Shaq Reveals Reason Behind His Tremendous Weight Loss, Body Transformation

The Big Weight Loss.

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal says he’s dropped around 35 pounds after tipping the scales at more than 400 lbs. and revealed the interesting reason he plans to shed more weight. Last month, the first-ballot Hall of Famer made some social media waves after posting a shirtless picture at the gym showing off the impressive physique he’s recently been able to cultivate.

See Shaq’s body transformation below:

 

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Shaq addressed that photo during a chat with Logan Paul and Co. during a live recording of the Impaulsive podcast and explained why he decided it was time to shed some pounds as well as his motivation for doing so.

“I like to create crazy motivation.

I was looking at myself and I had that Charles Barkley retirement body. I didn’t want my stomach to be over the belt anymore. So I was just like, ‘Let me go ahead and get slim.’ After that [picture] went viral, now I’ve got to live up to it.

I was 401 pounds. Now I’m 365. I’m trying to take it back to 345. I want to have muscles everywhere, and I want to do an underwear ad with my sons [for] Fruit of the Loom.”

Leave it to Shaq to always thinking about his next business venture.

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