Michael phelps weight training
Michael phelps height!
Michael Phelps, the American swimmer, was hailed as the greatest Olympic athlete of all time after winning his eleventh gold medal in 2008, and now has a staggering 19 Gold medals (August 9, 2016).
There is no doubt that Michael Phelps is extremely well suited to swimming.
Michael Phelps Bio
Phelps is 6 foot 4 in tall and weighs around 185 pounds (84 kg). He has size 14 feet and a 6ft 7in arm reach, which is 3in longer than his height.
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He has relatively short legs for his height, which gives him an additional advantage in the pool. Also his knees are double-jointed and his feet can rotate 15 degrees more than average, allowing them to be straightened fully so that his mighty feet act like flippers.
These genetic advantages help him to kick off the wall and propel himself dolphin like 10m before actually have to swim. This is how he got the name, “the human dolphin“.
A little known fact about Phelps is that in his youth, he was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hype