Manage to give a speech about gym session (7)
I believe the answer is:
operate
'manage' is the definition.
(I know that operate is a type of direct)
'give a speech about gym session' is the wordplay.
'give a speech' becomes 'orate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gym session' becomes 'pe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'orate' going around 'pe' is 'OPERATE'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for operate that I've seen before include "Work as a surgeon" , "Carry on business" , "Act in a theatre" , "Eat rope (anag.)" , "Perform surgery or run a machine" .)