{"id":16090,"date":"2025-11-25T10:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/rwandan-trainer-sets-sights-on-african-step-aerobics-record\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:24","slug":"rwandan-trainer-sets-sights-on-african-step-aerobics-record","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rwandan-trainer-sets-sights-on-african-step-aerobics-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan trainer sets sights on African step aerobics record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan fitness trainer Phocas Kagorora is preparing to break the African record for step aerobics by taking on an 11-hour continuous workout.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event, \u201cOnzestar Aerobics Workout African Records,\u201d will take place on November 30 at his Gisozi-based fitness centre, Onzestar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kagorora will be supported by five rotating teams, with each team taking a turn for 2 hours and 12 minutes before the next group steps in. The aim is to surpass the current African record of 8 hours, held since 2022 by South Africa\u2019s Team Durban Fit Squad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis challenge is about more than just a record, it\u2019s about motivating people to embrace fitness and a healthy lifestyle,\u201d Kagorora said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fitness enthusiasts from across the region are expected to turn out to cheer on the teams during the marathon session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16091,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16090","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Rwandan fitness trainer Phocas Kagorora is preparing to break the African record for step aerobics","published_date":"2025-11-25 12:43:06","news_description":"Rwandan fitness trainer Phocas Kagorora is preparing to break the African record for step aerobics","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20048,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16090\/revisions\/20048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}