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Susan Knox

Joe Wicks fans in sheer disbelief at his fit mum's real age as he posts rare photo

Joe Wicks fans has been left in sheer disbelief after discovering his mum's real age after her age-defying looks shined through in a rare photo in her famous son.

The Body Coach, 37, paid a heartfelt tribute to his mum Raquela as they trained in a gym together in LA, where Joe is currently living it up on holiday with his family.

The fitness fanatic, who very rarely shares snaps of his lookalike mum, gushed that his mother was a huge source of inspiration to him as he commended her dedication to her fitness after a battle with mental health and eating disorders.

"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 penned.

"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.

Joe Wicks fans has been left in sheer disbelief after discovering his mum's real age (thebodycoach/Instagram)
Joe praised his mum in the sweet post (thebodycoach/Instagram)

"Fitness and strength in anyone at any age is something to aspire to and hopefully inspires us all. Proud of you mum. 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," Joe gushed.

Following Joe's heartfelt post, his fans flocked to the comments to share their disbelief at Raquela's age.

"WHAT? This woman is two years off sixty? There's no way. She looks fantastic," one fan gushed.

Joe's fans mistook his mum for his sister due to her youthful looks (thebodycoach/Instagram)
Joe's fans flocked to the comments to share their disbelief at Raquela's age (thebodycoach/Instagram)

"OMG your mum is 58!!! She looks younger than you (no hate)," another echoed.

"Wow your mum looks amazing and more like a sister," someone else commented.

"Genuinely would have thought she was your sister. Crazy," another said.

While one of Joe's other fans swooned: "She looks amazing!! I’m a year younger, work out 3 times a week and don’t look that good. Well done mummy wicks."

Joe has become a household name (BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty Images)

Joe has always been open about the love he shares for his beloved mum.

Back in 2020, the Body Coach revealed he bought his mother a house with the money he's earned from his successful career.

The fitness fanatic thanked his fans and followers for allowing him the opportunity and platform to be able to finally give back to the woman who cared for him all his life.

Joe shared that he treated his dear mum Raquela to place of her own following the sensational success of his best-selling cookbook, Lean in 15.

Joe's nine books have sold more than 3.5million copies, with his first publication scooping the spot of the second most bought cookbook of all time, just behind Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals.

Joe is estimated to be now worth a whopping £15 million (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Estimated to be now worth a whopping £15 million, the YouTube sensation took to Instagram to reflect on his insanely successful career and expressed his gratitude to the people who stuck by him on his way to the top.

"I'm eternally grateful for every single person who followed me and bought one of them books for themselves or family member" he gushed.

"That changed my life, I never in a million years predicted we'd sell anywhere near that many books.

"They said if we sell 70,000 books in the first year we've had a success, and we sold like one million books. And it allowed me to do the one thing I think most boys dream of doing when they earn a bit of dough - buy your mum a house."

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