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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to Katie Cunningham

Three things with Joe Wicks: ‘If I’m having a stressful day, I jump in the ice bath’

'The Body Coach' Joe Wicks standing on a fitness mat at the Natural History Museum in London
‘Nobody was coming to the bootcamp at first’: Joe Wicks at London’s Natural History Museum. Photograph: The Body Coach/Getty Images

Many of us have worked up a sweat with Joe Wicks. When the world went into lockdown back in 2020, the UK-based fitness personality started sharing daily workout sessions on YouTube. They became a sensation, garnering more than 100m views globally.

Wicks considers the success of those lockdown workouts his “proudest life achievement”, but they weren’t his first foray into the world of fitness. He has been in the game for more than a decade now – the Briton’s resume includes authoring 11 cookbooks and launching the popular training app Body Coach. Last year Wicks even received an MBE for services to fitness and charity.

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