[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
jehovasfitness wrote:
no way he eats that much. Think about it, you have to wait 30-60 mins after eating to get in the pool.
j/k
A-HOLE! I just spit cottage cheese all over my laptop! -lol
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You would eat cottage cheese
Diet…Medals…World Records…blah, blah, blah…
What does Phelps bench?
Mufasa
I bet he gets laid a lot when he comes back to the glorious US.
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Diet…Medals…World Records…blah, blah, blah…
What does Phelps bench?
Mufasa[/quote]
He does leg presses! NON-FUNCTIONAL!!!
[quote]B rocK wrote:
not to highjack the thread but xivb4m’s avatar is f*cking retarded.
160lb A&F punkass bitch. (the person in the avatar; not necessarily the person posting)
…continuing on with the thread:
he uses the calories he takes in. who cares? i sit at a desk 45+hrs a week and train 4x a week.
anyone wanna know how much i eat? didn’t think so. haha[/quote]
Damn why do u have to hate…and i weight 187…by the way making money by looking like a A&F punkass bitch is fine by me…thanks BIG MAN
That WebMD article is retarded. That some dumb ass nutritionist feels qualified to tell someone who is obviously doing things right how to eat, just goes to show how so much of what “experts” say is b.s. Yeah, I’m sure that guy knows better than Phelps what Phelps should be eating.
Sounds like some of the “experts” around here. “Oh, if only [insert incredibly successful pro athlete] would train my way. Imagine the success!” Or, “They are successful in spite of their training, not because of it?” Why? Because you said so? Give me a break.
Here is a video of Phelps’ food intake: - YouTube
How much is exaggerated for TV? Who knows? I do know that if you’re swimming for 6 hours, that alone is going to eat up 4,000-6,000 calories.
And think of the EPOC. I think everyone has noticed that the day after doing legs, you’re starving. Imagine if every muscle was blasted every day?
And what’s the guy’s basal metabolic rate?
Even without activity, just fueling his large body while walking around, living life, would be 3,000 calories - at least.
So you get 3,000 in basal metabolic rate. Plus 3,000-6,000 in activity-based calorie burn. Plus who knows how many calories via EPOC.
It’s clearly not hard for an educated person to conclude that Phelps certainly eats at least 6,000 calories a day, and likely much more than that.
The energy drink comment makes no sense. How else is the guy supposed to get his calories? You can only eat so much.
And nutrient partitioning comment? Sure, some if it’s genetic. But if you trained 6 hours a day, your body would eventually figure out that the calories need to go towards glycogen replenishment and growth and repair. Add great genetics, and the guy can eat what he wants.
I don’t know how much he eats, but it’s clearly a lot - and way more than we can comprehend.
Why? Because you can’t eat a lot? Your experience is everyone’s experience?
I can eat 1,000 calories in a meal and not even flinch. 2,000 calories and I’m “full.” More than that and I start to get bloated, but I’m not feeling woozy until 3,500 calories.
I could easily eat multiple 1-2K meals - especially if I were drinking Gatorade. And especially if I were swimming six hours a day.
Some people are designed to be able to eat a lot in a sitting. People are different. Shocking… I know.
[quote]B rocK wrote:
160lb A&F punkass bitch. (the person in the avatar; not necessarily the person posting)[/quote]
its taken you 7 years to get to 186…
I saw some shit on TV today about Phelps and his diet and it said he basically consumes about 4,000 calories at breakfast (3 fried egg sandwiches, 5 scrambled eggs, and some other stuff I can’t remember). It didn’t mention the rest of his day, but that’s a pretty robust start.
It also featured some pencil-necked reporter geek trying to replicate Phelps’ breakfast, and he only made it halfway through and then made some idiotic comment about how any human could eat that much.
As RJ said, there’s no doubt Phelps is a metabolic blast furnace, regardless of what his actual daily intake is.
But does he wait 30 minutes after eating to swim? That is the question…
(hopefully no one has made that joke yet).
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Diet…Medals…World Records…blah, blah, blah…
What does Phelps bench?
Mufasa[/quote]
The real question is should he bulk or cut?
[quote]threewhitelights wrote:
Mufasa wrote:
Diet…Medals…World Records…blah, blah, blah…
What does Phelps bench?
Mufasa
The real question is should he bulk or cut?[/quote]
Just imagine him in contest shape, based on what he looks like in that video…
They could use him for another mummy movie.
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
The Mighty Stu wrote:
jehovasfitness wrote:
no way he eats that much. Think about it, you have to wait 30-60 mins after eating to get in the pool.
j/k
A-HOLE! I just spit cottage cheese all over my laptop! -lol
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You would eat cottage cheese[/quote]
All means to an end my friend, means to an end 
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They were talking about him last night before he swam for his 6th Gold Medal/WR, and said he had the torso of someone who is 6’8", and the lower body of a 6-footer.
Has nothing to do with this thread, but I thought that was pretty interesting.
But more on point with the topic:
As he was leaving the practice pool massage area, he was opening a little gold foil pouch just a few minutes before he swam. It had to be some sort of energy concoction.
And yes. I watch way too much of the Olympics. I always have since the Montreal Games in 1976.
The owner of a resturant that Phelps frequents in Ann Arbor was showing off his daily training breakfast in the local paper. It consisted of a big bowl of rice pudding, three eggs, hash browns, toast, and a pile of sausage. Typical lumberjack breakfast.
So much for the often heard qoute “you can’t out train a shitty diet”.
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
The owner of a resturant that Phelps frequents in Ann Arbor was showing off his daily training breakfast in the local paper. It consisted of a big bowl of rice pudding, three eggs, hash browns, toast, and a pile of sausage. Typical lumberjack breakfast.
So much for the often heard qoute “you can’t out train a shitty diet”.[/quote]
What’s so shitty about that meal?
I believe he eats that much. Swimming doesn’t seem like it takes that much out of you becasue you are in water. Look at the swimmers right after they finish the races. They are sucking for air. It is still sprinting.
Like a previous poster said he is doing work out of the pool too. His metabolism has to be out of the roof.
The body is an amazing thing and can adapt to many many things even eating with a shovel. Think about the mental toughness it would take to eat and train like that for years…
I’m glad he is swimming for the USA!
I would be curious to see how his performance would improve if he ate quality calories instead of the proposed shit that is listed. I also highly doubt he would be able to down 12k calories per day if he did eat clean. Clean foods are so filling, I would be shocked if he could down half his caloric intake. But hey, he has about a zillion more gold medals than I, so what do I know.
ecto214, your summary? your thoughts?
what im wondering is why phelps needs so much cholesterol? seems like a lot. and, whens this guy go to sleep? an energy drink after supper?
weird.
i wholly digress that eating “clean” would do anything different for his performance. i also disagree that clean calories are more filling WHEN COMPARED TO what he eats now.
the sad part about the information that has come out about phelps diet is a few people that dont lift or exercise at all that are glued to “must see t.v.” every night are going to think that this diet is ok for some people in the general population. an even narrower group will think that this is an ok diet while doing what they normally do (nothing).
phelps eats that much and then wins gold medals all day. who cares. good for him.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I would be curious to see how his performance would improve if he ate quality calories instead of the proposed shit that is listed. [/quote]
He’s breaking WR’s at every event. I’m usually the first to preach quality, but it doesn’t really seem to be effecting him now does it.