It’s not often that you see a 48 year old retired NFL player in better shape than most 25 year old pro athletes, but Herschel Walker has never been seen as typical. Walker who retired from the National Football League 12 years ago, is probably in better shape now than he was during the the prime of his career as a running back.

Herschel Walker’s daily routine is anything but typical. He starts the day off with anywhere from 750 to 1000 push-ups, and 2,000 sit-ups. From there, he doesn’t eat breakfast, and instead goes right into training for mixed martial arts, which includes wrestling, kickboxing, sparring and jujitsu. You would think that after 6 or 7 hours of hard training he would at least stop for lunch. Nope. Instead he continues to train even longer. He only eats one meal a day, and that’s dinner. When he sits down for dinner, unlike most athletes, and those he’s competing against now in MMA, he doesn’t load on the protein. In fact he may go several days without having more then a few grams of protein. Instead he eats mostly bread and salads. “I don’t worry about protein. I don’t worry about all that. I’m from old school. I grew up in south Georgia. They didn’t worry about cholesterol or protein. They went out and worked and lived a long time, so I don’t put a lot of worries in my mind. I just get it done,” Said Walker

Herschel Walker does things that most normal human beings can’t. He recently beat a fighter who was half his age, in an MMA bout. He also recently posed nude for ESPN The Magazine, showing off a body that looks amazing for an athlete half his age.