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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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I tots agree with America needing to get with the program and be at a healthy weight to be less of a drain on our healthcare before dying early
And normally I would claim that Olympic athletes do not overeat…but I imagine in training they probably do. I’m sure everyone remembers Michael Phelps relating to how he was taking in 6000+ Calories per day because he was doing hard cardio training for like 5+ hours/day (how anyone can do that without PED’s still stumps me)
And I normally am against anyone, in shape or not, binge-eating for no reason because it is a waste of food and gluttonous. But if an athlete is burning it in training in an effort to finely tune their craft, then I personally don’t have a problem with it
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Funny thing I read a study that said intermittent fasting improved overall endurance in a set of runners because their body was more readily switching to fat reserves.
I guess it depends on how you measure performance.
My best PT score was after a week of resting. ("Rest" for a healthy young 20s dude) Which probably contributed more to my peek performance.
Training hard right up before you have to compete is stupid.
Olympians should probably eat up put some weight on and only do light activity, stretching two weeks prior to competition/when they need their peekest performance.
How do u think elite bush survival works? You don't go into the bush at 22% body fat.
The overall level of ignorance celebrities and popular athletes contribute to "fitness" is pretty annoying. Old world Olympians where normal healthy people. Not people Training to the very edge of their bodies tolerance...you do that long enough and eventually you'll cave in or all it will take is missing 1 meal or a cold and ur finished.
Sure we've seen some incredible athletic records set, is it worth it though? Is it a celebration of human strength or inhuman training regimes and artificiality? Artifce?
You're right to call it a craft. Take them out of their comfort zones tho and. ..
An Olympics where normies competed without sponsors would be different!