RAINRA Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Not hating but seriously... could you at least stop bragging about your bad diet...http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/roundup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 just because the media decides to publish that everywhere doesn't mean phelps himself is bragging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINRA Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 It was a post gold metal media interview... this sounds to me as a pretty big interview. Specially when cameras are rolling around the world.Yeah your are right bragging is the wrong word for this. I did not really mean to say bragging but it comes off like hey I am in good shape i took care of my self but now I am going back to eating garbage.Really if your in front of a camera and they are interviewing you... you can say anything, it is his right but just being objective there are tons of kids and adults around the world that are looking at him like a role model. When he says he is chowing down on junk... does this not leave people to believe they too can be champs on highly unhealthy foods? I just think it sends the wrong message. Again this is my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Um.......have you ever competed for anything? I am cutting for a comp right now, and my diet is bare bones and clean (meaning no sugar and very low fat). I will be this way for 12 weeks total (OK maybe more this time around as I let myself get too big off season). You are focused on training. Food becomes fuel and not a pleasure. Yeah, I saw his diet and it is just a regular omnivore diet, but it is clean with no junkfood in it. He said he will begin training at the beginning of the year, which means back to eating just for training. Give the guy a break! A greasy burger (with greasy cheese) and fries is something you can't have when you are training. He gets to have what he wants for a couple of months, and then it is again four more years of training (OK he may have a burger and junkfood here and there, but still. . . .). Maybe since I have done intense training and have put everything, even your food, into training, I can appreciate what he said (though as a vegan a cheese burger and fries (mmmmm.....now fries and potato chips would be on my list!) is not my idea of celebration food). You might be tripping a little on him advocating junkfood though, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Um.......have you ever competed for anything? I am cutting for a comp right now, and my diet is bare bones and clean (meaning no sugar and very low fat). I will be this way for 12 weeks total (OK maybe more this time around as I let myself get too big off season). You are focused on training. Food becomes fuel and not a pleasure. Yeah, I saw his diet and it is just a regular omnivore diet, but it is clean with no junkfood in it. He said he will begin training at the beginning of the year, which means back to eating just for training. Give the guy a break! A greasy burger (with greasy cheese) and fries is something you can't have when you are training. He gets to have what he wants for a couple of months, and then it is again four more years of training (OK he may have a burger and junkfood here and there, but still. . . .). Maybe since I have done intense training and have put everything, even your food, into training, I can appreciate what he said (though as a vegan a cheese burger and fries (mmmmm.....now fries and potato chips would be on my list!) is not my idea of celebration food). You might be tripping a little on him advocating junkfood though, IMO. His diet that's published all over the internet is definitely not clean like you say. It's loaded with refined trash, but he needs to quick digesting carbs for energy, unreal how many races he had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINRA Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 I like it ... opinions flying around ... tension... lol... No I am not trying to say it is perfect but when I think of athletes I tend to think smart nutritionally. I know that is not always the case. I read a lot on bodybuilding nutrition lots of articles will say junk food is ok a few times a week... I personally studied nutrition so I am bit caught up on being healthy... so yeah I on some times break away from the healthy... just yeah being vegan and hearing Burger and fries .... just annoyed me a bit. I respect all athletes on their talents just sometimes I can't always agree with their diet choices. Specially if their that high up on the athletic pyramid. My first reaction was man now you real read tons of magazines where they will be saying this guy became an athletic star eating burgers and fries... although some of you said he posted his diet online somewhere. I am curious what he really ate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly Lifter Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 what should he do? lie about it? that's a good role model or should he be an a-hole and just not answer the questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINRA Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 I agree at least he is honest. Like a quoted above this is just my opinion, I agree to that not everyone will agree. That is why I posted it. Just was surprised that all. Well the great thing is that he won some gold medals. good for him. that is quite and accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxlonghorn Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 When you swim that much, you need a huge amount of calories. He says he eats 12000 calories a day when he trains, and he swims 6 hours a day. When your at the point where Phelps is, a regular diet won't cut it. He still has better abs than I do . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 There have been many discussions, and most people are saying he gets closer to 8000 a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Many athletes don't eat well. I saw a documentary and I was surprised and even shocked to learn how ignorant about nutrition some of them were, even if they're at national and international competition level. Some of them don't receive any nutritional advice from a personal nutritionist or dietetician, and the opinions from their personal trainer is often : eat meat. So at least they should open a book and read on the subject. I don't know for Phelps diet but from what he said he seems to me like someone eating junk foods as often as he gets the chance. There was a cross-country skiing athlete that was eating cheeseburgers every night on the grill, was winning during the first years but then never really improved his performances. Other athletes he knew suggested him to change his diet so he became vegeterian, eating tofu and veggies for dinner. Of course tofu ain't perfection but it's still better than animal fats and animal proteins slowing down his organism. He said at first it was hard to quit the junk food and fast food he loved so much, but he noticed he was slowly losing weight, "I was becoming a faster machine" so that encouraged him and he started to break all of his personal records and win more races. There was a female swimmer that always felt "heavy" after eating meat so she decided by herself to become vegetarian despite what her family and personal trainer were saying :"you will become anaemic and weak", but to their surprise she began to win more races and improve her personal times too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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