Michael Phelps' Diet

ButterySmoothStride wrote:

runner_dude wrote:

Pinthin wrote:why does he drink coffee and energy drinks?... is this for real or being sarcastic??

anyways fried egg sandwhich sounds nasty.

I think the "energy drinks" are more like protein shakes and such. And a bit of caffine often helps performance, and you don't get as dehydrated swimming as running (and if you do you can just drink up!)

Yes, nothing hydrates me quite like chlorine and other assorted chemicals.....but I wonder how all the other swimmers feel. Lochte is probably doing at least 90% of Phelp's training volume, and he might actually be doing the same workouts. He's probably saying "I eat a lot too!" and everyone is telling him "Shut up, Lochte! You're blocking our view of the Boy Wonder."

Wgrt wrote:heard slightly differently - 12000 calories
with 1/2 a kilogram of pasta at both lunch and dinner
and slightly different meals
but yeah
thats almost a weeks food :S