to ask if you think Joe Wicks is tone deaf of just supportive of his wife?

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Joe Wicks has caused a bit of a stir with a recent Instagram post - thoughts?

www.instagram.com/p/Cq8Q3XvrXqL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

They make their living through health, fitness etc so I imagine their children are in some sort of paid child care, like most children of working parents.

I think he's proud of her. We all know eating well, exercising and staying in shape takes massive amounts of effort. Fair play to her. I wish I could have done it.

My thought exactly! I actually think she looks far too skinny

Does she fuck. She looks like a fit, healthy, slim and perfectly normal-sized person.

Her baby is seven months old ffs, not seven hours or seven days.

DH and I both exercise a lot - we switch off who has the child depending on who's doing a workout. So if I'm at a 7am spin class, DH is getting DS up and dressed and off to nursery and vice-versa.

We both work full time 9-5 jobs too.

Are we seriously that lazy these days that we can’t click on a link? It’s a tiny, nanosecond-taking finger movement. Then you can read it… unless you want OP to provide an audio file where she reads it for you.

The issue I take with it is not addressing the massive privilege she/they have which enable her to train. She looks amazing and has clearly worked hard. However having a home gym, hands on and at home husband, family support on the doorstep removes lots of barriers mums of young children face.

Staying healthy and not gaining weight is a good thing. You don’t have to love it but it’s a fact that it’s not good to gain weight, especially in pregnancy. I had to loose weight and be super healthy in order to go through fertility treatment. After I was lucky enough to get pregnant I worked hard not to gain weight (beyond the baby). After giving birth I went back to pre pregnancy weight pretty quickly. It’s not hard if you don’t gain a lot in the first place. I am proud of getting fit and getting pregnant! I think it’s ok for people to share this. There is too much nonsense about “eating for 2” and the belief that you are supposed to gain lots of weight when pregnant.

Im all for being supportive of his wife and for promoting healthy, balanced lifestyles. I really like him but theres a fine line between a few nice pics of his wife on holiday and going too far.

Lets be honest, none of these famous people could do what they do without a huge team of people behind them. They have just been to Cochella (sorry if spelt wrong, never been, never likely to go!) and he flew his Mum out to look after the kids. Brilliant if you have the money, but so far from most people’s reality. But then they are famous, he’s worked his way up (he didnt have anything handed to him) and they have tons of money so why wouldn’t you? Just maybe tone down the sharing abit and enjoy it (without telling the world every little bit).

He comes across as an idiot in that post.

I don't exactly love this saying but "check your privilege" springs to mind.

If he wanted to publicly endorse his wife, he could have phrased it so much better than this.

Instead it comes across as smug, lecture-y and ignorant.

Many mums, myself included, have fairly serious post partum physical injuries which would prevent this kind of workout. With one I had a 6 week recovery from caesarian, the next I couldn't stand up for a month and then had 6 months agony before I could walk properly.

To be fair, I detest this sort of health and fitness one-upmanship anyway. Putting your physical fitness as top priority isn't a moral issue. It's your own narcissistic choice, it's "all about you". I think how many fat midwives, nurses, teachers and carers there are out there offering their hearts and souls to others. Not to mention single mums, carers of elderly spouses, elderly parents, relatives with mental health issues or learning difficulties.

All these people make huge sacrifices of their own well-being for others. Compare them to someone who lives pumping iron in the gym and it seems like madness how proud of themselves fitness freaks are. 🤔 Go for it if you love it, but don't come to me for a Nobel prize. 🤣

Why would he bang on about their privilege when his whole thing is making fitness accessible? He gives away a lot of fitness content for free, makes workouts for all levels and stuff that can be done at home with no equipment in a tiny room - he knows full well people have barriers to fitness and has done a lot more than the vast majority to try to help people overcome them.

Exactly!!!

The absolute jealousy, insecurity and defensiveness screaming out from these posts.

And I’m a fat shite.

If he posted this on a thread or group of women that were talking about struggling with terrible morning sickness or struggling to get back into shape due to birth injuries, I’d say read the room, obviously.

But an open post on Instagram, it’s fine. It’s for others to manage their own lives, issues and feelings.

Would you like another saucer of milk with that?

I am 18 months post partum and I bench pressed four pieces of cake today - which is a record. I am still waiting on my husband's Instagram post...

Gaunt and a skinny dolly bird….

(Jealous) People have seriously lost sight of what healthy looks like.

I left hospital looking exactly the same as I did pre pregnancy but look nothing like her (to me she looks toned and strong) - because I am too lazy to put the effort in, just like I was before my baby.

He could have just said a simple ‘so proud of Rosie’ or something and and left it there. All the long spiel and arse videos are a bit yuck.

I'm still no clearer to understanding why you think he's tone deaf. Presumably you feel he's not picking up on the zeitgeist or public opinion. What opinions do you believe he's deaf to

I don't understand the issue...but I think I would have been jealous or resentful if I was struggling after having a baby, particularly my eldest when I gained a lot and struggled to lose it

Rosie is a model, that was her career. Her husband makes his money from being the body coach. They live a healthy lifestyle with focus on diet and exercise.
Shes clearly worked very hard for it, and yes she's fortunate to have the time and support.. if it makes her a better version of herself, why all the sexist hate? Lots of people gain a lot of satisfaction and happiness from being in shape, exercising regularly and eating well 🤷🏻‍♀️

They have a home gym, as do I. Admittedly not as good as there’s, but they look like they use it. They can work out whilst the baby sleeps and the older dc are at school or in bed.

I have friends who do this in their home gym, they even put the baby in a pen with toys, or on a rocker in the gym whilst they work out. They both work and have no child care and no cleaner. Exercise and fitness is a priority for them, so they make sure to do it.

If you follow fitness groups elsewhere you will see many other people finding solutions to child care, and post partum exercises, including DC doing their own versions of workouts. It isn’t just the really rich who make time to exercise and a home gym can just be a smart tv with a yoga mat, or some weights or second hand gym equipment, you can get cheaply on Facebook.

Proud of his wife.

And I agree with him. I don’t think there’s enough made of the need/benefit to exercising during pregnancy (obviously everyone should exercise all the time) and the beneficial impact it has on recovery, not to mention mental health.

Christ almighty. 🤦‍♀️

😂

Agree - the spiel actually takes away from just sharing some lovely pictures of his wife having fun. I really like them, they look like a lovely family but I think he went ott on this one.

Also, I would love an honest post from a celeb sharing exactly who they have helping them to enable them to live their lives as they do - nannies, trainers, PA’s, cleaners, chefs etc. It would be so refreshing to see that. Not just aimed at Joe Wicks but all celebs. Would just be nice to see it, especially for those of us that juggle it all with no help.

Not everything needs disclaimer and mega crawling mumsnet style apology.
"I am really sorry, I know how uber priviledged she is, don't want to make anyone feel bad so please, don't scroll to further pictures. Again, sorry, priviledged, apologies"

They are gym couple. They will be posting about being fit and wirking out🤷🏻