sdb

Holy Smokes!!



Michael Phelps is rewriting Olympic history on almost a daily basis - and now we know how. It all comes down to a fried-egg sandwich. Or to be more precise, three fried-egg sandwiches and the cheese, tomatoes, onions and mayo. And that's just for starters.

"Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do," Phelps said after winning his eleventh Olympic gold medal. Boy can he eat.

The 23-year-old's diet is almost as staggering as his performances in the swimming pool and involves him taking on about 4,000 calories every time he sits down for a medal - something more plausibly associated with competitive eating than championship swimming.



Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelette. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch: One pound of pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayonnaise on white bread, plus 1,000 calories of energy drinks.

Dinner: One pound of pasta, an entire pizza and even more energy drinks.

wala

WTF?

I can't see how this can be possible? He's tall, but he's quite thin... his training does use a lot of calories tho... but to take in that much, I wouldn't think he could even swim! I'd be sick, especially if I got in the pool to use up that energy..

I might try this tho, part junk food and winning 11 (soon to be like 14?) Olympic gold medals FTW!

sdb

he does swim 5-6 hours a day, lifts weights, and does cardio also.

1quick1

I can believe it. Seriously when I was 15 and was lifting weights I ate nothing but garbage and alot of it and never broke 150. Swimming is hard and I would compare it to doing HIIT all day long. Don't believe me go do some sprints then go do some laps in the pool at full speed. Swimming at full speed (what's the term for swimming at full speed?) is very hard and will leave you winded, tired, and sore.

ForemanRules

I wish I could eat like that.Then again he must be burning thousands of calories in his workouts.

Striker

How does he eat that much?

Malley

I could definitly eat that much!

Critical Mass

I dont know. I still call bullshit. Thats a lot of food. A whole hell of a lot of food.

....But I did hear about them running out of food for him to eat. So now, they are feeding him Chinese Gymnast's.

All I have to say is that if I find this to be true, I dont want to hear any whining from anybody claiming that they are afraid to eat too many calories because they only want to put on "hard" weight, not any fat. Whatever...... spanks.

Striker

but he also swims 5-6 hours a day and does cardio on top of that so..