While playing hockey, Laid was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 14, and soon after—inspired by fitness YouTubers such as the Hodgetwins, Marc Fitt, and Jeff Seid and by mockery from his peers for his then-thin frame—he began working out and bulking.[3] He later became known for his transformation videos on YouTube beginning at that age, uploading his first, an 18-month-long transformation, in December 2013. His second, uploaded in August 2015, documented his body's changes from ages 14 to 17 and became especially popular, earning over 14 million views by 2016 and 43 million views by 2021.[4][2][5] He had 800 thousand YouTube subscribers in 2019.[6] Laid also became popular as a trainee of bodybuilder Elliott Atwell, who, in 2023, was arrested and charged with six felony counts, including accusations that, from 2013 to 2020, he pressured his underage training clients to record themselves having sex and to send the videos to him.[7] By 2021, Laid had over 1.7 million followers on Instagram.[8]
After having previously been an athletic model for the direct-to-consumer fitness brand Gymshark, Laid was appointed its creative director of lifting in 2023, also launching and curating the brand's lifting social media accounts.[9][10][11] He had over 4.9 million followers on Instagram in 2024.[12]
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