I don't believe this to be true. Phelps' training apparently is well beyond the normal Olympic level swimmer. I don't think you'll find the greatest in any sport who train only as hard as their peers. I consider Phelps to be up there with Armstrong, Jordan, Montana, Bird, Tiger and those guys are all legendary in their above and beyond training.
I wasn't so much trying to take away from Phelps as to point out that other swimmers at the Olympic caliber put out very similar training regimens. Larsen Jensen is listed with training stats of 18,000-20,000 yards per day, at least 6 days per week. Naturally when you train for the 400 and the 1500 you need big yards, but that in no "drop in the bucket".
I don't believe this to be true. Phelps' training apparently is well beyond the normal Olympic level swimmer. I don't think you'll find the greatest in any sport who train only as hard as their peers. I consider Phelps to be up there with Armstrong, Jordan, Montana, Bird, Tiger and those guys are all legendary in their above and beyond training.
I wasn't so much trying to take away from Phelps as to point out that other swimmers at the Olympic caliber put out very similar training regimens. Larsen Jensen is listed with training stats of 18,000-20,000 yards per day, at least 6 days per week. Naturally when you train for the 400 and the 1500 you need big yards, but that in no "drop in the bucket".
