Why?
Granulated Sugar - 100g = 390kcals
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/generic/granulated-white-sugar-1-cup
Sweet Potato - 100g = 95kcals
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/generic/potatoes-sweet
Now tell me with Phelps’ training program and calorific requirement which is better. For the quantity of 50g of sugar he would have to eat 200g of sweet potato. I know which option I would choose; sugar.
[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)
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And he somehow still manages to look much better than you do.
-dizzle
I would choose the sugar 2, 100 grams is the daily recommended allowance for sugar and he probably eats well over this every day(increasing the chance of diabiates etc), and all those cals lol his metabolism must be a machine 0_0.
I wouldnt be surprised if it was true, it has to be said phelps isnt your average man, more like 3 men in one (looks like his got some nederthal genestics in him 2 ;o), and the bottom line is, his the best olympian of all time and 8 medals you cant really argue with him.
;p
I think the chances of Phelps contracting non-heriditary Diabetes would be pretty slim considering that RDA is a) pretty vague, scientifically and b) not that applicable to atheletes.
i would choose sweet potatoes, esp for breakfast when you need the energy all day. Getting the calories isnt hard if you eat a little bit more and eat more than 3 times daily. Eating sugar to get the calories? Why not tell that to someone on a bulking diet too?
[quote]tg2hbk4488 wrote:
i would choose sweet potatoes, esp for breakfast when you need the energy all day. Getting the calories isnt hard if you eat a little bit more and eat more than 3 times daily. Eating sugar to get the calories? Why not tell that to someone on a bulking diet too?[/quote]
I sincerely doubt that his caloric intake is restricted to 3 feedings. Either way, sweet potatoes aren’t a very calorie-dense food. Think about the volume of sweet potatoes it would require to meet those calorie needs.
[quote]tg2hbk4488 wrote:
i would choose sweet potatoes, esp for breakfast when you need the energy all day. Getting the calories isnt hard if you eat a little bit more and eat more than 3 times daily. Eating sugar to get the calories? Why not tell that to someone on a bulking diet too?[/quote]
I am sure if you prepared the sweet potatoes that he would eat them.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
topoulo wrote:
i loled.
Serius there are guys like this one http://graysmatter.codivation.com/content/binary/Ronniecoleman.jpg
that used to weight 330 lbs take lots more steroids than phelps could imagine and have x 10 the muscularity.
Yet the dude in the picture which hapens to be 8 times olympia claimed to eat 9k max 10k calories off conetest in mass periods and grow up.
For the record swimming is an aerobic exercise , thus low intense thus low energy consuption. Understand that like all aerobic activities a body undapts or hits platue in the energy consuption , thus someone who swims for a month might burn 500 calories an hour and one that swims for 10 years 200.
You really need not to beleve all this media hype , hes one of the best swimers with the advantage been from u.s thus never geting doping control which means geting the medals.
Ofc this doesnt justify 12k calories , rather that u.s and china can avoid dopoing control at their will.
For instance both thorp and hookemband are been invistaged for been into balco client list so phelps plays alone atm.
Its as superhuman as was joiner , jonshson , carl luis and jones before the doping sclandals.
Thing is jonsonon not been from u.s was cought luis didnt till he admited the use of steroids years after he retired and jones was enever caught from doping control but rather than company espionage , an employ of balco gave the thq, ,the liquid testosterone she were using.
Add all the new pgi1 pgi2 untracebable growth factors , HGh, gene therapies and u have the perfect athelete.
In any case there are bodybuilders or sumo wreslers that weight twice as phelps with x5 the muscles and they get x10 the steroids he gets and they dont consume more than 6-7k calories on average.
One final note , for readers of tnation , beleving that is posible a world class champion to eat tons of pasta , sausages , fried potatoes and pizzas as dinner in a contest period you must be out of your mind and not giving a single thought to what you read.
This guy must havent eat a single slice of pizza for years , neither fried potatoes and all this post are full of bs just so they justify the unthikable, one guy taking 8 medals like there is in a local swim fest with sponsor the pizza hut, gimme a break.
But i forgot all superhumans comes from u.s , i mean batman , spiderman captain america , go figure.
Next think to claim is that phelps can breath fire or somehting and you guys beleve it .
This post simply MUST be nominated for some sort of award.
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Nope, it’s only roughly half as stupid as the thread “like taking steroids” in the beginner section.
I recommend that thread.
[quote]Peot wrote:
tg2hbk4488 wrote:
i would choose sweet potatoes, esp for breakfast when you need the energy all day. Getting the calories isnt hard if you eat a little bit more and eat more than 3 times daily. Eating sugar to get the calories? Why not tell that to someone on a bulking diet too?
I sincerely doubt that his caloric intake is restricted to 3 feedings. Either way, sweet potatoes aren’t a very calorie-dense food. Think about the volume of sweet potatoes it would require to meet those calorie needs.[/quote]
Im just goin off the OP which stated he eat 3 meals…
If you space out over 7-8 meals daily, volume isnt an issue
If he switched the more refined energy, sugar, into whole energy, sweet potatoes, he feel really really bloated and would probably spew during training.
No offence, tg2… but have you ever trained as hard as Phelps? or been on a sports training camp of any sort?
No…I will admit I am not an Olympic athlete…you guys got me there
I have swam competivitly. You are supposed to eat complex carbs all day. Oats in the morning. During meets I would eat baked potatoes between races.
In high school my eating schedule was different than in college, but in college you eat less quantity more frequently. I know you may feel bloated but you would grow accustomed to that amount of food.
Obviously he is the greatest and if it works for him so whatever. I was just surprised by this. And in my opinion I am surprised he eats so shitty is all.
Fair enough. I agree he eats shitty, but with the caveat, that one mans junk is one man’s junk is another man’s treasure (literally in this case).
He must shit trees before getting into that pool. I feel bad for his plumber.
How many people on a bulking diet train with the intensity and duration of Michael Phelps?
[quote]Freaky Styley wrote:
tg2hbk4488 wrote: Eating sugar to get the calories? Why not tell that to someone on a bulking diet too?
How many people on a bulking diet train with the intensity and duration of Michael Phelps?
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It was sarcasm
Those that eat vast amounts of calories don’t necessarily absorb that many calories.
The human GI tract is in competition with bacteria to absorb nutrients before the bacteria do. At smaller nutrient intakes, the human body wins the lion’s share.
Food contains relatively little material that should wind up as stool. Basically, the fiber. The carbs, protein, fats, DNA, and RNA ought to be absorbed.
The greater part of the stool is bacteria or dead bacteria.
On modest calorie diets, there’s not a great volume of stool produced. When eating like a pig, there is. That’s because the rate at which the GI tract can absorb nutrients is limited whereas with all that food available, the number of bacteria can multiply vastly and they have no problem consuming the remainder.
There are videos of slender Japanese girls who eat 30,000 calories. Clearly they aren’t absorbing it, because if they were, they’d have to be burning it to avoid getting fat, and they’d be hot as ovens if they were burning that much.
Nope, the vast majority is feeding the bacteria.
If Phelps were a little more on the ball nutritionally, he’d be trying to get his nutrition across at least 6 meals per day, not three. His body would have much more of a chance to get the nutrients before the bacteria get it.
What I can’t figure is how he maintains a trim belly with all that food in it. I get (temporarily, till the food is out) bloated with far less food than that.
[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
Those that eat vast amounts of calories don’t necessarily absorb that many calories.
The human GI tract is in competition with bacteria to absorb nutrients before the bacteria do. At smaller nutrient intakes, the human body wins the lion’s share.
Food contains relatively little material that should wind up as stool. Basically, the fiber. The carbs, protein, fats, DNA, and RNA ought to be absorbed.
The greater part of the stool is bacteria or dead bacteria.
On modest calorie diets, there’s not a great volume of stool produced. When eating like a pig, there is. That’s because the rate at which the GI tract can absorb nutrients is limited whereas with all that food available, the number of bacteria can multiply vastly and they have no problem consuming the remainder.
There are videos of slender Japanese girls who eat 30,000 calories. Clearly they aren’t absorbing it, because if they were, they’d have to be burning it to avoid getting fat, and they’d be hot as ovens if they were burning that much.
Nope, the vast majority is feeding the bacteria.
If Phelps were a little more on the ball nutritionally, he’d be trying to get his nutrition across at least 6 meals per day, not three. His body would have much more of a chance to get the nutrients before the bacteria get it.
What I can’t figure is how he maintains a trim belly with all that food in it. I get (temporarily, till the food is out) bloated with far less food than that.
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Great post. I have always thought that when you pig out you don’t absorb all of the calories but it is good to see someone more knowledgeable confirm my thoughts and fill in the gaps.
rainjack, what award do you you recommend? im thinking the “WTF were you trying to say?” award.
