My mother had a wicked sense of humour," recalls Esther Fairfax. "Her classes were such fun – imagine yourself at the bar: knees bent until you could hardly hold it any more. Then she'd ask: 'How's ...
If you’ve ever suspected that exercise fanatics are more than slightly crazed, then Lotte Berk provides the proof. The woman who kickstarted the modern fitness industry emerges from her life story – ...
We didn’t know much about Lotte Berk,” the 1960s fitness guru to the stars known as “the ogre of yoga,” until now: German-born Lotte Berk was a British fitness phenomenon whose patented blend of yoga, ...
Esther Fairfax is the daughter of Lotte Berk, the pioneer of the barre technique. Esther is 82 years old, but that doesn't stop her from teaching four fitness classes a week. because that's more proud ...
An 83-year-old fitness instructor from Berkshire is still teaching techniques that were invented by her mother over 60 years ago. Esther Fairfax, from Hungerford, is the daughter of Lotte Berk, who ...
Esther was born in Reading on April 3, 1912, and passed away on Jan. 28, 2012, at the Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia. Esther graduated from the Reading Secretarial School. She worked ...
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