“Used a Whole Jug of Baby Oil for This”: 50-Year-Old Shaquille O’Neal Flexes His Insane Physique Leaving Fans Baffled

Shaquille O’Neal had an incredible NBA career, in which he won four NBA championships. He was a dominating player and has often been credited with transforming the role of a center in the NBA. Despite not playing professionally for over a decade now, Shaq has a physique that arguably many would be envious of. The 50-year-old NBA legend has transformed his body a lot in the past few years. He recently shared a video of himself flexing his muscles that left NBA fans speechless.

When the Orlando Magic drafted Shaquille O’Neal in the early 90s, he looked nothing like the insane body he has now. In fact, he weighed less than 300 pounds when he was at LSU. However, after a decade, at one point, he even reached 370 pounds.

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Shaq has since transformed his body and fans were left speechless when Shaq recently shared a video of himself flexing his insane physique on social media.

NBA fans react to Shaquille O’Neal’s insane physique

Shaq shared a video on Instagram captioned: “#THOTDADDYTHURSDAY STARTS TODAY.” In the video, Shaq can be seen walking inside the gym and flexing his muscles. His insane transformation has shocked the fans, who came up with some interesting comments on his post.

“U mean Thanos Thursdays “ an Instagram account commented.

Ludacris, Garry Owen, and Spice Adams reacted to the video as well. “The Prince of Thotlandia….,” Nischelle Turner commented.

“Bro no cap if @shaq had healthy knees he’d still dominate all the centers in today’s game,” a user reacted. Another user reacted to the post on the same lines: “Mans ready for the league again – easily play 15 min a game and drop a double double @shaq.” 

“How is it that Shaq is in better shape now then when he was playing!?,” a user pointed out at his transformation.

A user dragged Charles Barkley into the comments with his reactions: “Get chuck in there with you Shaq!”

Indeed, it seems Shaq has been working out a lot lately. Despite being 50 years old, he has an insane physique that possibly many athletes would be jealous of.

Shaquille O’Neal reveals inspiration for his body transformation

Shaq recently made an appearance on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast. During the podcast, Shaq admitted that Charles Barkley had been his inspiration.

“I like to create crazy motivation,” Shaq said.

“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’.” 

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Shaq’s statement will surely not be pleasant for Charles Barkley to read, but fans know their banter is always with good intentions. The two are famous for their on-air arguments and roasts on TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’ show.

However, they are very entertaining for NBA fans around the world to witness.