Well the "little babies" of China dominated last night in women's gymnastics and claimed the gold. The U.S. had some opportunities late, but their experience could not calm their nerves and they had some untimely falls late. It turns out that some of the Chinese gymnasts on the team left their families at the age of three to move to the national training center. Only allowed to visit her family once a year, it is said that at some point she wanted to quit but her family would not allow her. I sure hope the gold medal was worth all those years! Now what is she supposed to do with her life?
NBC featured a special on Michael Phelps last night and he said that he was supposed to eat 
8,000-10,000 calories per day while he was training. This is 4 times what the average human is supposed to eat. I have no idea how he could eat that much. I almost want to try to eat that much one day just to see if I could do it. Then again I would also probably gain 3 pounds since I am not swimming 5 hours a day.
8,000-10,000 calories per day while he was training. This is 4 times what the average human is supposed to eat. I have no idea how he could eat that much. I almost want to try to eat that much one day just to see if I could do it. Then again I would also probably gain 3 pounds since I am not swimming 5 hours a day. To put this in perspective this is 10 Chipotle steak burritos with rice and beans @ 1020 calories each. 
Or 33 McDonalds cheeseburgers
Anyone else up for the Phelps challenge to eat 10,000 calories in one day?
3 comments:
Manlympic event for next year?
I think so.
I will win gold. mark it dude.
Here's a scary thought. What happened to the 3-yr-olds they most likely took to train who DIDN'T make it to the Olympics? Get to go home? Right.
Post a Comment