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
APRIL 2018 | FLEX 95