• @acosmichippo
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    91 month ago

    with all the calories they’re burning they can afford it anyway. i vaguely remember phelps talking about his usual daily meals being like stacks of chocolate chip waffles, and not chicken breast with salad as you might expect.

    • Skua
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      161 month ago

      It’s both, not one or the other. Dude was trying to get 8,000+ calories a day and also huge amounts of protein at the same time

      • @mojofrododojo
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        11 month ago

        it’s important that people understand you can’t mainline one type of intake when trying to both sustain the workouts/competition going on and preparing for a big meet. Not only does it get monotonous your body needs fats to refresh the digestive track and propel all that protein and carbs through the intestines. Trying that on a homogenous diet would be miserable.