Ep. 504 - Sheli McCoy AKA Sabre from Gladiators
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Sheli McCoy is better known as "Sabre" from Gladiators, the British TV endurance sports game show, which she first appeared on in 2024. She is recognised as one of the stand-out stars of the show, going on to be a guest speaker for the Dundee University giving their Annual Public Lecture in Entrepreneurship, appearing on the BBC One charity fundraising show Comic Relief, the television quiz shows The Weakest Link and on The Wheel as one of the celebrity experts. Sheli is a fitness industry entrepreneur, who co-owns SweatBox in Dundee, a gym and health facility that houses her sports clinic, gym facility and Olympic weightlifting club. She set three Scottish weightlifting records in 2023 and she’s worked as a Personal trainer for over 13 years and has 10 years experience as a Crossfit Coach. Sheli also holds a Bachelors degree, an honours and a Masters from Robert Gordons university Aberdeen .
Sheli McCoy is our guest in episode 504 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
For Sheli’s online coaching, visit - https://www.shelimccoyfitness.com .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to my time capsule. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is a podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:21.0 | They pick four things they cherish and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. |
| 0:25.3 | My guest in this episode is Shelley McCoy. |
| 0:28.7 | Shelly is a Scottish CrossFit athlete and weightlifter, who set three Scottish weightlifting records in 2023. |
| 0:35.1 | She's also, almost certainly better known as Sabre from the British TV |
| 0:39.6 | Endurance Sports Game Show, Gladiators, which she first appeared on in 2024. |
| 0:45.4 | She was recognised as one of the standout stars of the show, going on to be guest speaker |
| 0:50.2 | for Dundee University, giving their annual public lecture in entrepreneurship, |
| 0:54.9 | appearing on the BBC One charity fundraising show Comic Relief, |
| 0:58.7 | the television quiz show The Weakest Link, and on the Wheel, as one of the celebrity experts. |
| 1:04.6 | Shelley is a fitness industry entrepreneur who co-owns Sweatbox in Dundee, |
| 1:09.6 | a gym and health facility that houses her sports clinic, |
| 1:13.0 | gym facility and Olympic weightlifting club. She's worked as a personal trainer for over 13 years |
| 1:19.0 | and has 10 years experience as a CrossFit coach. Shelly also holds a bachelor's degree, |
| 1:24.6 | an honours degree and a master's from Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen. |
| 1:30.3 | Now, I first met Shelley when she came backstage at Wicked in London, where I was performing as the Wizard of Oz, |
| 1:36.0 | and it was instantly obvious that she would be a great guest on my time capsule. |
| 1:40.3 | So, having waited for the last series of gladiators to finish, so that she had a little bit more time to herself, I can finally say, Gladiators ready! |
| 1:51.0 | Here is the lovely Shelley McCoy. |
| 1:57.0 | Hello, Shelley, how are you? |
| 1:59.0 | I'm good, thank you. How are you? It's so nice to see you again. |
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