Morsia competed as an athlete in the
long jump and the
triple jump. He has described his early attempts at managing his body weight whilst competing as
disordered eating. After suffering a stress fracture to his spine in 2012 he became a
powerlifter. He won a silver medal at the European Championships in 2016. In 2013 Morsia began building up an online fitness clientele using the moniker
MattDoesFitness. By 2017 he was a PE teacher at
Folkestone Academy. The success of his fitness coaching led him to leave his teaching job. In 2020 was given a
YouTube Creator Award for gaining a million subscribers. The channel later had two and a half million subscribers. His book
The 24/7 Body was published by Century in 2020. where he is best known for his arrogant and self-obsessed character that has been popular with the show's viewers. Morsia's Legend has so far appeared to be one of the toughest male gladiators to face on the show, as he is described as the great "all-rounder", naming event
The Edge as his favourite. He described the role as a "lifetime ambition", having been a huge fan of the original show when he was a child. Whilst filming for the third series of
Gladiators, Morsia suffered a major injury, as he tore his
bicep off the bone, while tackling one contender in one of the events. Due to extensive surgery, he has had to miss most of the series, but is still appearing in some episodes briefly. ==Personal life==