Fitness guru Joe Wicks led more than two million people through a workout on day one of the mass shutdown of schools. Over 800,000 jumped, stretched and jogged on the spot while watching him live on his YouTube channel The Body Coach TV.
The session was viewed a further 1.6 million times during the day. Wayne Rooney’s four children were among those who joined in the free 30-minute session.
Joe, 33, told the Mirror: “I’ve been blown away by the response – I’m buzzing. I was about to do a UK tour of schools, teaching kids about exercise, but it was cancelled. “Late last week I was in bed thinking, ‘How can I reach all these kids?