Cast your mind back to last summer and you’ll probably remember Anton best for his cute Scottish accent, his frequent knockbacks from the girls in the villa and his unabashed admission that his mum still shaves his bum for him… Anton eventually found love with Belle Hassan in the villa but their romance sadly didn’t last long on the outside.
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However, Anton wants to be known for more than just being a somewhat cringey Islander who got off with Tamer Hassan’s daughter. At the end of last year, he told The Sun that his appearance on the show was actually part of a bigger plan to further his career in the fitness industry, saying: ‘I want to be the UK's number-one trainer. That’s my goal. I’m working as hard as I can towards that.’
He continued:
For me it was never about fame. I had to go through the Love Island route for people to take me seriously. I wanted to get the platform. I’m not bothered about staying relevant. I don’t want to be known as Anton from Love Island, I want to be known as Anton the fitness motivator. I’m very aware that there is a shelf life on this.
Now, Anton has taken to social media to reveal a dramatic transformation that he has undergone in the last few months. Whilst he was already pretty fit when he appeared on the show last summer, Anton has shared an incredibly impressive before/after pic of how his body has changed in the last couple of months.
He captioned the pic:
I set myself a goal at the start of the year to get lean and stay lean. Phase 1 complete. Phase 2 is to stay this lean which if anything will be harder and something I’ve never managed to do before.
Whilst Anton has promised to reveal the secret behind his transformation in a forthcoming Youtube video, it seems that as well as working out hard, quitting drinking may also have helped. Anton recently admitted to OK! Magazine that he ‘lost his way’ with the celebrity lifestyle and had now given up drinking.
Check out the video above to see more of Anton’s transformation!
