Form

Strength without proper form is injury waiting to happen. At Valkyrie Society, we're obsessive about technique because we understand that sustainable strength is built on a foundation of proper movement patterns.

Our coaches don't just count reps—they watch every angle, correct every deviation, and ensure that each woman is moving safely and efficiently. We break down complex movements into manageable progressions. We celebrate incremental improvements in form as much as increases in weight, because we know that perfect practice creates lasting results.

This attention to detail isn't about being controlling; it's about protecting our athletes and maximizing their potential. When you move well, you feel powerful. When you move well consistently, you become unstoppable.

What We've Built Is Much Needed

Look around at our society, and you'll see women everywhere carrying invisible loads, shrinking themselves to fit into spaces too small, apologizing for taking up room. You'll see young girls learning to doubt their bodies and their strength before they've even had a chance to discover what they're capable of.

Valkyrie Society exists because there is a desperate need for spaces where women can remember—or discover for the first time—that they are powerful beyond measure. Where strength is celebrated, not feared. Where women can be both fierce and vulnerable, both warriors and nurturers, without having to choose.

What we've built here isn't just needed—it's essential. It's a blueprint for how women can support each other, challenge each other, and ultimately transform not just their bodies but their lives. It's a reminder that when women come together in common purpose, when we lift each other up while lifting heavy things, we become a force that can change the world.

The Valkyries of Norse mythology were choosers of the slain, powerful female figures who decided the fate of warriors. The women of Valkyrie Society are choosing their own fates—choosing strength over smallness, community over competition, empowerment over accommodation.

And in doing so, they're not just transforming themselves. They're creating a ripple effect that touches their families, their communities, and the next generation of women who will grow up seeing what's possible when women claim their power.

This is Valkyrie Society. This is what we're building. And there's room for every woman who's ready to discover her strength.

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