Michael Phelps needs Drug Test!
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- ********
That dude needs to get tested!
(Gambled on no more medals)
- dbloc0
yea...he's a monster.
- jonatne0
He gets tested after every event.
- Damn youdirtydesign
- They talk about it all the time on the broadcasts.jonatne
- dirtydesign0
They test the athletes after every race.
I'm convinced its the new speedo suits.- I don't see him using one, just the oder half suits. The new ones are upper and lower body.NONEIS
- he uses both of themrefunktion
- planet010
pretty sure a drug test is part of his every day routine.
(as far as I know, those tests can't yet account for HGH)
- Jnr_Madison0
He has massive feet, an arm span longer than his height and is double jointed = why he is so good.
- and he takes lots of gak.Jnr_Madison
- hahahaha gak..mikotondria3
- Did he get it from the Jewsians in the Galgamek system?d_rek
- 23kon0
maybe its the diet that is giving him that extra boost
jet propulsion ;)
- IRNlun60
I read that he eats approx. 11,000 calories a day.... he must be eating constantly...
- D_Dot0
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008…
Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.
- Jnr_Madison0
The facts in this thread are questionable.
- Actually, I'll validate them.********
- On your head be it.Jnr_Madison
- Actually, I'll validate them.
- fyoucher10
Yeh, watched a thing on him the other day. Dude burns between 8,000 and 10,000 calories a day. Craziness. He basically eats for 4 or 5 (or in some countries 10 or more people)
- planet010
i've seen the commercials, i'm sure it's all the mcdonalds food that help him be so fast.
- PonyBoy0
just another greedy over-consuming american... huh?
*tosses bobber in the early morning water... :D
- ********0
this is how he looks inside
- Jaline0
It does help if you are built like a beast and if you are tall. It's almost unfair competing with taller people, as they can reach the end first (which can be witnessed many times during situations where it looks like two people are tied right at the end, but one has longer arms). In these cases you just have to be faster.
CBC went through a list of reasons as to why records were being broken all over the place:
"In short, a perfect storm has converged at the venue affectionately known as the Water Cube.
First, the building itself: erected at a cost of over 1 billion yuan (about $155 million), the energy-efficient arena was designed specifically to coax fast times out of swimmers.
Unlike the pool in Athens, the Water Cube's lanes are indoors. That eliminates troublesome wind currents and keeps the sun out of the eyes of backstrokers.
The climate-controlled building also allows officials to keep the water temperature and humidity at optimal levels for racing: around 26 C and 50 to 60 per cent, respectively.
Water depth is just as important. At a generous three metres, the Water Cube pool is able to absorb more turbulence, making for smoother swims.
Space-age suit
Smooth may not adequately describe today's state-of-the-art swimsuits, the No. 1 factor in this unprecedented age of record-smashing.
Speedo's synthetic LZR Racer has surpassed human skin, incorporating the work of NASA engineers to put swimmers inside a low-drag, water-repellent shell that boosts their buoyancy.
The ultrasonically welded suit also creates a corset-like effect, stabilizing the athlete's core while squeezing the body into a more streamlined position.
"The suits helps us feel good in the water. If you feel good in the water, you can do special things," said Australia's Eamon Sullivan, who set a world standard of 47.05 seconds in Wednesday's 100 free semifinals.
"A big part of sprinting is feel. If you don't feel good in the water, you're not going to swim well."
Of course, the LZR Racer is the product of science, not magic, and it requires an elite athlete to take full advantage of the suit's advanced technology.
That sort of talent is found in spades in Beijing. The Olympics have always attracted the world's finest athletes, but the top men and women at this year's Games bear little resemblance to their predecessors, either in the pool or out.
Follow the money
Besides benefiting from advancements in nutrition, training and coaching, today's world-class swimmers have far greater incentive to push the limits of their performance.
Whereas the greats of the past often toiled in obscurity for three years and 50 weeks out of every Olympiad, today's are richly compensated and celebrated.
Phelps's annual earnings from multinational sponsorships have been estimated at $5 million US by ESPN, and he'll receive a bonus of $1 million from Speedo if he matches Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Games.
Elite athletes - like the best in any other field - tend to follow the money. That's led to a larger pool of talent for swimming to draw from as purses grow richer and competition becomes more and more globalized."
- ********0
He was taken in control earlier this spring
His story is that he is suffering from ADHD, so he uses some ritalin/amphetamin like drug, which will be on the list this autumn this year (but has not been until yet)... From there after hes on his own
- tparsons0
It's his large feet and the dolphin paddle technique underwater on his starts and turns...
