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She’s been personal trainer to Nicole Scherzinger and a host of other celebrities. Now the woman behind the Icelandic fitness programme, The Viking Method is coming to Dublin. Rebecca Horan puts her regime to the test.

The Vikings are coming to Ireland – though loud screams and neon spandex have replaced shields and spears.

Many fitness fanatics from across the world have already signed up to Svava Sigbertsdottir’s high intensity online workout programmes, aptly titled the Viking Method, due to the brutish and ruthless behaviours associated with the Norse seafarers, but also because 35-year-old Svava, who set up the e-business, hails from Iceland herself.