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A SCOTS personal trainer will be one of the first hopefuls to star on the new series of Gladiators.
Fitness fanatic Josh McDonald, 27, will compete to earn the huge trophy on offer when he goes up against the likes of Legend and Apollo.
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Glasgow Man Josh McDonald is to feature as a contender in Gladiators
The PT will fancy his chances
The Glaswegian, head coach at Unleashed Performance, was announced alongside Finn, 23, from the Lake District, Naomi, 40, from Birmingham, and Rachael, 39, from Darlington.
Taking to Instagram, he said: “I am on the next season of Gladiators.
“It’s big announcement I’ve been sitting on for a while.
“I’m super excited.”
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Viewers can expect bruising encounters and flying insults as the superhuman muscle machines take on explosive new challenge, Destruction, along with favourites The Eliminator, The Wall, and Powerball.
In Destruction, each player charges down their lane, facing four 8ft barriers.
They must use sheer body power, a battering ram and climbing agility.
The first to smash through and slam the button wins.
Hosts Bradley and Barney Walsh are back, as are Gladiators Apollo, Athena, Bionic, Comet, Cyclone, Diamond, Giant, Dynamite, Electro, Fire, Hammer, Legend, Nitro, Phantom, Sabre, Steel and Viper.
Sabre recently launched into a controversial Christmas rant .
The athlete, real name Sheli McCoy, from Dundee, shared a list of the “five things you should know about me in case you want to unfollow me before 2026” on Instagram.
One said: “I think men in family matching two piece pyjama sets should be sent to the army to toughen up or stand up to their wives – there I said it.”
After getting flak, she added: “The amount of you that are upset at the Christmas pyjama thing – I’m not sorry.
“If you think it’s targeting you, it is. Your husband, the provider (maybe not, but) the rugged, manly, masculine energy male in your household in his soft, cotton pyjamas on Instagram with the little cuffs that are always green at the top and bottom, you’ve done that to him.
“And you’ve posted it on Instagram in front of all your friends. Now he’s not manly, rugged and hot anymore. Now he’s Dave, dressed like an elf on Instagram. You did that.
“I’ll make an allowance .. a matching jumper, yes. Even a hoodie, I’ll allow it. A full blown onesie or a two-piece you’ve had it. You are dead to me.”