Joe Wicks has raised £200,000 for the NHS through his online PE lessons.
The 33-year-old appeared on Good Morning Britain today with wife Rosie in his first interview since leaving hospital following surgery on his hand.
Speaking to Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard, Joe said that his “ambition is to raise £500,000 in the next few weeks.”
Explaining his stint in hospital, he said: "I broke a little bone in my hand and I had two wires put in the hand. I’ve been doing P.E. With Joe for six weeks with no problems, but on Friday I had a really bad flare up.
"It was infected, I spent the weekend in hospital on morphine and codeine. I texted Rosie and said, ‘Rosie, I need your help, I don’t think I can do this on Monday.’ Here she is, in trouble and in strife, in fitness and in health, being my teaching assistant."
Rosie added: "I want to make it clear I’m not taking his place, I’m demonstrating exercises. He’s going to be taking the class and I’m just doing whatever he tells me to do."
Susanna questioned the couple about whether they often worked out together and Rosie replied: "Yeah we do. I had a baby four months ago, I had a bit of a break but now I’ve got back into it, so I’ll either do Joe’s videos or sometimes we’ll do a workout together."
Joe continued: "Yeah we do. I had a baby four months ago, I had a bit of a break but now I’ve got back into it, so I’ll either do Joe’s videos or sometimes we’ll do a workout together."
Questioned about experiencing low moments in lockdown, Joe said: "I’m human. I have days where I wake up and for no reason I feel like there’s a tower over me, I feel a bit flat, my mood’s a bit low.
"But when I do feel like that, I always come to exercise. It’s the first thing I do. I do a little bit of fitness, go for a walk or go for a bike ride and it lifts my mood.
"And that’s what I’ve always been on a mission to do - to help people see the benefits of exercise from a mental health perspective, and then the physical transformation follows."
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
