Aston Merrygold has showed off his amazing body transformation after revealing he had ended up in the worst shape of his life.
The JLS star, 33, took to Instagram over the weekend to share his 12-week transformation with his followers and said that staying in shape has helped him boost his confidence.
Aston has two kids with partner Sarah Louise Richards - Grayson, three, and baby son Macaulay - and admitted that he realised he had to make a change when he was struggling to lift them.
In a candid message alongside his transformation snaps, the singer wrote: "A few months ago I had got myself in the worst shape I’ve EVER been in!
"Confidence was low, I felt sluggish, tired, useless and was unhappy ever time I looked in a mirror… and the worst part was I had severe ligament damage to my shoulder which left me in daily pain!
"It was easy to let excuse after excuse stop me from changing it... but one morning I woke up and just HAD to change it!"
He continued: "I started a 12 week programme which I’ve been going hard for 6 weeks.. Eating clean and training as hard as I can (shoulder is still ropey, but we move) and I’m feeling strong, more confident and happier within myself than I have in years!
"I rarely show any side other than confidence being someone that came into the entertainment industry at a young age... having thick skin was always easy for me..
"But looking at my kids on a daily basis and getting to the point I was struggling to even lift them was killing me!!!
"So I made a promise to myself I will NEVER let that happen!
"I’m focused and waking up everyday thankful, blessed and wanting to be a better version of myself than the day before!
"So big up everybody that is hustling, working, fighting and striving to be better."
The One Shot singer recently slammed One Direction's Liam Payne for blaming the band for his mental health issues.
Liam described how he felt "trapped" in the boyband and claimed he would be locked inside "lonely hotel rooms", which “really f***ed" him up.
However, Aston disputed the claims and told The Sun: "You are your own boss. It’s not that you were not allowed to do something. He was in the biggest band on the planet and there were thousands of people outside the hotel. So it was probably a safety thing.
“It comes with the job. You sign away your privacy. I think you should expect everything, expect it all and say, ‘This is what I want to work for’.
“If you don’t want any of those things then you should not start it because it (the downside) does come and when it does come there are going to be bits that you don’t like.”
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