Venus Williams
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams bares her body and soul when she opens up about her ongoing battle with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder. "At my worst point, I wasn’t able to play tennis at all," she told ESPN The Magazine.
Serge Ibaka
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka showed off his 6'10" muscled physique in the shoot as he did a flying dunk. "If I had my way, I'd be in the gym all day. I love to lift," he revealed. "If you put some work in, you can have this body. It's not because all basketball players have this body, no. I have this kind of body because I put a lot of work into it."
Jamie Anderson
Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson was the ultimate snow bunny for her shoot, telling ESPN that she eases the stress at competitions by climbing trees and doing yoga poses. At the X Games, "I would often go to the trees and take a moment to just do an 'Ommm,'" she revealed.
Marshawn Lynch
Super Bowl champion and Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch got into serious "beast mode" for his latest role as a cover model. "I'm still gonna let my body do the talking for me," said the confident NFL star. "I’m cool with my body, I love my body. I wouldn’t trade it for no other body."
Michael Phelps
Coming back from retirement, Olympian Michael Phelps went on a fitness kick before he stripped off for ESPN The Magazine. "I got fat and out of shape. It was hard because I had always eaten whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it," he told ESPN. "I would always be like, 'All right, I'll go work out,' and I would never ever go. Sure enough, 25 pounds later, I was still saying the same thing. That was just part of my learning process."
Prince Fielder
Texas Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder showed off his body and his tattoos for the shoot. "Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete," Fielder told ESPN. "And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack."
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