Describing his later ego, Zack George said Steel is \u201cMr Nice Guy\u201d. \u201cHe\u2019s always smiling and very friendly,\u201d he told the BBC ahead of his appearance on the show.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when the game starts, he\u2019s an absolute machine. If he loses then he\u2019ll lose graciously and say \u2018well done\u2019 to the contenders, but he\u2019s not going to lose very easily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read on for everything you need to know about Steel, including which of his fellow Gladiators he would least like to go up against.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:\u00a0<\/strong>32<\/p>\n Height:\u00a0<\/strong>6ft<\/p>\n Bicep:\u00a0<\/strong>67cm<\/p>\n Fact:\u00a0<\/strong>Steel can lift 220kg. That\u2019s the same as 3.5 washing machines!<\/p>\n Instagram: <\/strong>@zackgeorge<\/a><\/p>\n Zack \u2018Steel\u2019 George is a CrossFit athlete who has graced the cover of Men\u2019s Health magazine and was one named fittest in the UK in 2020.<\/p>\n According to CrossFit Games 2024<\/a>, Steel is \u201cone of the world\u2019s top CrossFit athletes\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking about why he wanted to become a Gladiator, Zack explained that he had watched the original series and as a child he remembered thinking the original line-up looked like \u201csuperheroes\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cTo even one day potentially look like them let alone actually become a Gladiator is like a dream come true,\u201d he said ahead of his appearance on the show.<\/p>\n \u201cTo have the opportunity to repay what the original series did for me to the kids and the people watching this new one is great.\u201d<\/p>\n Of your fellow Gladiators, who would you least like to go up against and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI would least like to go against Nitro, he\u2019s just ridiculously fast and powerful. You\u2019re in for a tough ride with Nitro.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had to pick one Gladiator to go up against in all the games, I think it would be Legend, just so I could beat him on everything.\u201d<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n 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> <\/body><\/html>\n Steel has been described as “Mr Nice Guy”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43728,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-steel-gladiators-2024-star-and-crossfit-athlete-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":"Steel has been described as \"Mr Nice Guy\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43727"}],"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\/43728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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