Changes have been made to the way VAR works ahead of the 2020/21 season. This will bring the Premier League in line with FIFA’s protocol

5 years ago

A President Trump video claiming children are immune to COVID-19 has been removed by Facebook for spreading “harmful COVID misinformation.”

5 years ago

Footage has emerged of boxer Daniel Dubois handling gymnastic rings like a pro. You might think ‘so what?’ until you realise he’s a 240 lb heavyweight

5 years ago

A blast which rocked Beirut in Lebanon has now killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000, officials say

5 years ago

After enduring a tough Premier League campaign, Jesse Lingard now feels like he’s back to his best. This is everything he eats on a match day

5 years ago

Telling an overweight person to ‘eat less, move more’ is like telling Norwich they could’ve avoided relegation if they just scored more and conceded fewer

5 years ago

The number of vegans in the UK quadrupled over the last 15 years, but is a life away from animal protein better when it comes to muscle and strength?

5 years ago

Roman Reigns returns to WWE screens later this week. If his current workout plan is anything to go by, he’ll be in the shape of his life

5 years ago

With gyms in England now reopening, we asked The Body Coach Joe Wicks for his advice on making your new fitness goals a reality

6 years ago

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

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

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

“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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Sheamus has trained with John Cena, Edge and many others. But when asked who his dream workout partner would be, the Irishman’s answer was Vince McMahon

6 years ago

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

What is it like to live under lockdown? We spoke to Welshman residing in China who has been living under lockdown since the outbreak of Covid-19

6 years ago

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Tyre flipping is one of the toughest strongman challenges out there, as we found out when we went to the Commando Temple gym in Deptford

6 years ago

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

This wind tunnel will teach you how to fly and skydive at 150mph – but it’s harder than you’d think.

6 years ago

You probably think the most effective exercises are the bench press, squat and deadlift. But the gymnastic ring chin-up is up there with the best

6 years ago

Ex-Liverpool defender Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock has revealed the diet and exercise strategy that fuelled his seriously impressive weight loss transformation

6 years ago

Training as part of a group is great for your mental health. This man knows that more than most, having created the world’s largest functional fitness event

6 years ago

Olympic swimmer Max Litchfield swims the equivalent height of Mount Everest each day. This is the ridiculous amount of food he puts away to fuel such a feat

6 years ago

After overcoming skin cancer and mental health problems, one Wigan man also stepped onto the bodybuilding stage. This is how he did it

6 years ago