Wake up at 4: 30 in the morning and lie in bed for a while.
"I wake up from 4: 30 to 5: 00 every morning, but getting up is always a difficult step. I will lie in bed for a while, and then get up the courage to get up. This is the Olympic Games. I can't be lazy. I enjoy this monotonous life in water and on land. "
Monsters walking in water often wrestle when walking on land.
If you ask Phelps what training subject he doesn't like the most, running on land must be the first choice, because he often falls for no reason, and even Phelps is in danger of falling if he walks carelessly. Moreover, in the ground physical fitness test, he is always the last in the team.
Wings of the giant
The length from the fingertip of Phelps' left hand to the fingertip of his right hand is 2.07 meters, and his huge wingspan is like a dolphin's fin.
Powerful lung function
This enables the "Philippine fish" to absorb more oxygen, thus ensuring that he stays underwater longer than ordinary people.
short legs
Phelps has a slender upper body, but his legs are very short, only 8 1 cm. His disproportionate body proportion minimizes his resistance in the water.
Strip muscle
When biologists study fish, they find that if the meat of the fish is close to the bone, it is also a sign of fast swimming. This coincides with Phelps' striped muscle characteristics.
Big webbed foot
Phelps' 47-yard foot is like a duck's webbed foot, so the cross-section in contact with water is large, and the thrust will be correspondingly large.
Desperate to win
It's simple. He just doesn't want to lose. "I don't like the feeling of swimming behind other people's asses." Phelps said.
Extraordinary flexibility
In addition, the curvature of Phelps' foot surface is also a miracle, which is 15 degrees higher than that of ordinary people. Extraordinary flexibility allows him to give full play to leverage in the water.
"Shark skin" swimsuit
"Put it on and jump into the pool, just like a hot blade cutting through delicate butter, it will definitely help me break more records." Phelps said.
"Filipino Fish" Mother: Genius once had ADHD.
Phelps's parents divorced when he was 9 years old, so his mother Debbie and two sisters became his closest relatives. At the Beijing Olympic Games, Ma Fei also made a special trip to cheer for his son.
Debbie said in an interview that Phelps was very active as a child. After examination, he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He is an out-and-out ADHD child and can't stop for a moment. Although Phelps soon showed amazing swimming talent, Debbie didn't expect him to achieve today's achievements at that time. She only hopes that swimming can cure her son's ADHD.
In Debbie's eyes, Phelps is a very clingy big boy. The day before the opening ceremony, Debbie stayed up all night, and Phelps woke her up from bed with one text message after another. "Mom, are you there?" "Mom, what time is your plane tomorrow?" Just after leaving the airport the next day, Debbie's cell phone rang again. "Mom, haven't you arrived yet?" ……