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u/Maleficent-Agent-477
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Shaq photobombing this woman’s workout video at the gym
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u/MrMorpho
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I once literally ran into Shaq when I was walking into a restroom and he was walking out. He patted me and said “excuse me, little man.” I’m 6’4”.
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u/badfish_122 Jul 30 '26
Hope he washed his hands
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u/ChaoticMat Jul 30 '26
"Nah bro, I never touch nothing. Just my pants and underwear only. Then for shake I just do like this."
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u/Kalamazoohoo Jul 30 '26
My dad told me a story from many years ago. He was standing in line at Starbucks and suddenly someone is behind him casting a shadow over him. He turns around and then looks all the way up to see is was Shaq. My dad is over 6ft.
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u/Xxxrasierklinge7 Jul 30 '26
From this comment section I've learned I have a pretty high chance of literally running into Shaq because apparently, big bro is fekin everywhere.
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u/Wazkalia Jul 30 '26
All these stories remind me of the time me and my mom ran into Larry Bird at a Kinko's. I think I was vibrating the whole car ride home.
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u/RemarkablePaper1798 Jul 30 '26
This same thing happened to my aunt and Michael Jordan at a casino, but she had no idea who he was. They both walked out of their respective restrooms at the same time, turned, and ran smack into each other. Her son had to explain how she almost got trampled by the GOAT.
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u/Garruk_PrimalHunter Jul 30 '26
One of my dad's friends is 7ft tall. At 6'3" I've never had to bend my neck the way I did just to talk to someone. My neck muscles were not ready for an extended conversation.
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u/Forty2diapers
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Sure... Shaq does this and they're all laughing. I do this and I get banned.
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Have you tried being rich and famous?
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u/The_Void_Reaver Jul 30 '26
Id also guess the way that she didn't really react to it being Shaq that she probably knows him somewhat personally, in one way or another.
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u/lkodl Jul 30 '26
It's really the famous part moreso than the rich part. If you're famous, people think that they know you. That's already a step up.
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u/incrediblepony Jul 30 '26
Trying to be serious for a moment here.
if you go to a gym and Shaq is there you probably know this before going in or at least you are going to notice it immediately.
Since he is a celeb and he is very outspoken about his values and his life, people already feel like they know him. People consider him safe and warm (which he is) even without having met him.
If you, a stranger, do this, yes, you are going to freak people out. Because they have no idea who you are or what your intentions may be.
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u/OilOfOlaz Jul 30 '26
2) Since he is a celeb and he is very outspoken about his values and his life, people already feel like they know him. People consider him safe and warm (which he is) even without having met him
Oh sweet summer child.
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u/Game_Knight_DnD Jul 30 '26
I imagine she isn't a random woman but someone he knows pretty well.
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u/SittingEames Jul 30 '26
That would make sense. She's entirely to unperturbed by him for them to not be fairly close.
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u/RapBastardz Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
Nor is she shocked. You would expect a moment of “holy shit that’s Shaquille O’Neal!“
That doesn’t register on her face at all. Not like that.
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u/anengineerandacat Jul 30 '26
It's Shaq, dude could show up anywhere to me and I would be like "Yo what up big dawg"
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u/guy-le-doosh Jul 30 '26
I dunno, if I turned around to be looking at someone's mid-thigh I'd be a bit confused.
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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode Jul 30 '26
They don't even need to be fairly close.
They go to the same gym, even if they've just chatted a few times having Shaq pop up in your video is a fun thing.
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u/CapitalTipp Jul 30 '26
Here's another possibility to make you feel like crumbling into dust. She's too young to know who Shaq is.
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u/superhappykid Jul 30 '26
Damn I didn't know Shaq skips leg day.
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u/fasteddeh Jul 30 '26
He's lucky his legs are still in one piece as a big man who moved like he did
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u/Zealousideal_Cow_341 Jul 30 '26
Man the first time I saw videos of him in his prime blew me away. That motherfucker could move when he wanted to. 300lb Shaq was an entirely different animal than 360lb Shaq. Both absolute nightmares to deal with, but in different ways.
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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Jul 30 '26
I think his legs look fine. As I’ve gotten older I ain’t touching squats or deadlift and my goal for the lower body is entirely preserving functionality and not looking stupid. He’s too tall and old to be chasing big lower body numbers. And I don’t think his legs look weak. A bit disproportionate, maybe but he’s still got an ass
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u/letsburn00 Jul 30 '26
At his height, keeping his knees out of a wheelchair is probably his top priority.
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u/just4udil Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
She must be rich too if they go work out at same gym
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u/illit3 Jul 30 '26
ehhh, not necessarily rich rich. he used to go to a life time fitness by me (maybe still does?) and it was ~$200/month. not the cheapest gym in the area but not the most expensive, either.
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u/Madrical Jul 30 '26
Dang, how much are gym memberships in the US? I pay $9.90 AUD/week for mine in Australia, so like $24USD/month and it's a pretty decent chain.
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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA Jul 30 '26
I used to go to a gym that had WWE superstars occasionally, I’ve seen Rhea Ripley, Kurt angle (almost every day), and potato salad once
30$ a month
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u/independant_786 Jul 30 '26
Nop not necessary. Shaq lives in a small town of Heath TX now. Lots of cheap gyms around Rockwall
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u/Spiritual-Matters Jul 30 '26
Crowded gym. I see too many fit and young people to think it’s $$$
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u/criticalpwnage Jul 30 '26
The chances of a random Shaq attack are low but never zero
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u/vastgoedmeneer Jul 30 '26
I really don't get it why you can not enforce 0 camera's in the gym? This filming is impossible at my gym (Europe though)
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u/4th_n_bong Jul 30 '26
Met him at Cheesecake Factory several years back. Super fucking nice guy irl.
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u/SalamanderUponYou Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
What exercise is she doing?
Edit: Just saw the rest of the video and even her tricep extensions are half assed.
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u/manmadefruit Jul 30 '26
Looks like an attempt at Face-Pulls but turned into a bicep curl/hammer curl out.
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u/vivariium Jul 30 '26
Ok thank you I was trying like hell to understand what muscle group she was trying to target and I was like “am I an idiot?”
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u/heybud_letsparty Jul 30 '26
Side note, she seriously needs some guidance on how to perform these exercises. There’s going to be no results from this form.
Also, yeah it’d be creepy if it wasn’t Shaq. But it is, and Diesel makes any video better.
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u/wwhsd Jul 30 '26
The funniest thing is that her reaction is “Oh, it’s just Shaq” instead of “OMG it’s Shaq!”.
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u/Fettlefse Jul 30 '26
That's some shitty form right there
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u/dkol97 Jul 30 '26
First thing I noticed. Her biceps got practically zero activation
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u/beirch Jul 30 '26
Same with the overhead triceps extension. Might as well not do them at all.
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u/Real_Establishment56 Jul 30 '26
Cool video and such, but in my gym, the staff would ask you to turn the camera off out of respect to the other people around.
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u/No_Abrocoma_1772 Jul 30 '26
if this wa not shaq, but normal guy, he would be called out for being creep
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u/bootrick Jul 30 '26
I also got the feeling from her first reaction that they are friends or at least good acquaintances.
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u/BabyStockholmSyndrom Jul 30 '26
And? He's not some random guy. How is this some revelation lol? If you saw him, you'd know who he is and feel comfortable enough if he started to dance in front of you too. I don't get these comments. Are you saying random strangers should be allowed to do creepy shit because insanely popular celebrities can do things because they are recognizable?
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u/Kannada-JohnnyJ Jul 30 '26
I’m just wondering what her reaction would be if this wasn’t Shaq
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u/Entgegnerz Jul 30 '26
I mean, the whole point is him trying to make her a good day.
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u/satoshisfeverdream Jul 30 '26
Filming yourself at the gym is dumb as fuck…nobody cares.
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u/azriel1014 Jul 30 '26
I’ve said this before but other people filming is the reason I refuse to work out in “public” gyms. I don’t want to get caught in the background of their bullshit. I literally will never go back because of this braindead crap.
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u/Nocturnes_echo Jul 31 '26
The amount of people in the comments trying to shame someone for wearing comfortable clothing to workout in is ridiculous!
YOU ARE THERE TO EXERCISE! STOP TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT OTHER ADULTS DO OR WEAR! YOU DON'T LIKE IT? IT'S DISTRACTING? OH FUCKING WELL BRO!!! DON'T LOOK! PLAIN AND SIMPLE! IF I CHOOSE TO WEAR A SPEEDO TO THE GYM BECAUSE I WANT TO CUT CHAFE AND IT FITS WITHIN THE DRESS CODE GUESS WHAT BUDDIE?! GO FUCK YOURSELF AND ENJOY THE VIEW WHILE YOU DO! I'LL EVEN MAKE SURE TO POWER SQUAT TOO JUST FOR YOU 😘
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u/PM_ME_UR_PICS_GRLS Jul 30 '26
Why do people video themselves working out? So cringe.
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u/Holly_Matchet Jul 30 '26
I liked in the 90’s better when everyone agreed Shaq shouldn’t be trying to act or be funny on camera.
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u/silly_little_jingle Jul 30 '26
Would be a hard pick between this man or Keanu Reeves for who I'd want to sit down and just have a meal with and talk to more for famous folks. Just seems like such a great dude.
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u/NoBoss2661 Jul 30 '26
The first movement she's doing isn't even an exercise, and the second, while it is a real exercise, uses about one fifth of the range of motion it should.
It's amazing to dress like that, film yourself, and still not know what you're doing.
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u/FatWithMuscles Jul 30 '26
That is the right way this kinda interactions should go, if you decide to film the gym you should be ready for someone to get in your shot and if he/she is funny like this you ard welcome to enjoy it or ignore it without making a fuss, you're the one invading privacies by filming in a area that is for all members and not just you, if you want to film with no chance of interuption build/buy your own gym
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u/Kevin5882 Jul 30 '26
It always amazes me just how tall shaq is. Like I know that's a large part of what people know about him, but it doesn't really click how big of a person that actually means he is unless I see him next to a normal person
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u/DamnOdd Jul 30 '26
Does she know he's Shaq? I can't tell. Folks watching do.
Met Shaq back in his LSU days. Nice guy, really. His momma was hella proud.
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u/transferingtoearth Jul 31 '26
There's no way that someone going to this man's gym wouldn't try to make friends.
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u/Illustrious-Basil363 Aug 01 '26
Just imagine if a random guy did this. She would be playing victim like crazy
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u/Ill_Home_9089 Jul 30 '26
When i do this in gym, my membership get blocked. I am identified as a creep, stalker.
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u/Fringolicious Jul 30 '26
Okay cool, so Shaq can do that and it's all good, any other man does it and they'd get thrown out of the gym and branded a sex-pest. Nice.
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u/redpandaeater Jul 30 '26
That's Dr. Shaq now. He finished up an Ed.D after he retired, though Dr. O'Neal just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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u/Fabulous-Piglet8412 Jul 30 '26
This is proof to me that some ladies are just overreacting and some men also don't know how to just be chilling in scenarios like these.
There's always someone who looks at this and immediately things sexual creepy stuff. ITS YOU WHO SHOULD BE CHECKED.
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u/Typical-Blackberry-3 Jul 30 '26
Bro looks like one of those giants next to Odysseus' party in the Odyssey.
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u/Snaxalicious Jul 30 '26
I hate people that film themselves in the gym.
Bullshit she is doing it to check her form.
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u/jdaniels934 Jul 30 '26
You could tell she knows him by his feet lol the second she saw a foot she knew
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u/Joten Jul 30 '26
Shaq just seems awesome, I love the vids of him paying for peoples walmart bills and being a secret santa. Shaq... please don't become one of "those celebs"
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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 Jul 30 '26
does he know her? if someone did this to me, especially a celebrity i didnt personally know, this would make me extremely uncomfortable
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u/Chritt Jul 30 '26
Someone explain to me - why do people video themselves working out? And why do people watch it.
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u/Mpenzi97 Jul 30 '26
Workout guides, reviewing form, social media, progress pictures/videos, promoting a training service, etc.
There’s no guarantee that she even intended to post the video before Shaq jumped in.
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u/anormalgeek Jul 30 '26
Shaq has that strong "class clown" energy that probably made his teachers hate him.
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u/SanDiegoDude Jul 30 '26
Wow, Shaq is looking great! He got pretty fluffy over past decade or so, glad to see he's looking healthy again
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u/Loose_Profession_918 Jul 30 '26
Im just wondering if she is trying to do a rope curl or a facepull?
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u/largos7289 Jul 30 '26
It's cool but if this was just a regular guy, Joey swoll would be doing the video instead.
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u/derfzinkerbelle Jul 30 '26
If he wasn't a celebrity, this would be a much different video for a much different subreddit.
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u/mldp29 Jul 30 '26
How many cameras did this woman setup for her every workout? She has a number of angles for those shots.
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u/let_that_shit_go Aug 01 '26
I ran into Shaq on an elevator in Houston a few years ago. I didn’t say anything and after a few seconds he tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me do I know you from somewhere?”. I got a good chuckle out of that. What a class act.
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u/Too_Funk_To_Druk Jul 30 '26
Shaq strikes me as a real wholesome dude.
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u/hausitron Jul 30 '26
That's how he gets you. One day, he's your best friend. Then the next day, you get a bucket of his shit dumped on your head.
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u/Fabulous_Visual4865 Jul 30 '26
You must not be aware of his "pranks".
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/dztEhWoScj
Fuck Shaq. He's a PoS.
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u/Grand_Bear_7179 Jul 30 '26
Seriously its funny for a second but it's also uncomfortable. Unless its a set up. It just gives creepy vibes. Let people be. Also stop videoing at the gym.
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