John Carroll

John Carroll

John is a writer and editor based in London. He was worked for magazines such as Runner’s World, Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Cosmopolitan. A keen runner, what he lacks in ability he makes up for with enthusiasm and excuses. 

Latest articles by John Carroll

a photo of a woman holding a kettlebell

I did the standing dumbbell twist for a week — here’s what happened to my abs

By John Carroll published

What is the standing weighted twist, how do you do it, and what happens when you add it to your routine for a week

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an image of a woman doing the inchworm exercise

I did the inchworm exercise for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

What is the inchworm exercise, how do you do it, and what happens when you do them every day for a week?

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a man doing the swimmers exercise

I did the swimmer exercise for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll published

What is the swimmer exercise, how do you do it, and what happens if you do it everyday for a week?

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a photo of a man doing a tabletop crunch

I did tabletop crunches every day for a week — here’s what happened to my lower abs

By John Carroll published

What is a tabletop crunch, how do you do it, and what happens when you do them every day for a month? This fitness writer found out

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a photo of a strong man doing a side plank outside

I did side planks every day for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll last updated

What happens to your body if you do a side plank every day for a week? Here's what happened when this writer tried it.

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a photo of a woman doing a three-legged plank

I did the 3-legged plank every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

What is a three-legged plank, what are the benefits, and what happens if you do one every day for a week? We found out.

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Woman doing high plank exercise

I did the X plank for a week — here’s what happened to my core

By John Carroll published

What is the X plank, what are the benefits of the x plank, and what happened when this writer did it every day for a week

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a photo of a man doing tricep dips on a bench

I did triceps dips every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

How to do tricep dips, the benefits of tricep dips, and what happened when our writer did them every day for a week

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a photo of a man doing a v-sit-up with oustretched arms

I did 30 V-sit-ups every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

What is a V-sit-up, how do you do a V-sit-up, and what happened when this fitness writer did 30 a day.

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an illo of the glute bridge march

I did the glute bridge march every day for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll published

How to do the glute bridge march, the benefits of a glute bridge march, and what happened when this editor did them every day for a week

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a photo of a woman doing a single-leg deadlift

I did single-leg deadlifts for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

How to do a single-leg deadlifts, the benefits of single-leg deadlifts, and what happened when this editor did them every day for a week

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a photo of a man doing the superman exercise

I did 30 supermans a day for a week and here’s what happened to my body

By John Carroll last updated

Here's what happened when this writer did 30 superman exercises a day for a week, and improved his lower back strength.

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a photo of a woman doing resistance band deadlifts

I did resistance band deadlifts for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll last updated

What are the benefits of resistance band deadlifts, and what happened when this fitness writer did them every day for a week

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A photo of a woman doing a fire hydrant exercise

I did 100 fire hydrants a day for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll last updated

I did 100 fire hydrants a day for a week — here's how to do the exercise, the benefits, and what happened when I did 50 on each leg for a week.

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woman doing glute bridge

I did 50 glute bridges every day for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll last updated

Here's what happens to your body when you do 50 glute bridges every day for one week.

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a photo of a woman doing a bird dog exercise

I did 50 bird dogs a day for a week — and the results surprised me

By John Carroll last updated

How to do a bird dog exercise, the benefits of a bird dog, and what happened when we did 50 a day for a week

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a photo of a woman doing clamshells with a resistance band looped around her thighs

I did resistance-band clamshells for a week — here's what happened

By John Carroll published

I did resistance-band clamshells for a week — here's what happened to my lower body.

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a photo of a man doing a diamond push up

I did diamond push-ups every day for a week — here’s what happened to my body

By John Carroll published

How do you do diamond push-ups, what are the benefits of diamond push-ups and what happened when this writer did them for a week.

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a photo of a man doing a tricep extension with a kettlebell

I did triceps extensions every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

Are triceps extensions the secret to stronger arms? — our fitness writer John did them every day to find out

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a photo of a man doing a dumbbell fly

I did 30 dumbbell flyes every day for a week and this is what happened

By John Carroll published

How do you do a dumbbell fly, and what happens to your chest if you do 30 dumbbell flyes a day for a week.

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a man doing lateral lunges

I did 30 lateral lunges every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

Read what happened when this fitness editor did 30 lateral lunges every single day for a week

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a photo of a man doing a bicep curl

I did biceps curls every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll last updated

Here's what happened when this fitness writer did bicep curls every day for a week.

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an image of a man doing a push pike

I did 20 pike push-ups every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

I did 20 pike push-ups every day for a week — here’s what happened to my body.

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a photo of someone using body fat callipers to work out body fat percentage

How to calculate your body fat percentage — and why it matters

By John Carroll last updated

What is a healthy body fat percentage, how to calculate your body fat percentage, and the difference between body fat percentages and BMI.

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a man doing a sumo squat

I did 50 sumo squats every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll published

What happened when this writer did 50 sumo squats every single day for a week to work his glutes.

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