Joe Wicks, 37, treated his mother Raquela to a work out in Venice Beach, California on Thursday.
The fitness guru put his mum through her paces before calling her an inspiration in a heartfelt Instagram post.
Raquela showed off her svelte physique in a pink gym kit as she got to work with weight training and stretches.
Joe, who has previously spoken about his mother’s battle with OCD when he was a child, praised his ‘strong and healthy’ mother as they posed together for photos.
Like mother, like son: Joe Wicks, 37, treated his mother Raquela to a work out in Venice Beach, California on Thursday
Workout buddies: The fitness guru put his mum through her paces before calling her an inspiration in a heartfelt Instagram post
‘My mum turns 58 years old this year. This morning I took her to Golds Gym in Venice for a workout. This is inspiring to me,’ he wrote.
‘My Mum battled with her mental health and had severe eating disorders while I was growing up so to see a strong and healthy mum is wonderful.’
‘Fitness and strength in anyone at any age is something to aspire to and hopefully inspires us all❤️☺️ Proud of you mum.’
Referring to the young age Raquela was when she gave birth to Joe and his older brother Nikki, Joe continued: ‘You banged out Nikki at 17 and me at 19 years old.’
‘I love that you had us so young and you are here today with me doing this and staying strong You’re amazing and life is so good because you are here with me.’
Appearing in an Instagram video together after their intense work out, Raquela admitted her son was a ‘hardcore’ trainer, quipping that she ‘wouldn’t be able to walk for three days’ after the gym session.
Joe has said he suffered with constant anxiety as a child while growing up with his heroin addict dad and his mum, who suffered with severe OCD.
The fitness guru lifted the lid on his troubled upbringing in his 2022 documentary Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood.
Looking fab: Raquela showed off her svelte physique in a pink gym kit as she got to work with weight training and stretches
Healthy: Joe, who has previously spoken about his mother’s battle with OCD when he was a child, praised his ‘strong and healthy’ mother
Hard work: Joe’s mum quipped that she ‘wouldn’t be able to walk for three days’ after the gym session with her son
Family: ‘My mum turns 58 years old this year. This morning I took her to Golds Gym in Venice for a workout. This is inspiring to me,’ Joe wrote on Instagram
Joe’s mother Raquela left him in the care of his heroin addict father Gary when he was 12 years old in order to get help for her OCD.
Joe has lauded his mother for being ‘brave’ enough to get the help she needed in the form of five months of therapy, while his older brother Nikki, 38, tried to shelter him from the daily horrors of living with their addict father.
The fitness guru explained how his mother feared he and his brothers would be taken into care if she told people about her issues.
‘I was born in 1985 and she was only 19 when she had me. There was that fear of, “if I tell people about my eating disorder or that I’m struggling, they’ll be taken away”.’
Joe recalls that he was always ‘aware’ of his father’s addiction, explaining the consequences it had on him as a child: ‘Heroin addiction is a really destructive thing.
Family: Joe’s mother Raquela left him in the care of his heroin addict father Gary when he was 12 years old in order to get help for her OCD (pictured with his mother and brother Nikki)
‘I was just anxious all the time and scared and nervous. I acted up in school. I was disruptive, I was the naughty kid because no one stopped me and said, “What’s going on?”‘
On his mum’s battle with OCD, Joe revealed, ‘She was scrubbing the house three or four times a day, I was hoovering my bedroom twice a day. I had to show her the lines. These things weren’t normal but in my head I was like, “All mums do this.”… Every day was an argument.’
He continued, ‘I went through a lot, no one talked about it, no one was saying, “What’s going on?” So your mum and dad just didn’t want to talk about these things and that’s what the documentary is about – when can we bring the kids into the conversation?’
