12,000 Calorie Daily Diet = Michael Phelps Abs, Yumm!
Ummm.. so call me fickle but one of the most inspiring tales to come out of the Beijing Olympics is the epiphany of Michael Phelps daily calorie intake and how he still manages to have those ABS!!
Yeah, yeah I know the man has honed his body to a chiseled dreamy swimming machine but still, the sheer volume and “type” of food that Phelps consumes is staggering by any standards.
Keep in mind that the average recommended daily calorie intake is 2,000 calories. He consumes 12,000!
Here’s the breakdown:
Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, and mayonnaise - two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelette, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.
Lunch: a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread, capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
Dinner: carbohydrate-rich foods—such as a pound of pasta and an entire pizza—which give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen. He washes all that down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
Whoa!!
My point with all this is how amazing the human body is, like what a finely tuned machine it could become when necessary. Granted his workout and diet are both EXTREME but the major lesson to walk away with is that you can allow yourself a few “extravagances” in diet as long as the ratio between “crap food” and “excercise” is 1:4. One part crap food, four parts exercise?
What do you guys think? Sound about right? Or is Michael Phelps just the exception to the rule?
P.S. - The lads face could use some work… but who is looking at his face! Hahahaha….
