Of course, it helps that Phelps is one of the greatest athletes alive.
The calories are simply burned off by a life spent swimming, whereas most of the rest of us are stuck in cubicles, our main workout consisting of tapping away in front of a computer. I wonder how many of his egg sandwiches, whole pizzas or vats of pasta could be burned off by rhythmically moving one’s fingers up and down on a keyboard? Not many, I suspect.
Non-Olympians can sample aspects of the Phelps diet without the tedious fitness regime that goes with it – and regularly, we do. America offers a plethora of places for us ordinary folk to try and replicate Phelps’ regular feats of endurance eating.
Hell, most of them have some form of prize involved, so we can even feel we are being competitive. There is Eagle’s Deli in Boston which serves a Challenge Burger of 5lbs of beef, 20 slices of cheese, 20 slices of bacon and 5lbs of fries. Or the Seiad Valley Store and Cafe in California which serves up a 5lb platter of pancakes. Or Pointer’s Pizza in St. Louis, which has the 28-inch Pointersaurus Pizza. Any team of two eaters who consumes it less than an hour wins $500. Or the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas, which gives away a 72oz steak to anyone who can actually eat the thing in 60 minutes or less. So far, 40,000 people have tried. Amazingly, 7,000 have succeeded. You can probably bet that few of the winners had the Olympics in mind.
On Serious Eats, folk are discussing how best one can ingest the mind boggling amounts of calories some athletes demand, and, brilliantly, they’ve found this video of him cramming food in at his local restaurants, complete with happy restaurateurs (no wonder). Phelps says he’s got to load the calories on, but you’ve got to wonder, what does this kind of diet mean for his long term health?
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当講座ではボディデザインやダイエット、スポーツにおける体作りの方法を学習します。
誰もが間違いやすい点や、効果を引き出すための知識を順序良くまとめられたと思います。
今までは遺伝で済まされていた体質や改善すべき点をスポーツトレーニングのコンディショニングに沿って具体的に解説します。
特別なことよりも「時間帯や順番を変えるだけで効果が上がる」など、衝撃を受ける内容がその他幾つもあるでしょう。
よく「ボディデザインは栄養管理8、エクササイズ2」と言われますが、講座では「よく耳にする難しい栄養学」ではなく『時間栄養学』に着目します。エクササイズはボディデザインに有効な形式でまとめてありますので、Youtubeの見本動画を見ながら実践してください。 追記と更新を重ね、より良い『パーソナルトレーニング』になるよう努力しますのでよろしくお願いします。