Javeno McLean

Javeno McLean is a British fitness coach and online content creator.

He is best known for personal training with the disabled, sick and elderly within his community on social media.

McLean has gathered a substantial following on social media, with over 1.4 million followers on TikTok – his highest viewed video surpassing 23.4 million views. OnInstagram, McLean has surpassed 500 thousand followers and his videos have gained millions of views.

For more than twenty years, McLean has used his expertise as an exercise and health specialist to support people who struggle with loneliness through a welcoming atmosphere and constant support.

Early life
McLean was born in Jamaica in 1985 and moved to the United Kingdom when he was six years old. He was raised in the Blackley and Crumpsall areas of North Manchester.

Early on, he achieved his goal of becoming a professional cricketer, but soon realized that his true passion lay in helping and encouraging others to achieve.

He began his new career running Manchester City Council funded community exercise classes, before deciding to open J7 Health Centre in 2015.

He first started helping disabled people when he noticed a boy in a wheelchair struggling in the gym.

Career
McLean was working as a council sports coach when he first met the woman who would help him build up his successful business.

"I had this one class in a school in Miles Platting – it was me and Brenda. For four months it was just me and Brenda – and she loved it. Every session, I trained her like it was her last one."

While working within the Manchester City Council, McLean began exercise classes with his team, Active Lifestyle. He believed that the best way to achieve success was through word of mouth. Brenda, unknowingly, lit the fuse that would spark McLean's long-term success.

"After four months, Brenda told one person how great she thought the session was," he said.

"One person became two... two became four... four became eight... nine... ten... and before I knew it, there were 20 people attending my classes".

McLean's impact on the lives of his clients is evident as he trains up to 17 disabled individuals in a single day.

J7 Health Centre won the Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards 'Community Gym of the Year', beating 21 other Manchester gyms in the same category.

Personal life
McLean was a temporary cricket conditioner for two months. Shortly after, he suffered a serious achilles tendon injury which encouraged his decision to leave the sport for good. He was named the 1 Million Minutes Local Loneliness Champion on Good Morning Britain.