U.S. women’s national team legend Carli Lloyd is not slowing her athletic pursuits down in her retirement.
In fact, Lloyd called her upcoming participation in the Fox reality show Special Forces: The Ultimate Test “the most physically, emotionally and mentally challenging experience I have ever endured.”
The show, which will air starting in January, follows 16 celebrities as they participate in physical challenges that are part of the actual special forces selection process.
Lloyd will join fellow athletes Danny Amendola, Dwight Howard, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin and Mike Piazza; reality TV stars Hannah Brown, Kate Gosselin, Kenya Moore and Dr. Drew Pinsky; and actors, singers and TV personalities Mel B., Tyler Florence, Montell Jordan, Beverley Mitchell, Anthony Scaramucci and Jamie Lynn Spears.
“Special Forces: The Ultimate Test puts celebrities you know and love through the most pure and authentic test of endurance that I have ever seen. In many ways, it is more about mental strength than physical strength,” said Rob Wade, president alternative entertainment and specials at Fox.
Lloyd posted about her experience on the show on her Instagram account on Thursday, saying the show was “the ultimate test in my life, one in which was the hardest thing I’ve ever faced. Words cannot express what we all had to go through.”
Ex-USWNT stars participating in physically demanding reality TV has become something of a trend now, with Heather O’Reilly making an appearance on American Ninja Warrior over the summer.
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