Gladiators rebooted on January 13 this year, bringing back the original 1992 hit series. With it came a whole host of new Gladiators including Sabre, who will feature on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, though it's not known which episode she will join.
Gladiators presented by Bradley Walsh and his son Barney, episodes see four contestants - or ‘contenders’ - battling it out in a number of gruelling events against the ‘Gladiators’, who are athletes or bodybuilders.
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There are a number of stars on the show, such as Sabre, real name Sheli McCoy, who will feature on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel. She’s a self-described ‘grafter’ and trains between 16 and 19 hours per week.
But outside of Gladiators, the 36-year-old has a very normal job. She runs a gym in Dundee, Scotland, from where she shares clips of her workouts on Instagram.
But things haven’t always been easy for Sheli. The athlete confessed that she was attacked by her ex of eight years more than 10 years ago, leaving her with black eyes.After the abusive relationship, she was four dress sizes larger than she is now and used serial binge eating as a coping mechanism, she admitted.
The revelation was made in January during a Q&A session broadcast to her 195,000 Instagram followers.
It came after she shared a picture showing her huge transformation, reported MailOnline. She said: “I became very unhappy and unhealthy in a terrible relationship that ended very traumatically and I gained a lot of weight.
“I promised myself I would do better, be better and become a role model and a leader, to make myself and others proud and that's what I feel I have done.”
Sheli also has high hopes of inspiring women with her work. She said: “I truly hope Sabre will inspire and empower the younger generation of strong capable females just as the Gladiators I once watched inspired me to be a confident athletic woman. It is Sabre's time to shine - here come the powerful girls.”
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