One man has stepped up to bring calm to chaotic times. And millions of us have stepped up with him, raising our knees as high as we can every time, swinging alternate arms down to touch each knee, repeating for 30 seconds, resting for 30 seconds, getting ready for the next exercise.
At 9am, Monday to Friday, since schools were shut, Joe Wicks has broadcast a PE class from his home in Richmond, West London, improvising a fitness studio in what now must be the most famous front room in the world. While the nation’s children (and me) are still catching their breath, Wicks calls The Big Issue, while still exercising.
“Just so you know, I’m walking on my treadmill. You can still hear me OK, can’t you?”
Yes… but…