Twitter Is in Love With (and Intimidated by) Cam Newton Playing Water Polo

Cam Newton playing water polo is the best thing you've seen all day today.

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Pro athletes do whatever it takes to enhance their skills and physical fitness during their off-seasons with the most intense training regimens imaginable. We have profiled this in the past with NFL and NBA players doing unorthodox ways to sustain their elite level of play.

But who knew that water polo is the way that reigning NFL MVP Cam Newton works on his cannon of an arm during the NFL's off-season? This is a first that we've ever seen water polo on the list of craziest workout regimens for pro athletes, or at least in recent memory.

People on Twitter reacted with praise, and fear, once they saw the photo of the Carolina Panthers superstar looking like one of The Avengers in a pool, with some chic headgear to match.

Yep, that's @CameronNewton playing water polo. #AllinWithCam pic.twitter.com/h9yQHUPsyR

— USA Water Polo (@USAWP) April 12, 2016

@USAWP @CameronNewton Where would you put his Water Polo Throw Power Rating?

— Madden NFL 23 (@EAMaddenNFL) April 12, 2016

@USAWP @CameronNewton could definitely break my face with that throw. Lord! lol

— x (@lishakisses) April 12, 2016

@USAWP @CameronNewton DANG that's AWESOME. Sign him up for the #olympic team, who has a better arm?!

— Chris Lt. Brown (@chrisbrazen) April 12, 2016

Cam Newton is an incredibly intimidating water polo player https://t.co/dkWJCnrIH2 pic.twitter.com/ZdGop8mxv9

— For The Win (@ForTheWin) April 12, 2016

Cam Newton looks like The Hulk playing water polo. https://t.co/bVjA4rcnRM pic.twitter.com/yj5zfpnyg8

— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) April 12, 2016

Cam Newton would be the most terrifying water polo player of all time.

— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) April 12, 2016

Cam Newton is one scary lookin' water polo player! https://t.co/qa1LftNDwr pic.twitter.com/wFQpFmh9Gj

— theScore (@theScore) April 12, 2016

PHOTO: Cam Newton is one scary water polo player: It's not easy looking good in the goofy headgear water polo ... https://t.co/mqxcO2bDYJ

— nomad tweets (@anonymousomali) April 12, 2016

camnewton makes that #waterpolo ball look like a cantaloupe. #rio2016 #swimswam https://t.co/lMjPkIt3sH

— SwimSwam (@swimswamnews) April 12, 2016

Cam Newton playing water polo.
I can now die in peace. pic.twitter.com/Y2FK5HNq4K

— Mollz (@mollydilalla) April 12, 2016

You better hope that if you ever play a game of water polo, and if Cam is choosing his team, you definitely don't want to be one of his opponents.

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[via BlackSportsOnline]

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