Within the new generation of Gladiators<\/a> is Legend, a fitness YouTuber and personal trainer whose lifelong ambition to become a Gladiator has finally come to fruition.<\/p>\n As Gladiators returns, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Legend, including what it felt like competing in front of a live studio audience.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:\u00a0<\/strong>37<\/p>\n From:\u00a0<\/strong>Surrey<\/p>\n Height:\u00a0<\/strong>6ft 1in<\/p>\n Bicep:\u00a0<\/strong>40cm<\/p>\n Fact:\u00a0<\/strong>Legend can triple jump over 50 feet. That\u2019s longer than a double decker bus!<\/p>\n Instagram:<\/strong> @mattdoesfitness<\/a><\/p>\n Matt \u2018Legend\u2019 Morisa is a fitness YouTuber with more than one million followers on Instagram. As well as being a personal trainer, Matt will be taking on Gladiators as Legend.<\/p>\n He wanted to become a Gladiator because he thought he\u2019d be \u201creally good\u201d at it, as well as it always being a \u201clife goal\u201d of his.<\/p>\n \u201cI watched the original Gladiators as a kid,\u201d he explained. \u201cFrom the age of nine or 10 years old, I wanted to be a Gladiator. It\u2019s been a lifelong ambition, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n How did it feel competing in the Utilita Arena Sheffield, in front of a live audience?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMy dream scenario is performing in front of a crowd; the bigger the crowd the better, so that was awesome. It was amazing combining my two favourite things, which are \u2018being good at stuff\u2019 and \u2018having people watch me being good at stuff\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cThe crowd at the Arena was awesome, they were very interactive, and they all loved me. They all gave me pretty much consistently good feedback with a solid number of foam fingers and some intense chanting.\u201d<\/p> Gladiators starts on BBC One on Saturday 13th January at 5:50pm. <\/strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>, visit our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to<\/strong>\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n Gladiators has been a “lifelong” dream for Legend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43716,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-legend-gladiators-2024-star-and-personal-trainer-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Gladiators has been a \"lifelong\" dream for Legend.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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