Joe Wicks kicks off fitness tour at Northern Ireland school

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 26th Sep 2023

The Body Coach, Joe Wicks, kicked of his Schools Tour with a trip to Northern Ireland this morning!

The fitness coach will be visiting a host of different schools across the UK & Ireland this week.

His autumn schools tour is part of Joe’s mission "to get more kids moving and learning about the incredible benefits of movement and exercise".

Sharing a snippet on social media this morning, Joe wrote: "My schools tour of Northern Ireland and Ireland kicked off this morning with 1000 happy kids exercising in the rain in Belfast 🌧️😀"

Last month Joe asked fans to submit schools and places to visit this week.

"I’ve got some big news to share with you! I’m continuing on my mission to get more kids moving and learning about the incredible benefits of movement & exercise, and I’m taking my Schools Tour back to Ireland and Northern Ireland in September 2023.

"I’m going to visit as many schools as I can in a week, between September 25th and 29th 2023."

Check it out 👇

Joe Wicks popularity grew during the first lockdown in 2020, when the fitness star started his ‘PE With Joe’ lessons on YouTube. He helped keep children at home active during the school day. Many parents joined in too whilst they were working from home.

He broke a Guinness World Record after one of his classes was watched live by 955,000 people on the site. He also raised £550,000 for the NHS and subsequently made it in the Queen’s honour list with an MBE.

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