Former NBA star Baron Davis exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about how his intense training for Dancing With the Stars is helping to get him back in peak physical shape.

“Considering I retired 10 years ago … I’m [here] for the dads of America,” Davis, 46, joked while speaking to Us after the DWTS season 34 premiere on Tuesday, September 16. “I [have] the ‘Dad Bod.’ I’m working off my ‘Dad Bod.’ I’m for the dads of America, basically. They’re gonna get off their ass, just like I got off my ass.”

The two-time NBA All-Star, who last played in the NBA for the New York Knicks in 2012, credited Dancing With the Stars with bringing “a new life” and “a new energy” to his and his family’s lives. (Davis is a father of two children from his marriage to Isabella Brewster, which ended in 2017.)

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