Shaquille O'Neal: I want to become a sex symbol and have muscles everywhere

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has talked about his recent physical transformation after he decided he was unhappy with how he looked.

The LA Lakers legend recently posted some pictures of himself on Instagram which showed his new six-pack.

The mammoth NBA center, who weighed a whopping 188 kilos and won a ring weighing 172 kilos, aspires to lose about 30 kilos.

He is now 50 years old and he famously battled weight issues both during and after his retirement.

Shaq discusses his physique

“I like to create crazy motivation,” Shaq said on Logan Paul‘s podcast.

“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, baby.”

Shaq concluded his answer by added that he wants to “become a sex symbol”.

There has not been any great mystique around O’Neal‘s workout routines and how he has managed to drop so much weight.

He spoke to GQ earlier in the year about how he has gone about achieving his goals.

“Just cardio, 30-40 minutes, then chest, arms, biceps, triceps,” O’Neal said.

“A simple old man workout. I can’t do all that CrossFit stuff.”

“‘Well, I tried to run the other day and I’m like ‘How was I the greatest athlete in the world?’ I just lost everything.”