Michael Phelps: The Olympian’s Gold Medal Secret “Revealed”
farmeric August 19th, 2008
Michael Phelps courtesy of http://www.growthpop.com
Some people are commenting that it’s due to steroids or drugs, others says it’s because of his bizarre-eating lifestyle, while most are saying that Phelps is a mutant and one of the member of X-man team. Does he possessed a special power? Is he a human dolphin that loves to listen to music before he dives?
Did you know that Phelp’s battled ADHD as a kid?
Read on and find out the “secret”
So what’s the difference between Michael Phelps - an Olympic champion and a mere mortal? Nothing so much really except for some several unique physical characteristics that makes him smashing world record every time he’s in the water.
In an interview of Jim Caple(jimcaple.net), a senior writer for ESPN.com, Michael Phelps reveals on how we, the “mere mortals”, can be Olympic champions too.
Phelps’ revealed that he’s eating a lot of PIZZA and PASTA. He doesn’t simply eat a lot, but he’s loading his system six times the amount of calories more than an average human being of the same age! He’s shoveling 12,000 calories a day!
Do you believe that?
The Olympians who is holding the most number of gold medal in a single Olympics, also reveals that he sleeps a lot! He sleeps as much as he can whenever he’s not in the pool breaking worlds’ records.
Very simple isn’t? or is it? What makes Phelps so good aside from eating a lot of carbs from pizza and pasta?
Well, according to his coach Bob Bowman, Phelps has abnormality…Bingo! Does it mean that Phelps is a real-life mutant and genetically-modified?
Sit back and relax as Phelps’s coach is breaking down his unusual physical characteristics stroke by stroke … Are you ready ?
According to Bow Bowman, Phelps has physical attributes that anatomically makes him perfect for his sport.
- Phelps’ has abnormally thin torso which is longer than his legs, which makes him to drag less in water.
- His immense wingspan (arms length ) is longer and disproportionate to his height. The additional 3 inches ( 6 feet 7 inches arms length vs. 6 feet 4 inches height) allows him to cover more space than his competitors
- He’s got relatively short but powerful legs, again to lower the drag in water.
- Oh boy, he’s got a natural flippers!… an overwhelming size 14 with a double-jointed ankles, enabling him to thrust through water as if he’s wearing a fins.
- Phelp’s do break rules in swimming, specially in breaststroke. Don’t get me wrong on this. According to coaches, they drilled their swimmers to breathe every two or three strokes but Phelps breathes every stroke! Bowman said that Phelps has a better rhythm when he breathes every stroke.
And the secret is…?
Aside from his very controversial diet, his unusuall physique, I guess what makes Phelps a winner is his attitude and his big heart. For an Olympian winner like him, losing motivates him more to get better. I believed when Bowman told The Baltimore Sun that “Phelps is unbelievably kind-hearted”.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps, http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=3530989&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines,http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3526309
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Sandra Kellog wrote about it lately but i think what you wrote is much better.
hes not a mutant hes merley the next step in evulotion