Hi all!
I had to put the name of this workout in capitals because that is Joe Wicks, he is THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC MAN ON THE PLANET!!!
I expect you may probably already heard of Joe Wicks, A.K.A. online trainer The Body Coach, and maybe even tried out some of his workouts! If you don't know, since the schools closed, Joe has been putting out daily (Mon-Fri) from his home live YouTube videos at 9 am for kids and their adults to "do P.E." (that's physical education in UK schools) together at home.
I didn't do this live, but I may try doing so at some point, because I found the P.E. lesson to be a huge amount of fun, and also a really really good workout!!!!
Having only done one so far I don't know if the format is always the same, but this one is 20 minutes long, with 20 different exercises - 30 seconds each, with a 30 second breather in between. There is also a 3 minute break in the middle. the breaks are useful for Joe to read out some of the comments that come in during the live video - and that is lovely because we get to hear that we are working out with people all over the world ๐
I won't list all the exercises in the video, but I will say that there's a good mixture, giving a total-body strength and cardio workout. Many of the traditional body weight exercises are in there: mountain-climbers (yuck!), squats, push-ups. But these intermingle with exercises "for kids" such as frog jumps, and bunny hops - complete with ears ๐ These are fabulous leg- and cardio- exercises as well as being tremendous fun - just a joy!!! Joe suggests modifications for all the moves, so they work well whatever your current level of experience.
As for Joe himself, apart from being THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC MAN ON THE PLANET, he is very sweet, clearly knowledgeable and very fit, but he's working out with us and he gets just as puffed out as any of us! Also, his living room is extremely tidy ๐๐๐
So, I give P.E. with Joe a massive thumbs up - check it out!!!
Love,
roseabi xx
March 28th, 2020
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