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HOMELESS TO HIGH LIFE

BILLYROSE ///

Shockingly , the 37-year-old was homeless for two years , and faced living in a church alone . In an exclusive interview with FLEX , he shares his heartwarming tale , plus shares his training schedule with readers .

“ I loved football as a young boy , and also excelled at the 100 metres ,” begins Billyrose . “ I used to look at Superman and wish I had his physique . I really wanted to look like him one day .” At 65kg , Billyrose was a small guy . “ When I was younger , I was really skinny ,” he recalls . “ I was so unhappy with the way I looked . I really wanted to do something about my size .”
But times became hard for the aspiring young athlete , and he found himself homeless at the age of 23 .
“ When I was in my 20s , I was homeless for 2 years ,” he says . “ I was living in a church and really lonely . You always think people will be there for you , but sometimes you ’ re alone . Even though I was in that terrible situation for so long , I never gave up . I knew that if I kept trying , then one day things would come good for me .”
After many efforts , Billyrose did overcome this dark time in his life .
“ I kept on believing in myself ,” he says . “ I knew that only I could change my life . I got a job and started saving so that I could achieve the one thing I wanteda purpose . Things started to change for me and good things began to
BY DARREN NICHOLHURST
AS BRITAIN ’ S NEXT TOP MEN ’ S PHYSIQUE OLYMPIAN ,
BILLYROSE APPEARS TO HAVE SAILED THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT
A CARE IN THE WORLD .
PHOTO CREDIT : J THIEDE . WWW . AESTHETICATHLETES . CLUB
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