Shaquille O’Neal may have retired from the NBA in 2011, but he’s not slowing down yet as evidenced by his latest gym workout.
“In my former life I was @philheath we almost there @rocshabazz that @novexbiotech #gf9 baby,” O’Neal, 51, captioned a Thursday, August 3, Instagram video as he prepared to lift weights.
As the basketball icon stepped into the room, he tore off his gray tank top — right down the middle. Once he removed his shirt, O’Neal headed over to his weight bench to start a rep.
He pumped himself up even further by adding a monologue from the anime Tokyo Ghoul to the background of the video.
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“I was born with something inside me that refused to settle for average and I’m grateful for it,” the voiceover quipped. “I am a warrior, a destroyer, a force of pure violence and all that I desire is the sheer glory of victory. Mercy is for the weak, surrender for those who have no conviction. I am coming for this world and all it has to offer. Nothing will stop me.”
O’Neal — who previously played basketball for the Orlando Magic, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics — has recently been candid about his wellness journey stemming from his desire to lose weight.
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“I lost 40 pounds. I need to lose about 20 more, but [it’s] impressive,” he told Entertainment Tonight in December 2022. “Imma get real chiseled up and do an underwear ad with my sons.”
O’Neal — who shares four kids with ex-wife Shaunie O’Neal and daughter Taahirah with ex-girlfriend Arnetta Yardbourgh — told the outlet that his progress was “all about eating right.”
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“[Because] I was the athlete — I wasn’t a salad eater. I won’t pay attention to any of that. I don’t care about none of that,” O’Neal recalled to the outlet of learning to get in shape and change his habits. “I didn’t know the difference between a carb and a protein at 50 years old, I never knew. So, [my doctor] was saying you can’t do this, you can’t do that, more vegetables, my iron’s low. And once I just started changing those certain things, it dropped.”
He added at the time: “Plus the supplements I’m taking, and the shakes I’m drinking, the weight just fell off. I’m not at 100 percent ninja mode yet. I’m still 75 percent.”
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