EPTMichael Phelps is NOT overrated - Page 2
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Gaetele
Esper760 Posts
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[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
On August 13 2008 20:39 eStoniaNBoY wrote: Phelps being fast and having physical edge above others is known fact. Nothing new about that. But what amazes atleast me and seems so unlogical is how the guy performs almost without no rest and doing all these World Records. Human body has it`s limits, limits that eventually can`t be pushed away even with years of training. Sooner or later body would say " I`ve had enough, lets drink some cold beers and watch TV, enough of those World Records". I think there is enough time to rest between swimming events. It's not like he is running an hour marathon  | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13430 Posts
I doubt I'll ever see someone as good as he is in my lifetime. | ||
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Wurzelbrumpft
Germany471 Posts
its their job guys, its obvious there are ways to do it without being caught and knowing that its about money who wouldn´t do it. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14912 Posts
On August 13 2008 22:00 [X]Ken_D wrote: I think there is enough time to rest between swimming events. It's not like he is running an hour marathon if you've never swam competitively, you have no idea how much each race takes out of you. look at the video of bernard after the 4x100 free relay, he dude was COMPLETELY gassed and was breathing SO hard, prolly took him hours to recover | ||
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theonemephisto
United States409 Posts
On August 13 2008 22:00 [X]Ken_D wrote: I think there is enough time to rest between swimming events. It's not like he is running an hour marathon This is obviously from someone who doesn't swim seriously. Trust me, I'm not on a ridiculous level but I've swam some pretty tough meets (20 swims over 4 days). And trust me, it hurts like nothing else. Just imagining trying to swim something like the 400 IM or 200 Fly 3 times in a meet (most meets don't have semis) is absolutely ridiculous, and he's doing much more than just that. EDIT: By the way, for the 200 fly, "Of the butterfly, he said, 'I couldn't see anything for the last 100. My goggles pretty much filled up with water. It just kept getting worse and worse through the race and I was having trouble seeing the walls, to be honest.'" He broke a world record without being able to see, that's ridiculous. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14912 Posts
a bunch of people were made to look very foolish. Michael Phelps washed up by 2008 olympics? He may still be competing at a high level in 2016! As long as he doesn't get bored.. I must say though, reading that thread where someone got nuked makes it 100x harder even with the few posts that I have quoted in there | ||
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NewFace15
Russian Federation41 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
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new_construct
Canada1041 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4904 Posts
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OrderlyChaos
United States1115 Posts
On August 13 2008 22:18 KOFgokuon wrote: if you've never swam competitively, you have no idea how much each race takes out of you. look at the video of bernard after the 4x100 free relay, he dude was COMPLETELY gassed and was breathing SO hard, prolly took him hours to recover The fact that races have this effect on swimmers makes it even more amazing that he could win the 200 butterfly and then, about an hour later, destroy the competition on the first leg of the 4x200. He's an amazing athlete. Edit: grammar >.> | ||
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theonemephisto
United States409 Posts
On August 13 2008 23:37 OmegaFang wrote: Phelps is so freaking good! I do not think he is doping at all, I mean its not like he is the only one breaking world records here. Almost every single swimming event I watch this year ends in a world record being broken. Michael Jordan never doped and he dominated basketball like no other. Tom Brady doesn't dope, the best quarterback in the NFL by far (I'd say about as far ahead of other quarterbacks as Phelps is ahead of other swimmers). So just because he is so good does not mean he has to be doping. Whats really scary is that he wont reach his physical peak until the age of 28, so in the 2012 Olympics (27 years old) he will be even better assuming he continues practicing and suffers no major injuries or setbacks. I agree that Phelps is amazing, but physical peak at 28? Yea right. Most swimmers peak around 20, and I think that Phelps is just about at his peak. He can keep swimming at that level if he trains really hard, but physically, it's just going to get harder. Of course, he's also improving because of massive improvements in his stroke and walls (especially walls), which is where I think most of the improvement from last Olympics to now has come. | ||
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
On August 13 2008 23:46 theonemephisto wrote: I agree that Phelps is amazing, but physical peak at 28? Yea right. Most swimmers peak around 20, and I think that Phelps is just about at his peak. He can keep swimming at that level if he trains really hard, but physically, it's just going to get harder. Of course, he's also improving because of massive improvements in his stroke and walls (especially walls), which is where I think most of the improvement from last Olympics to now has come. Hm, I suppose the average human peaks around 28 then? I thought I read that somewhere. Swimmers are gassed out by then I suppose, it would make sense. And yes he has improved on the walls so much, it's just so amazing to watch now. | ||
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yenta
Poland1142 Posts
On August 13 2008 23:37 new_construct wrote: lol i see alot of swimmers have premature balding, i wonder if it has anything to do with doping Its the chlorine. It eats hair. Usually only girls wear caps when they swim, the guys don't. My hair is still horrible 2 years after I stopped swimming. During the end of a season it would fall out in clumps :/ Pretty disgusting. | ||
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yenta
Poland1142 Posts
I know Japan's breastroker specifically broke contract to get his speedo suit and it sure as hell paid off for him. Also - the pool. Lane technology has come such a far way. They were showing the warmup pool a few days ago, and you can see how well wider lanes, deeper lanes, and better lanelines squelch waves between lanes - an active lane had no effect on the glass like surface the lane over. | ||
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Ki_Do
Korea (South)981 Posts
progamers should have a doping test too | ||
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Krowser
Canada788 Posts
On August 13 2008 23:59 yenta wrote: Its the chlorine. It eats hair. Usually only girls wear caps when they swim, the guys don't. My hair is still horrible 2 years after I stopped swimming. During the end of a season it would fall out in clumps :/ Pretty disgusting. Hey I was wondering about that. It seems that recently everyone is switching from Chlorine to Salt. What are they using in the olympic pools? Edit: Nerf Phelps! | ||
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luiohh
Bangladesh78 Posts
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