Recently, Howard talked about his weight loss on his podcast Above The Rim with DH 12.
"In Orlando, I weighed 285 pounds (129kg). At that time, I gained muscle and exercise like crazy, and even built a gym at home, but I only did four exercises: bench press, squat, deadlift and leg curl. When I first entered the league, I was very skinny and the competition was very fierce at that time. My opponents were all big guys like Tim Duncan, they were tall and strong, so I realized I had to get stronger. In order to To build up strength for the fight, I started training more, which made my muscles stronger. However, as I grew older, I found that my body and joints could no longer bear such a heavy weight. So, I started to lose weight later in my career. I once lost 30 pounds (13.6kg) in 30 days, from 285 pounds to about 255 pounds. The purpose of this is to reduce pressure on the lower back and allow the muscles to better wrap around the internal organs. "Howard said.
