The hero personal trainer who got a man with Cerebral Palsy back on his feet

Josh Coy’s smile says it all. He has completed his weight lifting session with hero personal trainer Javeno McLean and could not be happier.

For Javeno is the miracle worker who gets Josh, who has cerebral palsy, standing on his own two feet.

And as Javeno helps him up, Josh, 26, tells us: “I never thought I would get up out of my wheelchair.”

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Javeno, 38, has been dubbed the “good will personal trainer” because he refuses to charge his elderly, disabled, or terminally ill customers, the Mirror reports.

He said: “I’ve been training people for 21 years, but I’ve never taken a penny from anybody special, with a disability, stroke, cancer, Parkinson’s, elderly people. I’m very proud of that.”

All he asks of those who walk into his J7 Health Centre in Blackley, Manchester, is a chance to prove he can make them laugh before their session is up.

Javeno insists his centre is more than a “gym”. He said: “The word ‘gym’ is so intimidating. It should be a beautiful place where you walk in where there’s love and energy and people of different ages and abilities getting on.

“It could be a professional athlete, someone with Down’s, it could be your aunt or uncle with cancer, someone who has had a stroke or dementia, that was the vision from day one and it’s turned into a worldwide movement. I can’t believe it. I’m so humbled.

Javeno ran council classes before setting up J7 five years ago. He now has more than 550,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram and has claimed two world records for the biggest exercise classes for people with disabilities.

On Friday afternoons, Javeno runs a session just for older clients.