Pound It Out!

The ultimate Rebel workout has finally come to South Africa.Forget electronic pop beats paired with complicated choreography,we’re talking old school.

- Kristen Birch

Since March this year, 90 select Virgin Active Health Clubs have added Pound – a rebel workout all the way from Los Angeles – to their list of group classes.

Pound originated back in 2011 during a fun night at a party spent playing around with a drum set that had no stool. What seemed like a jam session at the time felt more like an intense workout the next day, with muscle pain in places never felt before.

Pound CEO and co-creator Kirsten Potenza describes how she and Cristina Peerenboom then realised the potential of combining the fundamentals of exercise they had learnt through team sports with drumming and rock music, to bring something brand new to the fitness world.