Comments on: Michael Phelps – Greatest Olympic Swimmer – Workouts and Diet

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:39:40 +0000

I wish I could help Micah, but I am not experienced in that area, sorry.

By: Micah

Micah — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:04:24 +0000

@MotleyHealth Thank you, but thats just it i am on a swim team, i have been for three years. Only just recently did i start training year round in August. My coach gives me stuff to do that is yes hard, but i want to get better. It seems to me that i can get any better than 1:14 1:13 even. Im just looking for a workout i can do all year that will help me get a 1:00 or under, because i know it is possible i look on youtube alot. Thanks :D

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:42:01 +0000

Hi Micah, really you need to find a swimming coach who can advice. Or even a dedicated swimming forum, such as U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums

By: Micah

Micah — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:20:59 +0000

Hey I am a 100 breastroker but I have one problem. I only began to swim year round since this august. My time for the 100 breast is horrible: 1:14.22. I was looking for a workout I could do year round that gets me to like 1:00 or lower. I have until next february to accomplish this goal but I could use some advice or help Please write back. Thank you! Go Phelps!

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:06:16 +0000

Hi Willie, it may be better to speak to a swimming coach, they should be able to guide you better.

By: Willie

Willie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:56:39 +0000

Hey motley health,

Can you write up some workouts for me? Im a young high school varsity athlete in search for some off season weight training. I mainly swim the 100 breaststroke and 50 and 100 free. So basically I’m a spinter with breaststroke as my priority. Breaststroke based workouts would be better.

Thanks

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:48:24 +0000

Michael Phelps is the best swimmer I think we will see for awhile unless another swimmer like him rises up soon, but for now he is crazy even though he might not win 8 gold medals at the 2012 Olympics.

By: Uchikima

Uchikima — Sat, 28 May 2011 08:36:32 +0000

Micheael phelps is really fast.
i can imagine nobody can beat this man.

By: Gaby

Gaby — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:10:35 +0000

Michael Phelps is awesome!!!! I want to be like him, i want to achieve what he has achieved. I read his book every day and I am getting more inspired by him each minute i read the book. Every night I train, every morning I train I always think how hard he trains and it makes me work so hard that i can’t feel any of my body. Good Luck to Michael in 2012!!!!!!!! x

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:44:43 +0000

Michael Phelps has been my inspiration. Every day at practice I think about his dedication and how hard hes worked and its amazing. It makes me work harder!

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:17:30 +0000

He just updated his Facebook page;

“Training Camp is going really well. It has actually been warm enough to train outdoors a couple of the days. Less than a week and we will be done with camp and off to Indianapolis for the Grand Prix.”

Sounds like it will be another great year for Phelps. We all know what he is working towards this year though – The London 2012 Olympic Games!

By: christine lavigne

christine lavigne — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:42:07 +0000

OMG!!!!! I DONT THINK THAT I COULD EVER, EAT 12000 CALORIES A DAY!!!!! I DONT KNOW HOW HE DOES IT!!!!!

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:02:41 +0000

He does not look very weak. Do you have any scietific evidence to support that statement Derp2themax? Because research has actually indicated the opposite,

e.g. “male swimmers had significantly greater bone mineral density than did the nonexercisers”
Ref: The Relationship of Swimming Exercise to Bone Mass in Men and Women, by Eric S. Orwoll, MD; June Ferar; Shelia K. Oviatt; Michael R. McClung, MD; Kathleen Huntington, MS
Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(10):2197-2200.

Studies have shown the impact sports do indeed increase bone density, however, I am yet to read any evidence that swimming reduces bone density. Phelps also does “dry training” such as weight training, and also follows a diet to provide optimum nutrition for his needs. I really doubt he will be suffering from weak bones in future years.

By: Derp2themax

Derp2themax — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:08:25 +0000

I hope he realises that swimming weakens your bones so when he gets older hes in for some trouble.

By: mohamad

mohamad — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:06:43 +0000

I love micheal style of training,
thanx

By: MotleyHealth

MotleyHealth — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:18:41 +0000

I know, you have to be so fit and so dedicated to consume that sort of food. He is not alone though, many bodybuilders and weight lifters eat similar amounts of calories every day.

By: aaryan

aaryan — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:30:02 +0000

I cannot believe how he could maintain his diet

By: rebecca doanghy

rebecca doanghy — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:42:25 +0000

hannnnnniiiirrrrrrrrrr

By: rebecca doanghy

rebecca doanghy — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:39:55 +0000

you sure are but dont forget were in G32 :P xx

By: Hannah Davies

Hannah Davies — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:36:10 +0000

im sittin next to you at this moment in time, in St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, in Flint, sat in Public services ;) xx