Your body is a temple, everybody knows that. Unfortunately, not everyone can take care of a temple and often fill it with things that don’t belong. In the case of college students, these things include beer, Taco Bell, and whatever ’smells fresh’ in your fridge.
...I've had worse
Everybody has heard of the freshman 15, the 15 pounds a new student gains when entering college. The reason is that you are so excited by your new found independence that you go out for dinner at crap-shacks (see: Taco Bell) instead of eating good wholesome food. So to combat this, I’ve made up a guide that follows the Olympic regime that Phelps uses, but that can be adopted by your regular joe-schmoe.
- Eat A Huge Breakfast
According to his autobiography, Michael Phelps eats…
3 Sandwiches of fried eggs, lettuce, tomato, cheese, fried onions, and mayo. One omelete, a bowl of grits, 3 slices of french toast with powdered sugar, and wash that down with 3 chocolate chip pancakes.
Unless you’re a human sponge, it’s unlikely that you will be able to consume this much. But we can use Phelps’ breakfast as a model to what we should do; eat a massive breakfast. You want to carbo-load (copyright) as soon as you wake up to fuel you throughout the day so start by downing some toast and butter (don’t use margarine) and then cracking up a 3-4 egg omelette. Wash this down with a protein powder and milk and you’re set for a good 6 hours. Use lunch to grab some proteins and eat a light dinner of fruit and veggies.
- Stay Moving
Phelps has to swim, run and workout all day long, which explains his freakish physique. But what you have to remember is to move constantly, never stay planted for more than an hour; take a walk, go to the bathroom, pump out some push-ups, anything. The trick is to keep your metabolism fired up and make sure it keeps burning fat from your body. A great investment is flex-bands which you can take anywhere and use them to workout any muscle group whenever you feel like. Keep them at your dorm or in your bag, just make sure that you use them!
- Hit The Gym
Just because your moving, doesn’t mean your going to gain new muscle, you need to pump iron for that. An Olympic workout will be full-body and consists of roughly 2 hours of lift, pulling and pushing. Students don’t have that kind of time, so what were going to use is the 40 minute workout which targets all muscle groups. Start with shoulders, then arms, then upper and lower back, chest, and finally abs. Pick your favorite workout for each group and do 1-2 sets of 8-12 without resting in between. Finish all of this with a 1 mile run and you should be out of the gym in less time than it would take Phelps to finish his breakfast.
Phelps eats 2 of these
- Catch Up On Z’s
When you’re not working out, eating, studying or partying, then make sure you’re sleeping. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in a row or not, just get 8-9 hours. Grab a nap after class or after a workout to make sure your body can reload and rest. This keeps you sharp and on-track to make sure that you can listen to a lecture without dozing off, or party till the wee hours on the weekend.
- Don’t Give Into Temptation
Phelps swam every day since he was 14; Christmas, birthdays, it didn’t matter, he never strayed from his goal. Use that in your routine, walk past the crap-shacks, resist Pop, and stick to hard liquor (beer is dripping in carbs).
Follow these steps and you can fend off the freshman 15, and maybe even turn it into the freshman -10.
This could be you...but probably not
Until next time,
keep it spazztic!
Posted by Slava Pastukhov 
