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Ravyn Summers

Ravyn’s struggle started on September 26 1983. He was born 12 weeks premature and with some very serious complications, he had burst lungs and fluid on his brain. He was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. He spent the first 183 days of his life in hospital and his parents were told he would never walk, never talk, he would be a…………..vegetable!

For the better part of Ravyn’s life he believe that this would be the case too. His family and friends would tell him, with good intentions, that he better not attempt this or that, they tried to shield him from failure. His mum, Gail would say “maybe you’ll never get any bigger, and stronger and that maybe you need to just accept that you will never get any better”. Ravyn was 60kg and very weak.

Then Ravyn met Tomi Kokko, a leading expert in fitness, who has his own personal training business, Complete360 has been working with Ravyn for 3 years. Tomi has helped him transform his slight 60kg body into a fit and amazingly strong body. When Ravyn first came to Tomi, with the news that doctors had said that he wouldn’t be able to do any form of normal exercise routines in his life, Tomi had said that he thought that was pure rubbish! Let’s prove them wrong! Ravyn has now finished a 1km run in under 6 minutes, he can lift 100 kilograms off the ground and can flip an INDUSTRIAL TYRE with a single hand!

Ravyn soon discovered that the more he tried to do things that he thought he would never be able to do the better he got a doing them.

4 years later, countless hours at the gym and Ravyn is a healthy 74kg, with a rather impressive physique!

Ravyn’s fitness level, strength, self-esteem and confidence in him-self has now reached astronomical heights. Ravyn now wants to empower and connect people with disabilities, whilst crushing labels.

Ravyn, now 28 sees that having a disability is something to be celebrated.

Ravyn does not don’t blame his Mum or his family and friends for trying to protect him from failure, he understands that they were doing the right thing by him.

Ravyn says “ The trouble is that if you hear that enough, that you just have to accept things the way they are, you start to believe it”.

Ravyn has a list of things that he thinks is impossible. There are 4 things on his list!

Playing the guitar
Playing the piano
Using a steak knife
Tying my shoe laces

He has signed up for guitar lessons, after seeing a guy play with his toes! He figures if he can do it, I have no excuses.

We are sure that Ravyn will conquer the things on his list while enjoying his ‘New Beginning’.

To find out more about Ravyn and too see what he is up to go to www.thehappycripple.com and to see Ravyn in action go to Click Here

Click Here to learn more about Tomi Kokko

Photography by Jimmy America