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  • Jay Moir: The inspiring fitness instructor with cerebral palsy

    Jay Moir: The inspiring fitness instructor with cerebral palsy

    Jay Moir is an inspirational figure This man has cerebral palsy, and after suffering from mental health issues, decided to drop out of school. Not long after this, he decided to change his life. And he did this by starting to go to the gym. He used his time in the gym to briefly forget […]

    6 years ago

  • Doctor answers the funniest Google medical questions

    Doctor answers the funniest Google medical questions

    Can you be addicted to crisps? You may eat a lot of them. You may not be able to stop eating crisps once you’ve started. However, it’s unlikely that you’re addicted to them. There are lots of ludicrous medical questions asked online. Google is great in that sense. It gives us a window into what […]

    6 years ago

  • Does muscle soreness mean you’ve had a good workout?

    Does muscle soreness mean you’ve had a good workout?

    Feeling sore isn’t always a sign of a workout Most of us assume that there’s one way to tell that you’ve just completed a really good workout: feeling a little bit crap. When you’ve just done a proper cardio workout you expect to be red in the face, out of breath, maybe even a little […]

    6 years ago

  • Female bodybuilder hits back at internet trolls

    Female bodybuilder hits back at internet trolls

    “I think you’re too muscly” Jennifer West is a bodybuilder, trainer and star of MTV show The Challenge. Everyone receives nasty comments from trolls online, and women receive more than most. For Jennifer, it’s no different. As a female bodybuilder she has often had to deal with disparaging remarks from other gym-goers – mostly men – […]

    6 years ago

  • What they don’t tell you about bodybuilding photoshoots

    What they don’t tell you about bodybuilding photoshoots

    Does a photo tell the whole story? Ben Carpenter had grown up wanting to be a fitness model. Reading copies of Men’s Health and seeing the toned and muscular figures on the cover, he realised that this level of fitness was something he wanted to reach. And he did just that, becoming a fitness model […]

    6 years ago

  • How to get in movie star shape, from an A-list personal trainer

    How to get in movie star shape, from an A-list personal trainer

    How do movie stars get in shape? When we see a film star in astonishingly good shape, the majority of us assume that they had all the time in the world to get to that level. What else would they be doing between films? Living normal lives? But that’s not actually how it works. When […]

    6 years ago

  • Why skinny teas don’t help you lose weight

    Why skinny teas don’t help you lose weight

    Detox teas, or skinny teas, are everywhere online If you follow any personal trainers, models or fitness influencers on Instagram – and let’s face it – each of us follows one of these at least, then you’ve probably seen weight loss products advertised there. A miracle cure for weight gain, which will get you looking […]

    6 years ago

  • This is how NASA astronauts work out while in space

    This is how NASA astronauts work out while in space

    How does a NASA astronaut work out with no gravity? Gravity is an incredibly important thing. Mainly, it keeps us from floating about while we’re walking around, grounding us to the earth. As such, it plays an important role in how we move our body, including working out. Gravity is everything when it comes to […]

    6 years ago

  • CrossFit in crisis over owner’s George Floyd comments

    CrossFit in crisis over owner’s George Floyd comments

    Brands are severing ties with the company over the comments Branded fitness regime CrossFit is under fire after comments made by its CEO regarding the death of George Floyd. Greg Glassman, a film producer and the CEO of CrossFit, replied “FLOYD-19” to a public health body which tweeted that racism is a public health issue. This […]

    6 years ago

  • Ross Edgley: The 15k calorie diet needed to swim the entire UK coastline

    Ross Edgley: The 15k calorie diet needed to swim the entire UK coastline

    Five battered Mars bars does not sound like the normal diet of an athlete But then again, swimming the entire coastline of the United Kingdom is not a normal thing to do, even for the most elite of athletes in the world. Ross Edgley did exactly that in 2018, when he became the first person […]

    6 years ago

  • James Smith on the interminable bullshit of fitness influencers

    James Smith on the interminable bullshit of fitness influencers

    We have all seen them Influencers posting images on Instagram of their ridiculously toned and bronzed bodies is one of the most common occurrences of the social media era. You’re scrolling through your feed just minding your own businesses when one of these impossible images pops up, reminding you that you’re not, in fact, in […]

    6 years ago

  • The Mountain: Hafthor Bjornsson hits back at Eddie Hall after 501kg world record deadlift

    The Mountain: Hafthor Bjornsson hits back at Eddie Hall after 501kg world record deadlift

    The rivalry rumbles on Hafthor Bjornsson – also known as The Mountain from Game of Thrones – recently pulled a world record 501kg deadlift. Previous record holder Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall claimed he couldn’t set a new record outside of competition. In the wake of the 501kg deadlift, Bjornsson said he’d agreed to fight Hall […]

    6 years ago

  • This disabled bodybuilder with a rare condition is an inspiration

    This disabled bodybuilder with a rare condition is an inspiration

    James Sutliff is an inspiration One night James Sutliff went to sleep seemingly as fit and healthy as ever. The next morning he woke up unable to speak. Later, he found that his hand movement was affected. What he was experiencing was a condition known as dystonia. Dystonia is a movement disorder in which a person’s muscles […]

    6 years ago

  • Bodybuilding: The dangers of getting ‘shredded’

    Bodybuilding: The dangers of getting ‘shredded’

    Is the look worth how it feels? All of us, at some time or another, have looked at someone in peak physical shape and thought ‘I wish I looked like that’. That is a natural thing to do. But what many of us don’t consider is the sacrifices and downsides that come with bodybuilding to […]

    6 years ago

  • Man creates epic home gym made from everyday objects

    Man creates epic home gym made from everyday objects

    No gym? No hassle We’ve detailed before how you can find ways around the absence of the gym during the lockdown. Whether it’s a living room workout using just your body, setting yourself a challenge, or attempting new skills like a handstand, there’s no reason to not have at least a degree of normality in […]

    6 years ago

  • Can you beat us at the Hang Out At Home challenge?

    Can you beat us at the Hang Out At Home challenge?

    If you’re not hanging out at home, you should be With the current restrictions in place all across the United Kingdom, you should – apart from when doing your daily exercise and retrieving essential groceries from the shop – be hanging out at home. Unless you’re a key worker, there’s no excuse for not doing […]

    6 years ago

  • How one woman overcame anorexia to become a powerlifting champion

    How one woman overcame anorexia to become a powerlifting champion

    From anorexia to powerlifting champion Sophia Ellis suffered from anorexia and bulimia, but has since gone on to become a powerlifting champion. The 24-year-old spent most of her university years suffering from a variety of eating disorders which she has now overcome. Sophia currently holds 14 powerlifting records alongside Commonwealth, British and English titles. A […]

    6 years ago

  • Can hypnosis help you lift more at the gym?

    Can hypnosis help you lift more at the gym?

    How do you improve your strength? Going to the gym for a variety of reasons. Whether it’s building confidence, self-esteem, fitness or strength, one thing that most people agree on is that when it comes to the gym, practice makes perfect. The more you do an exercise, the better you will get at that exercise. […]

    6 years ago

  • Brutal farm workout will push you to your limits

    Brutal farm workout will push you to your limits

    If you work out, you’ve probably worked out in a gym People tend to work out in gyms because everything they need to work out is there. That’s why they are gyms. But for some people the neon lights, loud music and queuing to use a machine that still has sweat all over it is […]

    6 years ago

  • The vegetarian turned butcher who says eating meat helps the environment

    The vegetarian turned butcher who says eating meat helps the environment

    Veggie to butcher is a not a well-worn route You’re probably familiar with former meat eaters becoming vegan or vegetarian, but what about those who’ve gone the other way? Glen Burrows was a vegetarian for 25 years, but is now a butcher. He says eating meat again has vastly improved his health, which was dwindling […]

    6 years ago

  • Can you learn BMX stunts from a pro in one afternoon?

    Can you learn BMX stunts from a pro in one afternoon?

    Surely they can’t be as hard as they look? Erm, about that… Most of us have seen bike tricks completed completed by pro BMX riders or stunt performers and thought to ourselves, ‘Wow, that looks really quite hard’. But are they as hard as they actually look? Well, as it turns out, yes they most […]

    6 years ago

  • Introducing The Inbetweeners to a French person for the first time

    Introducing The Inbetweeners to a French person for the first time

    How does The Inbetweeners translate? If you’ve watched British television over the past 12 years there’s a very good chance that you’ll have watched The Inbetweeners, either in passing or binged on it. The adventures of Will, Simon, Neil and Jay have been etched into the minds of British people who grew up watching it as teenagers, able […]

    6 years ago

  • Blindness, confidence and pumping iron

    Blindness, confidence and pumping iron

    This man went blind in his 20s, but it hasn’t stopped him staying fit Ian lives in Cosham, a town close to Portsmouth, and has been blind for more than two decades. He first realised there was a problem when he failed his driving test after failing to see a milk float, and was later […]

    6 years ago

  • Hitting the gym with Adam Bishop – Britain’s Strongest Man

    Hitting the gym with Adam Bishop – Britain’s Strongest Man

    Could you compete with Britain’s Strongest Man? Adam Bishop is the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. If that wasn’t enough, he also happens to be Britain’s Strongest Man. One might assume that to reach the heights (and weights) he’s reached, Adam would require a state-of-the-art gym with the newest technologies. […]

    6 years ago

  • Introducing a French person to Peep Show for the first time

    Introducing a French person to Peep Show for the first time

    Why toast when you can roast? Peep Show is a British television institution. The adventures of Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne, written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by leading actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is filled with some of the best lines a TV show has ever produced. It appeared on […]

    6 years ago

  • Terms and Conditions: 2020 Women’s Six Nations

    Terms and Conditions: 2020 Women’s Six Nations

    Terms and Conditions: 2020 Women’s Six Nations Prize details: 5x pairs of 2x tickets Scotland Women vs England Women – 2020 Women’s Six Nations, Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, United Kingdom on Sunday 09 February 2020 12:10pm Terms and Conditions To enter the competition on Twitter entrants, need to retweet the competition tweet, posted by @JOE_co_uk, on […]

    6 years ago

  • UFC fighters take on the Google autocomplete challenge

    UFC fighters take on the Google autocomplete challenge

    If you Google yourself, what will you see? For most people in the world, if you type your name into Google the results will likely be little more than a social media page and perhaps some embarrassing images from when you used Bebo as a teenager. For the more famous people among us though there […]

    6 years ago

  • Terms and Conditions: Guinness Six Nations

    Terms and Conditions: Guinness Six Nations

    Prize details: 3x pairs of 2x tickets Wales vs Italy – Guinness Six Nations 2020, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom on Saturday 01 February 2020 14:15 Terms and Conditions To enter the competition on Twitter entrants need to retweet the competition tweet, posted by @JOE_co_uk, on Instragram entrants must like the competition post and name […]

    6 years ago

  • Another look around London’s weirdest houses

    Another look around London’s weirdest houses

    Taking the term ‘cozy’ to ridiculous new levels In our last tour of London’s weirdest houses we saw some interesting buildings, from a water tower converted into luxury accommodation, to the mere facade of a house, created to accommodate the train lines behind it. On our latest trip around the most peculiar homes of the […]

    6 years ago

  • Follow these tips to do pull ups like a pro

    Follow these tips to do pull ups like a pro

    Pull ups truly are the exercise of kings If you’re looking for a simple workout then there are few things simpler than a pull up. Just lift your arms up, grab a bar of some kind and pull your entire weight up until your chin is above the bar in question. This all sounds very […]

    6 years ago

  • We tried Arnold Schwarzenegger’s brutal bicep and tricep workout

    We tried Arnold Schwarzenegger’s brutal bicep and tricep workout

    Before hitting the big time in Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger gained popularity on a different kind of stage – bodybuilding Arnold is still one of the most decorated bodybuilders in history, winning seven straight Mr. Olympia titles before retiring in 1980. What set him aside from the rest is the number of training principles and muscle-building […]

    6 years ago

  • Inside Britain’s knife crime crisis: how to end an epidemic

    Inside Britain’s knife crime crisis: how to end an epidemic

    Knife crime is one of the biggest problems facing Britain today By the end of 2019, hundreds of people will have been killed by a blade in Britain. What is causing this violent knife crime epidemic, and how do we stop it? Dr. Rosena Allin-Khan is Labour MP for Tooting and an A&E doctor. She […]

    6 years ago