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From fit to fat: athletes who left themselves go

When sports stars retire, activity level takes a huge drop most of the time, and food intake… may not.

WHILE ATHLETES ARE in their prime, training is so intense it’s often hard for them to gain weight.

But when they retire, activity level takes a huge drop most of the time, and food intake, may not.

Some once perfectly fit athletes have let themselves go, in a big way.

From fit to fat: athletes who left themselves go
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  • 1. Mike Tyson looking fit

  • 2. Mike Tyson after retirement

  • 3. Figure skater Tonya Harding in her glory days

  • 4. Now Tonya is a boxer

  • 5. Charles Barkley had some lean legs

  • 6. But sportscasting doesnt burn as many calories as playing bball

  • 7. Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, breaking records

  • 8. The Thorpedo now

  • 9. The original Ronaldo

  • 10. Ronaldo on vacation now

  • 11. George Foreman was in peak shape

  • 12. But his line of grills isnt cutting it

- Leah Goldman

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