Lucas Thwala during the Absa Premiership match between Orlando Pirates and Platinum Stars from Orlando Stadium on August 16, 2011 in Soweto, South Africa.Photo by Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images
The former Orlando Pirates defender was forced into early by an ankle injury while playing for SuperSport United.
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The former Bafana Bafana defender says he was introduced to aerobics when he was going through rehabilitation for an injury that he never came back from.
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“When I was doing rehab trying to recover from the ankle injury, I was busy with aerobics, I liked it, the ankle kept giving me problems and I decided to go back home and start classes. It started small and we gained more members as we went along,” said Thwala in an interview with SABC Sport.
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The 36-year-old has no formal qualification to teach aerobics but many people attend his classes in Nelspruit.
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