{"id":610385,"date":"2026-05-29T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610385\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:41:11","slug":"body-coach-joe-wicks-praises-inspiring-co-down-couple-still-exercising-at-94-and-88-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610385\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Coach Joe Wicks praises &#8216;inspiring&#8217; Co Down couple still exercising at 94 and 88 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How incredible is this?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Irvine and Rosie from Co Down - aged 94 and 88 - got in touch with Joe Wicks to praise him for helping them keep fit\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/708764939_1538273437664968_8183430996642033163_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Irvine and Rosie from Co Down - aged 94 and 88 - got in touch with Joe Wicks to praise him for helping them keep fit\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Irvine and Rosie from Co Down &#8211; aged 94 and 88 &#8211; got in touch with Joe Wicks to praise him for helping them keep fit(Image: The Body Coach)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Body Coach Joe Wicks has heaped praise on an inspirational Northern Ireland couple after they got in touch to say they do his exercises regularly &#8211; at 94 and 88 years old!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The TV star and celebrity fitness coach, who rose to fame with his lockdown PE classes during the pandemic, took to <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/social-media\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">social media<\/a> after receiving a &#8220;beautiful and inspiring email&#8221; from Irvine and Rosie from <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/co-down\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Co Down<\/a>, and adding: &#8220;How incredible is this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It read: \u201cAt 94 and 88 years old we do your exercises regularly. They are great and we just want to thank Joe SO much!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe live in Co Down, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/northern-ireland\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">N Ireland<\/a> and usually set up the iPad and go through Joe\u2019s exercises three or four times a week (but only one set!). It was during <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/coronavirus\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Covid<\/a> that we discovered these great ideas for <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/fitness-and-wellbeing\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">keeping fit<\/a> and we have rated them highly ever since! Normally we do our exercise late afternoon or evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe really do feel the benefit after doing them. I notice the blood circulation is buzzing afterwards! Irvine usually checks his heart rate and oxygen on his little monitor and is always impressed with the good result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Body Coach Joe Wicks took to social media after receiving a &quot;beautiful and inspiring email&quot; from Irvine and Rosie from Co Down\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/702298152_1529508505208128_5899132959627697192_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Body Coach Joe Wicks took to social media after receiving a &quot;beautiful and inspiring email&quot; from Irvine and Rosie from Co Down\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Body Coach Joe Wicks took to social media after receiving a &#8220;beautiful and inspiring email&#8221; from Irvine and Rosie from Co Down<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They added: \u201cWe think that we need to keep moving at the grand old age of Irvine\u2019s 94 years and my coming up to 88 years in August. We also have 4 lovely daughters (and 5 grandchildren) with whom we have fun and who spoil us completely!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe also make a point of walking for 10 or 20 minutes each day, and each day I make a big salad for lunch and I call it our repair kit! Please give Joe a big thank you from us! 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