Dubai hooks the hulk

So he’s earning the big bucks, living the good life and enjoying the limelight. But, there’s more pathos to Larry’s glittering Dubai dream. He originally hails from New York, where he spent a considerable amount of time as a young child in foster care. Larry had a tough time growing up in the city streets. He was bullied, picked on and even beaten up on occasions. Even when he moved to the island of St Martin, to reunite with his single mother, life gave him no free lunches. He was tall, skinny and on most days he had no money to eat properly, let alone get a gym membership. But things changed for the tough boy on tougher streets. His mother helped him forge weights by casting them in cement on an old iron rod. And that was the crucible in which Larry forged his true metal.

At first, he bulked up and found an instant liking for powerlifting. His rendezvous with the sport got him back to NY, where he waited tables and also took up a job as a gym instructor. But things turned when his big lifting deeds became popular on Instagram. It snowballed into stardom and eventually, Larry managed to break a couple of lifting world records while competing as a teenager. Next stop was the big, glamourous world of Los Angeles, where Larry found his true stardom and began his collaborations with the likes of Thor and Eddie Hall.

The ultimate destination for this nomad was Dubai of course. And for a young man who has experienced such adversity, perseverance and resilience, the abundant offerings of Dubai, seem like the perfect icing on the proverbial cake. Not just that, the city has also given Larry the love of his life Nicole Drinkwater and as most romantic stories of human success go, this one seems like it’s tailor made for a happily ever after for the hulk who calls Dubai his home.