Food for Performance: The Secret of Michael Phelps

“Eat, sleep and swim, that’s all I can do,” says the American 6-time Gold earner at the Olympics 2008 at Beijing. Some experts have opined that “you are what you eat”, which has clearly been proved by this latest sensational swimmer of all times who turned just 23 this June.

So what makes this guy own the blue waters? Nothing more than 3 fired-egg sandwiches, cheese, tomatoes and lettuce for breakfast coupled with chocolate chip pancakes, a 5-egg omelet and lots more just for breakfast. Can you beat that?

What’s for breakfast?

Apart from what is mentioned above, Michael has the egg fried sandwiches with a lot of fried onions and mayonnaise too. Not to forget what follows soon are 3 slices of French toast that are sugar-coated and a bowl of porridge. He ends his breakfast with a final 2 cups of coffee.

What’s for lunch?

For lunch this 6 feet 4 inches stud has a pound of pasta with a large ham and cheese sandwich, which is dripping with mayonnaise and finally he indulges on plenty of drinks.

What’s for dinner?

Finally, what do you think he ends his dinner with? Nothing less than half a kg of pasta with carbonara sauce, pizza and plenty of drinks.

Does that mean this guy is actually getting all the push due to his added calorie intake? As curious viewers fail to wonder the secret of his success – height (6 foot 4 inches) or calories, he continues to win lengths after lengths. Experts suggest that the swimmer near around totals to eating about 10000 calories a day which on an average about 5 men should be consuming in a day.

Well, he doesn’t just gobble down the calories but workouts for nearly 5 hours a day. Barbara Lewin, a nutritionist opines that many athletes whether runners or swimmers are not able to perform their best because of glycogen depletion which is caused by lack of carbohydrates, which the muscles of our body require most.

Phelps, who weighs 85 kilograms right now, is hoping to continue his winning streak. If he wins on Sunday, he will be breaking his fellow American Mark Spitz’ record of winning 7 Olympic Gold Medals in just one game of Olympics. With his penchant to win, this guy isn’t an ordinary man to look up to and if he wins tomorrow, he is certainly going to reign in the hearts and minds of people forever!

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7562840.stm

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