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 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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a photo of a man doing a Russian twist

I did 50 Russian twists every day for a week — here’s what happened

By John Carroll last updated

Read what happened when this writer did 50 Russian twists every day for a week

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A photo of two friends going for a walk together

How to lose weight and get in shape by walking

By John Carroll last updated

You can be healthier just by walking more — here's everything you need to know about weight loss from walking.

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