• Irremarkable@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    IIRC, the reason he gave is they’re consistent pretty much anywhere in the world. Last thing you want before an event is food poisoning.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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      3 months 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.

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        3 months 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