January 15, 2010 11:35 am

Tina James

Well done, Virgin Active for taking the ‘risk’ of running a campaign like this. What a pleasure to see some ordinary but healthy looking people with huge smiles on their faces instead of semi-anorexic females who never look as if they are having fun.

VirignActive has mad a HUGE difference in my life. I arrived there aged 52, very overweight and with a body like a plank. Thanks to some wonderful VA trainers (and a personal trainer) for a while. One particularly inspirational teacher by the name of Riaan at the Pretoria gym, kept pushing us to have attitude and to shake our hips and bodies. The result? I started Dancing Divas a year ago – Dancing Fun for Mature Women, aimed particularly at those women who will never see 30 again and whose bodies aren’t what they used to be. I hope that by standing in the front of those classes, with my still larger than life body and now aged 55yr, I can be inspirational enough to persuade others to follow my path to a healthier lifestyle. And my first employed dance instructor also came form the ranke of a VA class. Check us out on ww,dancingdivas.co.za. And thanks VA for making this campaign more human.

Tina

February 3, 2010 3:56 pm

Tina James

Hi Andrew, and I never complimented you on the lovely pictures, which so beautifully capture the fun element. well done. hope you get loads more work out of this! And your blog is inspirational.