Rockets' Donatas Motiejunas defends his workout routine
The Houston Rockets' Twitter account posted photos of players getting some off-day weightlifting in on Tuesday, but some fans were not too impressed with the numbers center Donatas Motiejunas was putting up on the squat rack.
.@DonatasMot building the spin move leg strength. Putting in work. pic.twitter.com/5fZVxrth1P
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) January 6, 2015
It appears from the photo that Motiejunas is lifting 135 pounds, which is less than you would expect for a 255-pound professional athlete, so some fans decided to give him a hard time about his workout regimen.
• Chris Christie loses the votes of Eagles fans
@HoustonRockets @DonatasMot the dude is squating 135...
— Ryan Weier (@rweier23) January 6, 2015
@HoustonRockets @DonatasMot @ScottySeiber no wonder we are 4th in the west, dudes got 135 on #nogainz
— Hunter B. McKee (@hmckee92) January 6, 2015
@hmckee92 @HoustonRockets @DonatasMot that might only be a 35 as well not 45...weak
— Seiber (@ScottySeiber) January 6, 2015
Motiejunas heard about the haters, so he used his personal Twitter to respond.
Come on now it was warm up set ...;-))))))
— Donatas Motiejunas (@DonatasMot) January 6, 2015
Good effort on the comeback by the 7-footer, but the proper response to people questioning your strength is always, "Do you even lift, bro?"
- Brendan Maloy
