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Sep 25, 2026
Phil LearneyGUEST
And one of the things that I always used to do with coaches in gyms- And this is the most basic problem and challenge that you have.
Phil LearneyGUEST
You walk into somewhere like a, a Virgin Active or a m- you know, mainstream gym.
Phil LearneyGUEST
You walk in and you've got PTs stood everywhere.
Phil LearneyGUEST
Personal trainers who are desperate for clients everywhere.
Sean TempleGUEST
And I was, you know, uh, y-you get sort of that fan struck superstar mode and, you know, you kind of don't worry too much about what's happening at home and r- you know, actually managing the basics.
Sean TempleGUEST
And then I think the second big one was I took advice from, um, a, a very, very prominent business person in, in South Africa, where he, um, advised me, based on his business experience, that I should turn, uh, Flux into a Virgin Active, where you have sort of monthly subscriptions and, you know, people getting their feet across the door.
Sean TempleGUEST
When in fact, that type of training is a niche type of training, and you obviously need to have fewer clients and run way more on a sort of specialized way of training.
Sean TempleGUEST
You know, I, uh, I took that advice 'cause clearly and obviously this, this, this guy knew everything about business, as I say, very prominent.
Graham AmbroseHOST
Anyway, so that's one.
Graham AmbroseHOST
Another one is the mid-tier health club, Virgin Active, David Lloyd, Nuffield in the UK, or Equinox in the US.
Graham AmbroseHOST
So the way the marketing material says, they're selling a lifestyle rather than an actual workout.
Graham AmbroseHOST
And...
Julian SpenceHOST
It's the best people watching you'll ever do.
Julian SpenceHOST
This one's called like the Virgin Active Club or something like in Pitt Street Mall and all the corporates, all the Luke Matthew types like rock in there after work and it's just so many different shapes and sizes and everything.
Julian SpenceHOST
And everyone's doing different, like got a different gym routine.
Julian SpenceHOST
You just rock up on the tready and just watch it all happen like in front of you.
Steve HuiHOST
McKinsley.
Steve HuiHOST
Virgin Money, Virgin Group, then you brought out Virgin Active Australia, which is all those cool gyms around, gyms I've never been into but I've looked from the outside.
Katrina BarryGUEST
You've been into a gym though, right?
Steve HuiHOST
There's hope for us there.
Katrina BarryGUEST
So all the roles, I've had lots of opportunity to be in business.
Katrina BarryGUEST
where we were trying to create something new, trying to break a mould.
Katrina BarryGUEST
You know, my experience at Virgin Group and Virgin Money and Virgin Active was literally about taking down the big guys.
Katrina BarryGUEST
So Virgin Money was the first ever credit card in Australia to have no fees.
Michelle LogueHOST
then that's what like I've said before like we were talking about Finiston but it was always meant to be the up and coming area Finiston and it's nice but I don't think it's got any bigger or better in terms of housing they did obviously Minerva and that was all going to be like absolutely amazing but after Minerva there's not really been anything else yeah well they're
Declan PrestonGUEST
building more there so that I don't know if you know where that Virgin Active is so that's getting demolished is that
Michelle LogueHOST
next to like the Liddell's that's next
Declan PrestonGUEST
to Minerva yeah so behind that that's getting demolished and I think they're building I don't think it's student flats don't quote me but I think it's actually residential flats yeah and they've built quite a lot of those ones the newer ones that they've kind of curved building on there as well
Simon HuntHOST
Um, and it's...
Simon HuntHOST
I mean, I remember I was a, a member of, um, Virgin Active for a while, and I once visited their Soho venue, and literally half the people in there were just taking selfies of themselves and posting it.
Maisie GriceCORRESPONDENT
[laughs]
Simon HuntHOST
So people want to be seen in Third Space, I think.
Pippa HudsonHOST
And again, personal experience, I absolutely agree with you on that.
Pippa HudsonHOST
Mornay says one that hasn't been mentioned is the tie in between Virgin Active, Kauai and Vitality.
Pippa HudsonHOST
Mornay finds is one that really, really works.
Pippa HudsonHOST
For Dana, the best rewards are Absa, Woolworths, Clicks and Pick and Pay.
Sara-Jayne Makwala KingHOST
But the mum guilt kills me.
Sara-Jayne Makwala KingHOST
Even when I put my kids in V Club at Virgin Active, that's not a shameless promotion, but that's the facility.
Sara-Jayne Makwala KingHOST
I feel guilty.
Sara-Jayne Makwala KingHOST
They don't care.
Mandy WienerHOST
Please tell the story.
Adrian GoreGUEST
What happened was, health and racket, if you remember, after we became Virgin Active, was this amazing chain of gyms you'd never seen in South Africa.
Adrian GoreGUEST
This is in the '90s, in the transition from apartheid to democracy.
Adrian GoreGUEST
People were incredibly depressed and concerned and, and whatever.
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