Yes I'm still happy that a certain swimmer is off air (more or less), but that doesn't mean his diet isn't fascinating. I just can't get enough of the details (following from BBC News):
For breakfast: three fried egg sandwiches, with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise, followed by three chocolate-chip pancakes; a five-egg omelette; three sugar-coated slices of French toast and a bowl of grits (a maize-based porridge), washed down with two cups of coffee.
For lunch: half a kilogram (one pound) of enriched pasta; two large ham and cheese sandwiches on white bread smothered with mayonnaise, washed down by energy drinks.
For dinner: Another half-kilogram of pasta, perhaps with a carbonara sauce, followed by a large pizza and more energy drinks
TFMJ is so jealous.
Jeff Kotterman, director of the US National Association of Sports Nutrition, said: Phelps, with an estimated 8% body fat, probably
burns 1,000 calories per hour during his swimming training, compared to
the equivalent exercise for an average person - vigorous walking - that
would burn between 170 and 240 calories.
Consequently, trying to emulate the Phelps diet by consuming up to 12,000 calories a day in order to attain his physique would more than likely come to a wobbly end.
One pound of fat has roughly 3,500 calories, so an ordinary man could put on almost three pounds of fat a day.
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