Joseph Webb in the Media
Joseph Webb is a Chartered Personal Trainer Senior Practitioner, Fellow of CIMSPA and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. With more than 20 years’ experience, he is regularly featured in national media for evidence-based commentary on strength training, healthy ageing, mobility, performance and making exercise work in real life.






Selected media coverage
Women’s Health: Benefits of Joining a Sports Team
Drawing on my own years in competitive team sport, I discuss resilience, habits, social connection and wellbeing.
Patient.info: Mobility and Healthy Ageing
Expert commentary on the deep resting squat, mobility and maintaining confident movement as we get older.
Women’s Fitness: Train Your Breathing Muscles
How respiratory muscle training may support endurance, recovery and performance across cycling, running and swimming.
More media coverage
Women’s Health: Benefits of Joining a Sports Team
Drawing on my own years in competitive team sport, I discuss how being part of a team can influence resilience, habits, social connection and wellbeing.
Patient.info: Deep Squats for Mobility and Healthy Ageing
A practical guide to using the deep resting squat to work on hip and ankle mobility, while maintaining comfortable, confident movement as we get older.
Women’s Fitness: Train Your Breathing Muscles
Featured in print and online with Women’s Fitness, exploring how training the breathing muscles could support endurance, recovery and performance across cycling, running and swimming.
Joseph Webb: Women’s Health Expert Profile
My Women’s Health expert profile brings together commentary on strength training, functional fitness, healthy ageing, performance and practical ways to make exercise work in real life.
GQ: Is Your Posture Holding You Back?
Everyday habits, breathing and movement can all influence how we hold ourselves. I shared practical advice with GQ on posture, performance and moving better.
The i Paper: Why Enjoyment Is the Key to Making Exercise Stick
Enjoyment is often what separates short-lived fitness attempts from habits that last. I shared with The i Paper why finding movement you genuinely like can make consistency far easier.
Metro: How Long Should You Hold a Plank for Your Age?
Joseph Webb’s expert guidance for Metro on age-related plank benchmarks and why good technique matters more than chasing a longer hold.
Women’s Health: Strength Training with Resistance Bands
Lightweight, portable and easy to use, resistance bands can make strength training far easier to fit around work, travel and busy days.
The London Standard: Why Breathing Matters
Breathing muscles can be trained too. I discussed respiratory muscle training and how targeted breathing work may support endurance, exercise performance and breathing efficiency.
Metro: How Fast Should You Run a Mile for Your Age?
A mile can be a useful fitness benchmark, but age is only part of the story. I shared broad pace ranges with Metro and how running priorities should evolve over time.
Marie Claire: BOSU Ball Exercises for a Stronger Core
BOSU training can add instability and variety to familiar movements. I shared practical ways it can be used to challenge core strength, balance and control.
LADbible: How Many Push-Ups Should You Do for Your Age?
Push-up targets change with age, but the number is only useful when the repetitions are good. My Metro advice was later picked up by LADbible, with technique taking priority over arbitrary benchmarks.
Men’s Health: How the Alligator Crawl Builds Core Strength
My Women’s Health commentary was translated and republished by Men’s Health Spain, examining how the alligator crawl challenges core stability, coordination and upper-body strength.
Metro: How Much Walking Do You Need Each Day?
Twenty to thirty minutes of walking on most days can make a meaningful contribution to weekly activity, while strength and balance become increasingly important with age.
Women’s Health: Kate Ferdinand’s Full-Body Workout
From reverse lunges and rotational slams to bear crawls and battle ropes, I break down the strength, stability and conditioning demands behind Kate Ferdinand’s full-body workout.
Women’s Health: 50 Shoulder Taps a Day for Your Core
Expert commentary for Women’s Health on performing 50 shoulder taps a day, subsequently republished by AOL and Yahoo Life.
GQ: Morning or Evening – When Should You Train?
The perfect training time matters less than most people think. Chronotype can influence performance, but consistency, recovery and finding a routine that fits real life matter far more.
Women’s Health: Kettlebell Archer Lateral Raise
This unusual lateral raise variation makes lighter weights surprisingly demanding by increasing control, maintaining tension and making excessive momentum much harder to hide.
CIMSPA: Becoming a Chartered Personal Trainer
Recognised by CIMSPA as a Chartered Personal Trainer, reflecting more than 20 years of experience, professional development and impact across health, fitness and physical activity.
Women’s Health: 4 Exercises to Age-Proof Your Body
Originally published by Women’s Health and subsequently republished internationally, exploring four functional exercises for lifelong strength, stability and independence.
Women’s Health: Why Kneeling Improves Arm Workouts
Expert commentary for Women’s Health on why tall-kneeling exercises can make arm training more effective, subsequently republished by Yahoo Life UK.
From Ice Hockey to Natural Bodybuilding
From sharing the ice with former teammate Dan Marashi to later helping him prepare for natural bodybuilding competitions, this old press feature captures an early chapter of my coaching career.
Women’s Health: What Your Balance Time Reveals
A one-leg stand looks simple, but it tests strength, stability and coordination. Your time can offer a useful snapshot of balance and how it changes with age.
BBC Radio Berkshire: Community Fitness and Boot Camps
Talking to BBC Radio Berkshire about our community boot camps, making exercise more accessible and helping local people and families become more active together.
Winter Warmers: Fitness Supporting the Homeless
Our fitness community came together to collect warm clothing and essential items for people experiencing homelessness before volunteering at a shelter in Reading.
Yateley Boot Camps: Free Family Fitness
Free family boot camps gave local people a welcoming place to exercise together, enjoy being active and become part of a positive community around fitness.
Women’s Health: The Cube Method for Strength Progress
Expert commentary for Women’s Health on using the Cube Method to break strength plateaus, subsequently republished by Yahoo Life UK and Netmums.
Bracknell News: Free Community Fitness
Hundreds of local adults, children and families took part in our free Bracknell boot camps, helping make exercise more accessible, sociable and enjoyable.
Bracknell Charity 5K: Raising Money for Youthline
A three-year series of charity 5K events in Bracknell brought the community together through fitness while raising thousands of pounds for Youthline.
Pro Hockey News: Bracknell Go to Boot Camp
My 2012 off-season programme took Bracknell players from strength and conditioning foundations into more explosive work designed to prepare them for the demands of the new season.
Women’s Health: Lucy Bronze’s Strength Workout
Elite football demands far more than endurance. I contributed to Women’s Health on the strength, speed and power work behind Lucy Bronze’s preparation for Euro 2025.
Bracknell Bees: Strength and Conditioning Coach
Under head coach Gareth Cox, my work with the Bees continued with individual training, nutrition support and a strong emphasis on arriving properly prepared for the season.
Bracknell Bees: Strength and Conditioning 2009/10
During the 2009/10 season, I used my own playing background to support Bracknell Bees players with speed, reactions, conditioning and sport-specific physical preparation.
Women’s Health: How to Master the Z Press
The Z press removes leg drive and back support, making your shoulders and core work far harder while exposing weaknesses in mobility, posture and control.
Women’s Health: Aryna Sabalenka’s 20-Minute Workout
Speed, stamina and control all have to hold up when fatigue sets in. I broke down how Aryna Sabalenka’s 20-minute circuit combines conditioning, coordination and full-body strength.
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