This Is What Michael Phelps' Diet Was Like During Training 

“Eat a lot of fish” CANNIBAL!

Wow how great it was to see him explain his whole diet

Even his face cut is aerodynamic

Even when he says absolutely nothing special or helpful, it’s still exciting and inspiring for some reason

I'm not a swimmer but I can relate to that. I used to do cardio by swimming after weight training but then I start to realize I was losing muscle mass no matter how much I ate so I actually had to just stop and switch to running or incline walk. The amount of calories you burn while swimming ain't no joke, let alone being on an Olympic level.

im a swimmer and trust me swimmers are always hungry yet still skinny

Wait so he only eats chicken and spinach? For once somebody made a video too short. There's like no content here.

When I swam I was hungry 24/7. My parents would be so happy to watch the leftovers leave the fridge the next day!!

To get to 10k calories you'd need to eat a room full of spinach.

This is why i chose swimming as my means of caloric burning for my diet because its fun and ez on the joints plus is THEE most effective.

Literally did not state one single thing that he ate during training.

Yeah well, I don't swim or anything and eat 8,000-10,000 calories a day no problem.

incredible athlete....couldn't believe how much this guy had to eat to achieve what he did....pretty awesome.

I'm a big fan of this diet minus the physical activity.

Michael Phelps telling you to eat your greens for 1min 30 seconds straight.

Stating that sportsmen carreer is (most of the time) more or less short, all hard work combined with such lifestyle worth every single penny earned. As Usain Bolt once said: "I trained all my life to be the best. Now that my career has ended, I can live a normal life and eat junk food". With just a "little bit" more money 😉

most athletes who are used to eating 8000 calories a day, end up to become gigantic bloated beings after they retire. Michael Phelps is still completely shredded like he's shooting the cover a Mens Health magazine later in the day.

I really thought he had a revelation to lay down. No secret in the dirt, talent goes all the way.

the 🐐 himself. what a legend

Sounds right. You workout hard you get great results

Per my research on Olympian Johnny Weissmuller, I recommend 1 pound of bacon and 1 dozen eggs daily (or per meal) for Olympic Gold Medal Swimmers. Weissmuller also ate a loaf of bread. I recommend whole grain millet and buckwheat groats boiled and served with real dairy butter and sweetened with raisins and/or honey and sprinkled with nuts/seeds. For potassium and magnesium drink coconut water and orange juice, and/or eat a fresh avocado. Drink a smoothie with kale and/or spinach powder and tart cherry concentrate and honey and frozen bananas with dry whole milk powder or a vegetable protein powder. Swiss cheese and Walnuts/Pecans/Pumpkin Seeds are also excellent. What you don't want to eat is a low fat and low protein diet with large amounts of complex carbs ( Been there, done that. My swimming performance crashed on that kind of diet). I don't swim anymore but I can still chow down like I used to when training. My current daily diet is 1.5 pounds of pork sausage and or 80/20 turkey or beef burger, 1 pound of swiss cheese, 1 pound of shelled nuts, plus fruits and veges and grains and extra virgin olive oil.

I don't believe for a second he was actually consuming that much on a daily basis. Certainly not eating stuff like spinach and chicken breast. The amount of volume he'd have to consume would make it impossible to train lmao.

Excellent. To keep in top performance.

Ppl generally call a guy with a beautiful wife lucky. But let me tell you, a lot of work goes behind that scenario, and its not worth it at the end of the day. THIS GUY! is the luckiest guy in the world. He gets to do what he loves, and his work makes him eat whatever he wants to eat. What more can a guy ask for?

A few years ago the Baltimore Sun published his diet (junk food version) and journalist went out for one meal. It was something like 6,000 calories with 3 red bulls and the journalist was so sick he could barely walk.

What is this dude’s deal? I’ve heard him in videos say that the stories about him eating 10k calories weren’t true that they were exaggerated, then I see him saying he did eat the much.

I am 74, recently started swimming. Learning off RU-vid to do lap swimming and I do 1000 yards about once a week and 700+ most days. Am I a swimmer or a pretender? My goal is 1500 yards in another 6 months or so....

I can agree on that last statement as a fellow swimmer

Who’s else didn’t know the video was so short and said “that’s it” when it finished 😭

Hoy 8 de agosto cumple 37 años mi ídolo de hace muchos años lo he visto en Argentina y 6 veces en el OPEN de EEUU le deseo lo mejor para él y su familia cariños 🎾🎾🎾

This guy is the man :-)

Michael Phelps' shits must have been legendary.

Cue all the armchair athletes "8-10k calories! I hate him he's sooo skinny. How does he do it?!" Welp he's an Olympic swimmer sooo yeah

Nice video!! But the Musik is too loud !

Phelps actually makes me want to eat right for once.

Swimming legend the goat of swimming all time

This is why not every country can produce top level athletes

I also avoid red meat unless it’s at a bbq. I only eat fish and chicken at home with helpings of vegetables.

That's my calorie intake for 5 days....

The problems with eating red meat (for me at least): -It's too brutal to eat it in the morning. -In the morning, we can't eat red meat before a morning practice because it's too hard to digest. -in the afternoon it's also too hard to digest and it'll make us feel really bad in the afternoon practice. -in the evening it's too hard to digest so it's not really good to eat it before sleeping.

This is the first time I’ve seen his face up close and heard his voice. Thought he looked like someone else😂

Me watching this right after having 2 Big Macs with fries

My brother got your autograph at Jimmy's resteraunt in fells point the year you won those medals,they have the best crabcakes in maryland.

I've never thought Micheal Phelps could be actually Popeye!

Who thought the thumbnail was Ty from DudePerfect????

Millions of years of evolution, just to make that jawline sharper to cut through the water..

Don't forget the marijauna 😂

The most important bit: 'I do like a burger though...' Phelps, I've made notes 😂😂

Bit of weed helps the apettite as well , the odd bong and all that , top bloke !

I literally thought the thumbnail was Ty from Dude Perfect.

Love this ❤

Well said

I don't understand how people think eating primarily veggies is the best way for energy. as a former vegan that would eat mounds of greens, I finally switched to Keto. The fact that I wasn't eating nearly as much food all the time and still performing well clicked.

Make the music much more louder please

How can eating warm nutritious meals ever be brutal? Think of all the poor starving children in the African subcontinent. Be grateful for your blessings Michael.

congratulations on the baby brethren

I'm not standing up on what principle since your so fucking funny

Elite athletes and bodybuilders will often speak negatively of diet and food intake. Jay cutler, former mr. Olympia said he HAS no favorite food. When you eat to the point where you're uncomfortable, the dynamic changes. However, for most of us we starve ourselves and STILL have to struggle to button our pants :)

Pete's Grill!!!! -U10

The masses: "You can't out work a bad diet." Michael Phelps: "Hold my beer."

I like his hair

You stole my car analogy

He's a Sea Monster.

8k-10k calories per day is simply BS. Phelps would probably be burning on the order of 1k calories per hour in the pool, add on 2.5k "baseline", and you're at 4.5-6.5k calories depending on training load.

Didnt even mention the most important thing: carbs

Yes, finally the truth.

I want to become dolphin like this guy one day 🤣🤣

I remember a story that my uncle told me, where my cousin would bring her friend over who was a swimmer, and the first thing she would do was go to the kitchen and start shoveling food into her mouth.

"I do love burger anyways"

I just joined my swim team. I haven’t even submitted my athletic packet yet lmao. Time to become Michael

How many calories would an Olympic swimmers burn freestyle 800 meters under 9 Minutes ?

Was starting to worry about him until he said he does love a good Burger.

Having the munchies must of helped u eat all that 😂

twenty five years ; you aren't an ink expert nor thinking if your portfolio of what you've photographed stamped on another is forgotten from ago

Thanks to fame, whatever he says he eats will affect agricultural food production prices on certain products, consumer habits, etc. You could listen to dieticians and doctors, but nah. If Mr. Phelps eats it, prepare for massive sales!

write the equation without a calculator goes...

I remember he did a livestream Instagram during the Rio Olympics, the man was downing a full bottle of Powerade.

A few trips to 7 eleven for Twisties and Kit Kat’s when he had the munchies

He looks like Tyler from dude perfect on the thumbnail

The thumbnail looks like Ty from dude perfect

Yea eating is difficult....I xan feel u

Ya he was not eating 8-10k calories a day. 7k a day at most

Spinach everyday! Popeye knew that

1,89 m -78 kg -8 hours sports/ week ....... 1900 kcal for mantenance. !!!!!

excectly. he won all his medals just because of hes brutal training and hes healthy food 😂. Dope on the highest level.

True and I’m a swimmer

I want see him eat the 10K calorie food..

The older you get the more quality matters

Nice

Thumbnail looked like Ty from Dude Perfect

He looks like a 45-year-old dad from the 1960s.

I jump in a lake and swim ; gasp how

somebody can't calm down ; electronic fuse holder standing somewhere live wire upset

He's Aquaman

0:26 my boyfriend hehe i want that pic on my wall

He used to smoke a lot of weed to eat all that and it probably helped with injuries

Amazing we still dont know his diet

Yeah red meat would be hard to digest as one of the most bioevailable protein sources

Wow whopping 8-10k calories a day. Literally swiming requires hell lot of energy. No other athlete or even bodybuilders eat this much a day.

Why does he look like Ty from Dude perfect in the thumbnail?