Fun ‘throwback’ to my Virgin Active days (nearly 5 years ago) where I was known as the Timinator lol.
This was mainly due to the fact that I was always on the gym floor talking to everyone and getting that gym floor hustle going on.
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Virgin had a word called ‘Ooomph’ and it was all abouts delivering Ooomph on the Gym floor. I was known as an Ooompher lol. The opposite was a ‘frumper’. Negative pts always on their phones were known as frumpers.
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A lot of people like to slate Virgin Active but they taught me some skills and values that I still hold to this day. The main ones being, go out of your way to make a difference on the gym floor. Help people. Get out of your own head and actually deliver the service people need. Teach people how to train and be s nice friendly person at the same time.
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I believe fitness professionals should above all be friendly and approachable because the gym can be an intimidating place and it’s our job to make it nice.
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Grateful for the Virgin days. My formative years
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