Anthony Joshua launches £100k fund to keep UK active while in coronavirus lockdown and urges ‘let’s keep moving’

ANTHONY JOSHUA has launched a £100,000 fund to keep the UK active during the coronavirus lockdown, urging everyone to "keep moving".

The two-time heavyweight boxing champion, 30, wants to support Britain's fitness experts in a bid to keep everyone moving while stuck indoors.

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With gyms closed and most people confined to their homes, the industry has been hit hard.

But AJ has revealed he is keen to help, setting up a fund worth £100,000 in a bid to help out the UK's fitness experts and keep the nation in shape.

Joshua has teamed up with .

The initiative has been opened up to everyone within the fitness industry - not just personal trainers - encompassing a wide range of sports and skill levels.

Fitness experts will be able to host live classes via Lucozade's Instagram account and YouTube channel to give them exposure AND get those stuck at home working out.

The online sessions will be free to participate in, while the instructors will be paid for each class used across the social media platforms.

On the incentive, Joshua claimed: “Sport is being impacted on a global level by this pandemic and coaches and trainers are having to find new ways to adapt.

"But there’s no better time for the nation to be keeping fit, so I hope trainers across the country will take the opportunity to join me in keeping Britain moving together with Lucozade Sport.

"Fitness experts, we need you!”

AJ'S HEARTBREAK

Meanwhile, Tom Bell, head of marketing at Lucozade Sport, added: “We wanted to show our support for the people that keep our nation active.

"We hope our new Keep Us Moving initiative will offer trainers and instructors some welcome support during the crisis, while giving the UK access to a diverse range of free home workouts for a variety of abilities.”

Joshua, like many of us across the UK, has been hit hard by coronavirus - and recently opened up on his heartbreak at losing "close friends" to the illness.

"To the ones who have suffered, and lost loved ones, I want to say keep your head up. You've got my love. Blessings to you and your family and condolences.

"I've lost no one immediate to me but I've lost close ones from my boxing gym, close friends, friends of friends, and it gets serious when it starts coming closer to home."

Meanwhile, his fight with Kubrat Pulev has been put on hold due to coronavirus, with a new provisional date in July on the cards.