Michael Phelps Consumes 12,000 A Day
The New York Post has an article today about the diet of swimmer Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps eats an amazing 12,000 calories a day (vs. a typical diet of 2,000 calories) and is well on his way to trying to beat mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals in an Olympics. The man has already won five of five with five World Records set and has a career gold medal count of ten eleven - which is itself a record. Simply amazing.
Now here’s a sampling of his typical daily intake:
Breakfast
- Three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayo.
- Two cups of coffee.
- A five-egg omelet.
- A bowl of grits.
- Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar.
- Three chocolate-chip pancakes.
Lunch
- A pound of enriched pasta.
- Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread.
- 1,000 calories in energy drinks.
Dinner
- A pound of pasta.
- An entire pizza.
- 1,000 calories in energy drinks.
Damn that’s a lot of calories.
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Aug 13, 2008 - 02:08:59I’m jealous!
I suppose I’d have to take up 8 hours of daily swimming to pull it off though.
I feel sick just reading about how much he eats for breakfast.
I knew a body builder in college and while he didn’t eat like that every day, I’ve seen him have meals like that. I even watched him down few cups of oil straight from the bottle. It’s amazing what your body can do when it gets extremely fit.
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