Joe Wicks takes a bow and duck walks out for a well deserved rest
Way back in the last week of March lockdown started in England. The government told us to stay home and schools were closed. As a family we decided to try out an advertised HIIT workout programme which would be streaming live on YouTube, Body Coach TV . We tuned in on that first day and were introduced to PE with Joe and the HIIT workout. As a family we whole heartedly jumped in. The guy, Joe, was engaging and enthusiastic. It was hard. Three days later we could hardly walk up and down the stairs. Joe told the nation that was normal. He told us this was because the muscles were being worked and that it was temporary and we would get stronger. He was right. By the end of the week we could walk again and we were getting used to the exercises. A month in and Joe Wicks had become a national phenomenon. He was being talked about on the radio and TV. People used his name as a synonym for exercising. He had also introduced us to his family with his wife and ...