I was a very leg-driven swimmer, and now I have the chance to do some more, whether it’s a bench press, or more with free weights, and stuff that I never had the chance to do. I’ve been lifting a little bit more, because when I was swimming I never lifted much for my arms. I’m still working out, anywhere between five and six days a week. I’m not burning as many calories as I did in the pool. For me, it is eating a little better, a little different than I was in the past. Recently, I’ve started to realize that health and wellness are very large parts of my life, and it helps me be more productive. I was kind of lazy the first couple months and wanted to just enjoy retirement, and live life a little bit. I raced at about 195, 200 (lbs) at the Olympic games-that was my fighting weight. What have you been doing the past year to stay in shape? Have you taken it easy, or ramped it up in some instances?ĭuring the first couple months, I kind of took off. The race will take place around the one-year anniversary of your last competitive race. There are too many people that are out there killing sharks, and that’s something that needs to stop. Hopefully, some of the things that I’ve learned, we can pass along to other people, and help them preserve the wildlife that we have all over the world. There are a lot of things I still want to do with sharks. That’s why we have all these amazing breach photos that we see all over the world. If you’re in 30′-40′ of water, you can actually just lay on the bottom, and take the element out of the surprise attack from a great white, because they always love coming from underneath of you to come straight up. Hopefully I’ll have the opportunity to see more and free- or scuba dive with a white. I’ve only been able to see about 5-10 different species, and we have more than 500 species of sharks in the water, all over the world. Now, being able to experience them in their own habitat actually makes me even hungrier to want to see more. This is something that’s always around a major meet for me, so it’s something that helps me relax a little bit. I’ve always been a massive fan of Shark Week, and watched every year. I mean, this has probably been 15 or 16 years where I’ve really wanted to do this. When did this become an interest of yours? You posted on Instagram that you’ve always wanted to dive with sharks. ![]() It was pretty gnarly, and pretty unbelievable, just to see. That was an opportunity and an experience that I never thought I’d have. I basically had an eight-foot great white almost come nose-to-nose with me in the cage. They would kind of bite at the cage, just what they normally do. It was the experience: Coming face-to-face with a 13′ hammerhead, or being in a cage and watching multiple great whites just fly around me, and not attack the cage. It was an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about sharks, which I’m already infatuated with. When I had the opportunity to be on a Shark Week show, it was an absolute no-brainer, and an instant yes from me, just because it was something on my bucket list to do. I think that kind of got me more intrigued to see what other sharks I can swim with. ![]() It’s basically like swimming next to a school bus in the water. Michael Phelps: You just watch that animal. Men’s Fitness: Is there any possible preparation you could do before the race? Olympian in history put his reputation on the line against, y’know, an actual fish-let alone one with hundreds of teeth? Men’s Fitnesssat down with Phelps to find out. ![]() Great White, the upcoming Discovery Channel Shark Week special in which Michael Phelps is set to take on one of the deadliest predators in the ocean.īut the question remains: Why would the greatest U.S. That’s exactly the goal with Great Gold vs. It almost sounds like a stunt dreamed up on a playground: What would happen if the fastest swimmer in the world raced a great white shark?
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