The Virgin Active SA Exercise Team

Deon Scheppel

Educate Motivate Collaborate

Episodes

  1. A chat with Callan and Glen

    11/07/2022

    A chat with Callan and Glen

    Join us as we discuss the JHB VA Live 2022 with the National Director of Exercise, Callan Sexton and our new Global Head of Exercise Glen Heidke.

    9 min
  2. The PT Journey

    10/31/2022

    The PT Journey

    Join us to hear from LIsa Fuller a PT from Claremont VA, who joined the business as a receptionist and grew herself into a successful PT!

    3 min

  3. 10/30/2022

    VA Live 22 - Interview with Piet Oosthuizen

    We chatted to Piet Oosthuizen about what PT's can expect at VA Live 22...

    5 min
  4. #VALIVE2022 TEASER

    10/30/2022

    #VALIVE2022 TEASER

    An extract from the Cape Town VA Live podcast discussion with Director of exercise Callan Sexton, and National Product Development Manager Ceri Hannan.

    11 min

  5. 08/11/2020

    The Personal Trainer Series - 1. 1 Flexibility & Mobility with Jono Blake

    Join us for a presentation given by Jonathan Blake, physiotherapist and Master Trainer for Virgin Active South Africa, as we explore the concepts of flexibility & mobility.

    1h 1m

  6. 05/07/2020

    Nutrition 101 for the Exercise Professional - Part 1

    Presented by Ashleigh Solomons. There is so much information out there on diet and exercise that we often do not know what is right and wrong. Today we will be touching on diet and what diet is best for exercise. Specifically looking at different diets for different exercise regimes. We will also touch on protein powders and supplements, as well as fad diets such as intermittent fasting, keto and banting and whether or not we should recommend such diets to our clients. Practical tools will be given throughout the session that you will be able to use for yourself and for your clients

    1 hr

  7. 04/30/2020

    Exercise during Lockdown: Lessons from an elite athlete and tips to optimize your training - Jenna Challenor & Ross Tucker

    This is a webinar / podcast set up for Virgin Active South Africa stakeholders that I coordinated with Prof Ross Tucker and pro-runner Jenna Challenor, who will talk you through the mind and method of a pro athlete during these challenging times. Jenna will share tips for dealing with the frustrations and lack of access to normal running, and with Prof Tucker, they'll take out the valuable lessons that you can apply to your own life, regardless of your training level, to make the most of a difficult situation and keep your fitness and performance gains.

    58 min
  8. When the going gets tough

    04/29/2020

    When the going gets tough

    Welcome to the first episode in this series of webinars commisoned and coordinated for the Virgin Active South Africa stakeholders.  Using Mental Toughness to accelerate away from surviving in a Red Ocean to thriving in a Blue Ocean. A presentation by Steve Harris and hosted by Deon Scheppel for Virgin Active South Africa. Dr Steve Harris is an international presenter and the CEO of eta College (a college specializing in coaching, exercise, sport management and wellness qualifications. Dr Harris builds his presentations and workshop sessions around customer needs using the underpinning architecture of Mental Toughness. His MBA dissertation was on performance improvement and his PhD thesis was on mental toughness, using the Springboks and their stakeholder community as his research cohort. He is a former world champion in Surf lifesaving and the author of; Surviving to Thriving: Mental Toughness and the novel Impimpi; Black anger and White fear.

    59 min
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