Preston, VIC · Est. 2011 · Women Only
where women train like women.
but get results like men.
Bodyweight Strength and Calisthenics coaching for women who are sick of going "When do I get to do that?"
"Painful" - your quads, this morning
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"WTF was that??" - The muscle you never thought existed
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"I cried a little" - YOU doing your first muscle up
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"Painful" - your quads, this morning • "WTF was that??" - The muscle you never thought existed • "I cried a little" - YOU doing your first muscle up •
Be strong enough to do cool shit
15+
years figuring this shit out.
3
Training levels.
0
Generic programs
what are you doing?
Bodyweight Brigade is that studio that develops you into the woman doing the cool shit you’re watching other people nail.
Can’t do anything about the personality but..
aaaanyway…
The concept is simple. You come in with whatever strength and skills you currently have, and we develop them until you can do the harder things.
This requires coaching, progression and stimulus strategy (ooh fancy..) instead of leaving you in the corner doing your own thing
Until. You. Die.
what are you doing?
no seriously…
you need actual strategy for your training.
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Can’t planche but hey you’ve learned to be resilient. Congratulations!
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You can deadlift 120kg. Fantastic. Your press handstand has reviewed this information and declined to comment.
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It’s part of you now. You’ve had it for so long that removing it feels strangely emotional.
Training isn’t supposed to be just be a “workout”, Sheila. It’s supposed to lead somewhere.
Especially when you’re so skill driven. So please say your goodbyes.
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You have. That’s actually how we got into this mess, Sheila. Keep up.
The plan.
step 01
get stronger.
Most of the cool shit you want to do requires a very particular kind of strength.
Pulling strength. Pushing strength. Strength upside down. Strength at stupid angles. Strength at the very end of ranges where your body would strongly prefer you stopped asking questions.
So we figure out what kind of strong your thing requires.
Then we make you that kind of strong.
step 02
do cool shit.
This is why you’re here.
Pull ups. Muscle ups. Handstand push ups. planches. Presses. Levers. Dragon squats. Splits.
Things that make absolutely no meaningful contribution to society but are extremely liberating to be able to do.
We support this use of your time.
10/10 Highly recommend.
step 03
keep getting better.
You did the thing. Congratulations!
But now there is another thing.
So we keep developing your strength, skills and training until the thing that currently looks ridiculous becomes the thing you can do.
Then we find you something more ridiculous.
This is how we get you.
stupid questions.
There are no stupid questions. So legally, these are just FAQs.
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You've never trained like this before but you're done with classes that feel like they're designed for someone else's body.
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You've done the work. The problem is you're no longer getting anything back for it.
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You already understand the basics. You're looking for a methodology that meets you at your level and has somewhere further to take you.
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Your body has changed. Generic return-to-training programs don't account for that. Axis Theory does.
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At some point knowing how to train trumps following instructions. Because the goal isn't to complete the workout. It's to create the adaptation.
"This is by far one of the best gyms I have ever been to. I started over 7 years ago and have not looked back."
— Sangeetha N. BWB Member
THE LEVELS
Every woman enters the MatriarX® system at the level she’s at. Each level builds the foundation the next one requires, because that's how Axis Theory was designed to work.
There is no skipping. But also, there is no ceiling.
LEVEL 01
The Lab
Entry point · Open enrolment · Start here
Where every BWB athlete starts. You build your base - strength, mobility, movement quality - inside the Axis Theory framework from day one. It's the groundwork everything else is built on.
LEVEL 02
The Program
next level · Customised program · By invitation
A fully customised program built on your Level 1 data, delivered inside the broader system. This is where Axis Theory starts working at an individual level - load, timing, and skill progression matched specifically to how your body responds.
LEVEL 03
The Intensive
mastery · 1:1 coaching · By invitation
The highest level of support we offer. You are working toward a specific outcome - a particular skill, a BW strength / performance goal, and you need the full attention of the system behind you to get there.
THE founder
Who built this
The methodology has a name. So does its founder.
I'm Shimi. I've been coaching women's bodyweight strength training for over 15 years. Axis Theory™ is the framework I built because nothing that already existed did what I needed it to do.
The health & fitness industry has a research problem. Almost everything we know about strength training, load management, and skill acquisition comes from studies conducted on male bodies. Women have been adapting to that default - and not tapping into their full strength potential.
While things are changing now, Axis Theory™ is what I built in response to a system that was failing women - a training framework designed from first principles for female physiology, and tested across hundreds of women inside these walls.
MatriarX® is the system that framework powers. The levels, the skill pathway, the competition series - all of it runs on the same engine (Axis Theory). And Bodyweight Brigade is my lab, where it all lives.
15+ Years
coaching women's bodyweight strength
Founder
Axis Theory™ methodology
Creator
MatriarX® competition series
Coach Educator
Bodyweight Brigade Preston
I didn't build BWB because women needed yet another gym. I built it because I was tired of being given regressions with no proper progress pathways. i deserved better than that. Women deserve better than that.
— Shimi, Founder · Bodyweight Brigade
START HERE
The easiest way to experience it
One week.
The whole system.
No commitment.
The fastest way to understand what Axis Theory actually feels like is to train inside it. Your one week trial gives you full access to Level 1 classes, coaching, and the BWB community - before you decide anything.
Preston, VIC · Women only