CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND, August 18, 2010 (Press-News.org) Virgin Active health clubs (http://www.virginactive.co.uk/) have announced that Sir Richard Branson, who celebrated his 60th birthday on July 18th, is set to do his network of gym members proud by kitesurfing the English channel. Health club founder Richard, in the company of his nephews, children and a few mad friends, will become the oldest person to kite-surf across the channel.
The cool, fun, colourful and frankly crazy journey from Dungeness to the French coast will take place during the month of August. And as you might expect from a man who masterminded a fitness centre chain, Richard is more than up for the challenge:
The crossing, estimated to take up to six hours dependent on conditions, stretches 24.4 miles of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
Challenge sponsor Virgin Active UK, part of the global health club chain founded by Sir Richard 10 years ago, has been advising Sir Richard and the team on their physical preparations for the crossing.
Virgin Active's gym and health club experts have compiled a training package for Sir Richard and the team ahead of the crossing, which combines some of their health clubs' latest and most innovative equipment including:
* ViPR, a seemingly simple weighted moulded rubber tube that can be carried, dragged, thrown, rolled, stepped on and flipped to give the body a full gym workout, training its ability to react quickly whilst honing strength, CV fitness and flexibility
* TRX Suspension training, which uses adjustable straps to allow health club members to use their own body weight to work different muscle groups, closely mimicking the types of strain that the kite will place on the team
* RipcoreFX, soon to launch at Virgin Active health clubs, using a pole connected to a resistance band in many different positions to create strength and reactive ability in asymmetrical positions
All of the team's equipment and livery has been designed and kindly donated by Flexifoil International, the UK based leading kitesurf and power kiting brand. Richard will be undertaking the challenge on Flexifoil's brand new Ion kite.
Tim Davis, UK head of brand and marketing at Virgin Active health clubs commented: "We're delighted to be supporting Richard and the team for this challenge. It's an ideal event for our fitness centre brand to be involved with and demonstrates our approach to challenging how the health club sector markets itself." For more on Virgin Active health clubs and Sir Richard Branson's kitesurfing exploits, just visit http://www.virginactive.co.uk/
Sir Richard Branson to become the oldest person to kite-surf English Channel
Virgin Active leader Sir Richard Branson, who celebrated his 60th birthday on July 18th, has announced he is set to do his network of gym members proud by kitesurfing the English channel - becoming the oldest person to do so in the process.
2010-08-18
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[Press-News.org] Sir Richard Branson to become the oldest person to kite-surf English ChannelVirgin Active leader Sir Richard Branson, who celebrated his 60th birthday on July 18th, has announced he is set to do his network of gym members proud by kitesurfing the English channel - becoming the oldest person to do so in the process.