In our weekly interview about objects, and on the eve of his Australian tour, the fitness star shares his craving for cold, and the worst job he held as a backpacker
Photograph: The Body Coach/Getty ImagesPhotograph: The Body Coach/Getty Imagesany of us have worked up a sweat with Joe Wicks. When the world went into lockdown back in 2020, the UK-based fitness personality started sharing dailyWicks considers the success of those lockdown workouts his “proudest life achievement”, but they weren’t his first foray into the world of fitness.
“I actually worked at a shrimp farm for a day as well, which was the worst thing I’ve ever done in my life. So this time’s different.” I went with my brother Nikki to collect it, and that was such a big moment for us. We had quite a difficult home life, growing up on a council estate with parents who both had mental health issues. Our dad was also a drug addict from a young age – he was really dysfunctional, he was in and out of the house, he wasn’t really there. We were two kids who weren’t expected to be a hell of a lot.
Imagine a big chest freezer, but it’s covered with wood on the outside and has a steel bath on the inside. It generates ice from the bottom up. So when you jump in – rain, shine or hot weather – it’s continually producing ice. If I’m having a stressful day, or I’m overworked or really exhausted, I jump in the ice bath for somewhere between one and five minutes. Mine is in the back yard and even if it’s snowing outside I still go in there. I really look forward to it.
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