The Virtus Podcast

This week mitch sat down with Collingwood AFLW player Tarni White to talk all things Football, Draft day, Moving interstate, Injuries, Trades and so much more! 

Is lachies calf injury in cm instead of mm? An old tear? or lachie is in denial? Lachie (almost) bought house wooooo! Mitch is an ambassador for lulu woooo! Some advice giving to tyler, Mitch expressing some grief is just a few things the boys cover in this weeks wrap up!

JAIMEE IS BACK AND SHES COACHING!!!!!  We are so happy that Jaimee will now be taking on a coaching roll here at virtus, catch her here and come say hi every Tuesday and Thursday! With pleanty of exciting events coming up, make sure to be checking and keeping up to date with our socials! 

Tylers trip quickly approaches, More terrible jokes, Some more member shoutouts, Virtus run club was substituted by a walk, run and roll, More poddy content! See you in 3 months Tyler!

Meet Benny Diccocio, owner of BCD Fitness. A phenomenal man with a phenomenal story. Just before the pandemic, Ben suffered his first spontaneous pneumothorax of what would end up becoming THREE. Alongside battling a lifelong struggle with eczema, Ben's condition regressed to the point where his skin couldn't properly thermoregulate, leading to sleepless nights and gruelling mornings waking up to...

Mothers day run club filled with lots of love from our friends over at lululemon, but sadly tyler had a very lonely sunday morning coaching session, football and school programs starting to begin with renee whoop whoop! 

Since winning an AFL Premiership with the Demons in 2021, Jake Lever has been a mainstay of the Virtus gym floor throughout his off-seasons. Currently juggling father time, being a husband to his amazing Wife, Jess, and hunting a 2nd premiership with the Demons; Jake was super generous to join Tyler for an incredible 2 hour chat on the Podcast! We talk about how life has changed for the All-Austra...

This week as the weather begins to get colder, Mitch made his return to wearing short shorts on a field and running around chasing a ball for an hour and a half, Tylers euro trip closely approaches quickly and chats about training for aesthetics? Enjoy!

Jakob & Lachie made their way down the Peninsula Link to catch up with Tyler back in April! Fresh out of the ice bath and still shivering, the boys came on to the podcast to reflect on their journey through University and eventually into the Online Coaching scene.   Timestamps and social media links are below:   0:00 - Introduction & Ice Bath reflections 7:29 - Who is Lachie? 12:17 - Who is Jakob?...

Welcoming Steph onto the Virtus podcast, Steph is a milestone member here at Virtus having completed 1000 sessions with us and if you have been lucky enough to meet Steph you would know that she is a friend to many and someone who is always there to chat or have a laugh with. We are so happy Steph was finally on the podcast, and hope you are too!

Todays podcast we welcome Renee Saulitis and Jazz to the hosting side of podcasts! Renee is an AFLW Player for St Kilda and is doing her bachelor in sport and exercise science. Renee is also hopping on board as a performance coach and program facilitator so get use to seeing her around the gym a heap more! We are so happy to welcome Renee to the team and we hope you are too!

This week we welcome Renee to the podcast, and to the Virtus team! Renee will be joining us as a performance coach and program facilitator helping with schools and club sessions, and we are over the moon about it! All shared their views on what gym equipment they considered “useless” and Tyler got some new fresh kicks!

Meet Unna! Unna is the founder of Unna movement and is an Exercise Physiologist & Coach. We recently welcomed Unna into our family and she has fit right in! You can find Unna just up the stairs here at virtus, or more through her website https://www.unnamovement.com/ .

The podcast people have been waiting for... joking Tyler x   This week's catch-up was predominantly Tyler filling us in on his plans for his Euro Trip, Lachie's update on his bum calf, and most importantly; the upcoming "Bring A Friend Week"!

Tyler and Matt LaFontaine catch up for the first time in a couple of months and decide to record it for the podcast! The boys check-in with each other's mental health, chat new and exciting work opportunities for Laf, break-ups, and think back to the last time they both cried.   If you want to listen to Laf's first episode where we dive into his life, upbringing, and moving to WA, you can listen H...

A lot happening here! No Tyler this week but gained two more beautiful humans in DJ Jazzy Jeff aka Jazzalicious aka Jazzington and Georgia. Mitch is 16 days into 75 hard but managed an ankle roll on a bike? Run club on easter sunday! Jazz 100% mocked her mother ! (just joking sarah xo) Great week! 

Hello Virtus Family! Welcome back to the Virtus Podcast! Another elite human on my list of ‘People I want to podcast & connect with’ for a very, very long time and i’m so glad we got it done. Two-time Virtus intern, Gym Manager at Infinite Fitness Peninsula and extreme sport-loving human. Campbell has done some really cool shit in his life to date and has many exciting things on the horizon so wat...

Hello Virtus Family! Welcome back to the Virtus Podcast! Huge guest this week! Been on my list of ‘People I want to podcast & connect with’ for a very, very long time and i’m so glad we got it done. Certified Bossman at Brad Sykes Sport Consulting who specialises in sports community programs aiming to enhance childrens’ lives through sport. Such an amazing business to help shape the future of our...

Hello Virtus Family! Welcome back to the Virtus Podcast! Today’s guest, George Fletcher, is a favourite amongst the Virtus clients and a regular here on the gym floor. George's path to Virtus like many others comes from a background of injuries and setbacks but is coming out the other end now onto hopefully a successful year for the Peninsula Old Boys in the VAFA. The topic of resiliency with elic...

This week, Tyler, Mitch and Lachie spoke briefly about our testing and goal setting weeks, Run Club, what's been happening throughout their lives, The Virtus team retreat, and the Run for the kids which took place this weekend gone. Hopefully you enjoy this because there's plenty more where this came from!

Hello Virtus Family! Welcome back to the Virtus Podcast! Today’s guest, Emily Wallace, an osteopath by trade has an invested interest in rehabilitation, in particular, sports performance. Em currently applies her trade at Infinite Fitness Peninsula in Cranbourne leading their performance-based rehab program. Em is a graduate of the Virtus Internship program (well back in the day now…) and has gone...

Mitch sat down with and talked a bit of shop with Mitch Greaves of Melbourne Fitness & Performance and the Hawthorn Football Club where he has roles as Co-Owner/Athletic Performance Coach and Head of Strength and Conditioning respectively. As a leader in the sports performance industry, Mitch is an Exercise Physiologist by trade with exceptional systems and applications both in the gym and on the...