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As kids we would tease anyone with a particularly thick neck by saying they had a neck like Herschel Walker. Seems like the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner has had the last laugh. At 48 years old, he is in better shape than the average boxer half his age in top physical condition.
Once a chubby kid, Walker became one of the greatest college running backs ever and arguably one of the greatest professional running backs.
For many retired football players, they get flabby once they lose the daily conditioning that keeps them in top physical shape. Walker, though, who stands at 6'1" and weighs 225 lbs., wakes up daily at 5:30 a.m. and does 750 to 1,500 push-ups (not the Good Humor ice cream kind) and about 2,000 sit-ups, according to CNN. He has also participated in Olympic bobsledding and track and field. He's also a vegetarian who has one meal per day.
For many retired football players, they get flabby once they lose the daily conditioning that keeps them in top physical shape. Walker, though, who stands at 6'1" and weighs 225 lbs., wakes up daily at 5:30 a.m. and does 750 to 1,500 push-ups (not the Good Humor ice cream kind) and about 2,000 sit-ups, according to CNN. He has also participated in Olympic bobsledding and track and field. He's also a vegetarian who has one meal per day.
And he continues to push his body by participating in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), where all of the proceeds from his fights go to a charity called "Project Turnaround" in Dallas, Texas.
While Walker has a 5th-degree black belt in Taekwondo, he says that MMA is completely different from that martial art, so he has had to start from scratch with an open mind-set. Walker also says that training for the MMA is much more intense than training for football or dancing ballet, which he did for 10 years, because you're not taking breaks and you're working every muscle in your body.
Of being chosen for ESPN the Magazine's second "The Body" issue, where athletes pose semi-nude showing off their muscular physiques, Walker said to StrikeForce.com:
"Being my age, I am fortunate to do this sport. I want to show people that anything is possible."
Walker's second MMA fight will be on Dec. 4th. In his first fight, he defeated Greg Nagy, a fighter half his age.
Watch Herschel Walker discuss his MMA experience here:
Watch Herschel Walker discuss his MMA experience here:
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By: ralph on 10/14/2010 3:56PM
I'm 37 years old, and I've always heard of Herschel Walker doing "1,000 push-ups) in one day, and to this day I don't beleive it. I don't care how much shape he's in, his chest muscles would go into a muscle spasm from doing that many in one day, especially everyday with no days to recuperate.
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By: meanvee on 10/14/2010 10:35AM
Way to go herschel!, represent for all the 45+ men.
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By: toy on 10/14/2010 6:23PM
you heard wrong, he did 1000 sit ups.
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By: ADRIAN HARRIS OF SOUTH GEORGIA GO!! GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY!!!! GO!!! WORLD CLASS DRIVE!!!! on 11/02/2010 12:04AM
HAIL!!! ABBA!!! MACULINE SALUTATIONS TO YOU ALMIGHTY!!! HAIL!!! SEPIA SPECTRUM PEOPLE!!! I'VE HEARD OF HIS PUSH UPS ALSO AND IT QUITE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT MANY IF YOUR ARE CONSISTANT, YOU MUST DO THEM AT THE SAME TIME EVERY TIME, AND YOU HAVE A SYMETRIRCAL BOBY. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT PEOPLES BODIES ARE LARGERON ON SIDE, THE LEFT, THATN ON THE OTHER, THE RIGHT. WHEN IT COME TO PUSH UPS THE EVEN YOUR BODY IS THE MORE YOU CAN DO. MR. WALKER IS A CLASSIC CASE OF A SYMERRICAL BODY. HE'S THE SAME SIZE ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS BODY AND THIS IS WHY HE'S SUCH A SUCCESSFUL ATHLETE. MOREOVER ALL SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES ARE THIS WAY. ALSO, WOMEN ARE HIGHLY ATTRACTED TO THEM. ALL THESE THINGS WERE IN STUDIES I READ, EING A BIOLOGIST. ANYWAY PUSH-UPS; PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNEVEN BODY LENGHTS SHOULD NOT DO PUSH UPS BECAUSE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE IRREPUTABLE UPPER BODY INJURIES, OTHERWORDS YOU'RE A PHYSICAL INVALID THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THE SHOULDER DEPARATION AND THE PAIN IS CONSTANT AND ALMOST UNBAREABLE. SO WATCH OUT JUST BECAUSE HE CAN DO IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S LIEING OR YOU CAN. PEOPLE ARE DIFFERNET AND SPECIAL ARE SOME. THE HAND OF THE ALMIGHTY IS AWESOME. I'M 49 YEARS GOING ON MY 50TH THIS FEBUARY AND I EASY CLEAR 6 MILES A DAY RUNNING ON A SANDY, DIRT SHIFTING, HILLY ROAD THAT I OWN. THAT'S WHEN I START RUNNING. IN ABOUT A MONTH I'LL EASILY CLEAR 12 MILE A DAY PRACTICE RUNS. BUT HEY, AS FAR AS OUR HEALTH WE CAN ALL DO A WHOLE BETTER THAN WE CLAIM. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND YOUR DOCTORS RECOMEMDATIONS OF COURSE. BYE Y'ALL. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER!!
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By: ADRIAN HARRIS OF SOUTH GEORGIA GO!!! GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY!! GO!!! WORLD CLASS DRIVE!!! on 11/01/2010 11:52PM
HAIL!!! I RECOGNIZE YOU GOD!!! ABBA!!!! I CALL YOUR NAME FIRST!!!! HAIL!!! MY SEPIA SPECTRUM PEOPLE!!! I GREW UP 30 MILES FROM MR. FANTASTIC(HERSCHEL WALKER) AND AS A FELLOW BLACK GEORGIAN(AND HE KNOWS WHAT I'M CONVEING), I HAVE ONLY THESE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIS WONDERFUL LIFE.----FREEDOM WAS GETTING MARRIED BEFORE A PREACHER AND SIGNING PAPERS AND KNOWING IT WAS FOR ALWAYS AND NOT UNTIL THE NEST COTTON CROP. FREEDOM WAS BIBLES, CHURCHES AND GOOD DRINK. FREEDOM WAS TWO NAMES OF YOUR CHOOSING AND CHANGING THEM WHEN YOU PLEASED. HOW WAS A PERSON TO KNOW HE WAS FREE IF HE COULDN'T SIT STILL AND WATCH THE SUN AND PULL ON HIS PIPE WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE? FREEDOM WAS GETTING UP WHEN YOU WANTED TO AND LYING DOWN WHEN THE SPIRIT HIT YOU. FREEDOM WAS DOING NOTHING ALSO. BUT OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CONCENTRATION: FREEDOM WAS LAND AND LETTERS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND THE RIGHT - AND MEANS TO EARN ONE'S "OWN" BREAD.---LERONE BENNETT JR.--BOOK, BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER;A HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA, ISBN - 978-0-87485-0079 (IF YOU WANT TO GET YUR OWN COPY) DRINK PLENTY OF WATER Y'ALL AND GET SOME SLEEP FOR LORD'S SAKE. BOY, IF Y'ALL COULD FIND SOME KIND OF EXERCISE!!! KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!! BYE FANTASTIC ONES!!! HAIL!!!
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By: ADRIAN HARRIS OF SOUTH GEORGIA GO!!! GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY!!! GO!! WORLD CLASS DRIVE!!!! on 11/01/2010 11:46PM
HAIL!!! MASCULINE SALUTATIONS GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY!!! HAIL!!! SEPIA SENSATIONALS!!! HEY, RALPH, CHECKED THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AND FOUND THIS. (1). CHARLES LINSTER(USA)-- 6,006 PUSHUPS ON OCT. 5TH, 1965. (2). ROBERT LOUIS KNECHT(USA)---7,026 PUSHUPS ON FEB. 5TH, 1976. (3). HENRY C. MARSHAL(USA)---7,650 PUSHUPS ON SEP. 1ST, 1977. (4). MINORU YOSHIDA (JAP)---10,507 PUSHUPS OCT. 1980. LOOKS LIKE ITS TRUE HE CAN DO 750 TO A THOUSAND PUSH UPS. JUST LIKE I RUN 10 A DAY(REST ON THE SABBATH) TO PREP FOR A MARATHON. HE FANTASTIC!!! I LOOKED UP ON THE WEB. CHECK IT OUT!!! PEACE!!! BYE!!!
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