Phelps is a god.
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Nabisco
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And he gets to eat 10,000 calories a day for maintenance (as reported via the news). Apparently he swims so damn much that he has to eat nearly 10k calories to maintain his bodyweight of 190lbs and no matter how much he eats he can't seem to crest the 190lb mark. Not that it matters, he's still beast.
Australian made
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88km per week he swims. freak. i hate him.
Usf97j4x4
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Yahoo news posted his 12,500 calorie/day daily diet. No way was it 12,500 but it was a lot. Very unhealthy though, made me cringe... but I guess when you swim that much it doesnt matter.
shaddow
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Ok, I just read that article. 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks in one sitting? Pizza? Chocolate chip pancakes? French toast? Powdered sugar? Mayo? White bread?
Man, I'm in the wrong sport. :bb3:
mcneil0303
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honestly guys who guys a flying **** about swimming when olympics isnt on. Nobody gives a crap about swimming and are you really telling me the top athletes go into swimming..... no wayyyy the real athletes go into fball bball and baseball
Nabisco
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That is an incredibly ignorant statement. How many people do you see competing in football, basketball, and baseball on an elite level. A lot. How many do you see competing on an elite level in swimming? Not too many, because it's an incredibly difficult sport to compete at an elite level in. Just because swimming isn't a glorified sport in the US doesn't mean it doesn't have a following elsewhere.
I've lived in Australia for a few years and its a fairly big deal to them. I'm just astounded that you wouldn't consider Michael Phelps a "real athlete" when the dude is the greatest olympian EVER. How that makes him less than a "real athlete" is beyond my comprehension.
But enjoy your ride home on the short bus.:think:
Nightwanderer
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Swimmer's diets are weird though, I saw a documentary on some older guy swimming across the english channel, and he had a big time pot belly and mostly just ate gobs & gobs of pasta with butter, etc.
I think the bottom line for them must be energy no matter where it comes from.
bLacKjAck.
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That was so incredibly stupid, I don't even know where to start.
DAdams91982
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If you look at his diet... HE NEEDS CARBS. And LOTS of em. I mean three french toast, and three pancakes, plus a sh!t ton of grits.
We dont do 88K a week of swimming, or you too could eat like he does.
Adams
We dont do 88K a week of swimming, or you too could eat like he does.
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DAdams91982
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Of lord that is dumb. Try swimming a 400M strait out.... see if your little cardio program even stacks up.
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Nightwanderer
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Yeah really,
Swimming is one of the best overall types of exercise for general fitness period. A lot of people don't realize how adaptive it can be, the more lean body mass you have, the stronger you have to be to swim with it, etc.
shaddow
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That's open water swimming though. That is COLD water, and they absolutely NEED bodyfat for swims like that or their bodies will completely shut down and they will DIE out there. I was watching a documentary on a woman who swam in 50-some degree water for a couple of hours. They were talking about how most people's bodies would just shut on them after a few minutes out there, but she could just keep on going. Her bf% was like 50-something % or something ridiculous. I think she was like 5'3" 200lbs. Adding tons of bf is the only way you can swim in water that cold and survive. If I were to jump in that water I'd probably last like 30 seconds!
Australian made
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oh my Invalid Link Removed
Australian made
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oh my lord, american footballers are hardly athletes,theres maybe a few guys in tip top shape, the rest are fat fckers, and baseball:yawn:is it over yet?
Nightwanderer
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lmao x2
Nightwanderer
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Yeah I forgot about water temp. makes me wonder if all the 'thermogenic' ingredients used in weight reduction supps really even help, I'm sure swimmers don't get as hot as we do, and obviously guys like phelps can get shredded up pretty well.
Nabisco
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I think you mistook my statement. I was saying Phelps was an elite athlete and that American football players were NOT on his level. I was responding to a statement by a previous poster who said Phelps was not a "real" athlete like football players. :thumbsup:
Australian made
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i know what you meant mate. football is the USA's most popular sport right?
MrBrightside
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I think "best Olympic athlete of all-time" is a exaggerated, but he definitely dominates his sport like no other athlete in their domain.
Australian made
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its impossible to determine. back in the early days you were only allowed to enter 4 events. there were various athletes who were capable of winning more then 9 golds in their careers but were restricted for that reason. The 1940 olympics was also cancelled which meant a few current champions were not able to add to their tallys. Fact is PHelps is amazing at what he does. I don't see why he has to be compared to anyone else.
MrBrightside
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Completely untrue. Find me another sport that harbors as many <4.3 forty yard dashers than football and I'll bow to whatever that is. Until then, football holds the best pure athletes in the world, period. Their average vertical jump is much higher than basketball players, they are much faster, more agile, and more explosive than any other athletes, the linemen are brutally strong, and the power of the running backs and some wide receivers are simply mindblowing.
Australian made
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agreed they are freaks no doubt, too bad they never get to fully utilise there speed and strength due to the stop/start nature of the NFL.
MrBrightside
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Yeah, that does suck. 40 yard dash is an over hyped physical trial, but it does give a good indication on acceleration and speed to a degree.
VolcomX311
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Aussy Made, I'm not being argumentative cause you're my bud, but I gotsta stick up for American Football.
The stop and start nature, is one of the MOST athletic aspects of the game. 50 yard sprinters are greater at starting, hitting top speed in a few seconds, and maintaining top speed for a few seconds until the race ends. For American Football athletes, the stop and go is a SERIOUS exercise of agility & power. To be able to stop & go, turn and powerfully launch into a power sprint takes an enormous amount of agility, quickness & power. The whole point of those short, choppy ladder drills are to sharpen that agility and quickness. Power, as refined through Plyo's and Power Lifts, are the main propellant of being able to QUICKLY stop & go.
On the baseball note... no brother, sadly, its nowhere near over.
VolcomX311
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P.S. Don't mean to Hijack, GO PHELPS!
VolcomX311
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Unless you make your way over to the jacuzzi, then you're still technically in water :thumbsup:
Australian made
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i know exactly what your saying mate, what i kinda meant was the game is not free flowing enough for me to watch if that makes sense and for the guys to really unwind. im trying to get tickets to the NFL game in London so i can see what the fuss is all about but apparently over 1,000,000 applied for tickets:jaw:
VolcomX311
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I hear ya. Before I was a real fan, the only plays I could appreciate were the ones where the running back finally broke away from the line and ran a B-line to the touchdown, everything else was like, 2 yard gain, whippeee, another 2 yard gain... 4 yard gain, uggghhhh.... That's probably true for any sport, you really have to understand the intricacies to appreciate it.
My girlfriend is a baseball fanatic! So I'm dragged to the games. I kid you not, when "our" team makes a good play, I cheer because it moves the game along and the quicker outs are made, the quicker the game ends. No offense to the baseball fans out there, just not MY sport.
If my girl ever found this post, I'd be neck deep in it.
DAdams91982
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Your point definitely applies as well to baseball. It isn't America's past time for nothing. A great over the wall rob of a homerun is just as exciting for me to watch as anything... or a 7 inning shut down by my teams starting pitcher.
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DAdams91982
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His gold medal today was AMAZING... coming from behind and scooping it by 1/100 of a second.
MAN... AMAZING.
Adams
MAN... AMAZING.
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GreenSquats
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One word... ok two.
HOLY *%^#!!
Did you guys just see that!?
Unbelievable. He refuses to lose....
HOLY *%^#!!
Did you guys just see that!?
Unbelievable. He refuses to lose....
VolcomX311
Legend
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't bashing baseball. I don't think I ever made a single negative comment about the lack of athleticism in baseball as a sport, I made comments about my personal dislike for it, and I didn't make any mention that baseball players are any lesser of an athlete compared to athlete's in a sport that I prefer (even though I do have my biases).
I'm a strength and conditioning specialist, I work with human performance whether I like the sport the athlete plays or not, and I'm well aware of the intricate and precise mechanics involved in a "simple' pitch.
Either you misunderstood me or I miscommunicated, but I believe my only negative comments were my personal dislike for the sport, I didn't say people who enjoyed the sport are dumb or anything, in case you didn't pick up on it, I believe i made note that my girlfriend is a baseball (dodger) fanatic, a much bigger fan of baseball then I am of football.
My comment to Aussy wasn't about why he should like the sport of football, I was just defending the athleticism football players possessed.
DAdams91982
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Volc,
I apologize if my post came off wrong. It wasn't meant to as disrespect to your comments. Rather I was just stating about baseball as you did about football. That there is alot to the game that you must understand to enjoy. I didn't take it as you were saying anything negative about baseball, and nor did I take offense at all about anything you said.
I guess my post came off wrong, and I apologize for that if so.
Adams
Trauma1
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You aren't kidding. Much respect i have for him as an amazing athlete!
Australian made
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i just watched him get number 7. unbelievable. this is probably the only time i am ever cheering on an american.....unless you guys were playing the english in something.
VolcomX311
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Sorry I misunderstood, I shouldn't have came off so touchy either. My bad. I respect the sport for the talent required, i don't think there is any other professional sport that has so many qualifiers to become pro (like all the minor leagues), and the mechanics behind a good pitch is outrageous, not to mention the minute margin for error the players are alloted, so I do respect the talent aspect. I think because I was made score keeper at little league games so much it traumatized me :thumbsup:
Same with soccer (we're cool Aussy made), I don't enjoy watching the sport, but the talent required, not to mention the conditioning, is something I can respect and admire, just not watch.
mcneil0303
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hey guyss haha i started this whole thing by bashing phelps. You cant deny what he is doing and he is amazing in his sport. I am not arguing that point at all but the point I am making is that there is only a small amount of talented athletes that go into swimming. I am only talking about pure number and for the most part the great athletes DO NOT go into swimming. Phelps is doing amazing and can not take it away from.
Fastone
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You make a good point about athletes and swimming. I personally think it's because the other sports discussed in this thread for the most part being more commercial means more money. Other than the Olympics there's not alot of money to be made in swimming at least not at the level of a professional in baseball,basketball, football or hockey. Phelps has assured himself of a very wealthy life. He has literally become an American Treasure that will talked about as long as the Olympics continue to exist. Cool stuff
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