Listening to the Olympic commentators makes me cringe sometimes. Some of these cretins are convinced Usain Bolt is a greater Olympian than Phelps.
No Way----NO FRIGGIN' WAY!!!!
=> Michael has won more total golds and total medals over a longer period of time He Owned the pool in Beijing. Bolt dominated two individual and one relay over two Olympiads.
=> Michael's career has lasted much longer than Bolt's.
=> Michael probably has the aerobic capacity of 3 Bolts put together.
=> Bolt is all fast-twitch fibers - honed to perfection for sure but I'd love to see him try to run a 400 or 800m.Michael is fast and slow twitch fibers.
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Really hard to compare this two, any comparison has to be based on subjective criteria, since the medal count doesn't mean much.
One thing is sure in my mind though, it's very hard to commit to a swim training program.
Terry Laughlin has recently created a great blog entry, which could help some of us better understanding what your typical super star swimmer must go through.
www.swimwellblog.com/.../
So whilst it may be that Bolt, objectively speaking (if this is even possible) be a greater athlete than Phelps, I can't help thinking that the latter went through very very difficult times in order to achieve what he did.
Really hard to compare this two, any comparison has to be based on subjective criteria, since the medal count doesn't mean much.
One thing is sure in my mind though, it's very hard to commit to a swim training program.
Terry Laughlin has recently created a great blog entry, which could help some of us better understanding what your typical super star swimmer must go through.
www.swimwellblog.com/.../
So whilst it may be that Bolt, objectively speaking (if this is even possible) be a greater athlete than Phelps, I can't help thinking that the latter went through very very difficult times in order to achieve what he did.
