“You Get Hungry Every Three Hours”: 8x Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman’s Diet Compared to Swimming Legend Michael Phelps Will Blow Your Mind

Ronnie Coleman is no mere mortal. Bearing the crown of “The King” of the bodybuilding world, Coleman is one of the strongest men to set foot on the Mr. Olympia stage. This mass monster is not only aesthetically superior but, also has bagged major powerlifting goals like a 2300lb leg press and an 800lb squat. And, as it could be guessed, his diet is also huge, exceptionally huge. 

Sportsmen and women have to eat hefty amounts to keep up their energy to reach their competitive goals. Thus, often their diet is deliberately curated, not for normal “everyday” people. So, when Ronnie went to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and shared his eating habits, listeners couldn’t help but find similarities with another legendary sportsman, swimming GOAT, Michael Phelps. 

Ronnie Coleman talks about his 5000+ calorie diet

In the podcast, Coleman went in-depth about his high-calorie and high-protein diet. As a bodybuilder on a cutting phase, his meals were curated to get as much lean protein in as possible. His macros would be divided into 5 to 10% of fat, 20 to 25% carbs, and the rest of it is protein.

He partly said how his eating habits had to do a lot with his physique. “I put on … between five and 10 pounds of muscle a year, and that came from all that heavy lifting (and) a lot of eating, a lot of eating,” he said. Coleman would eat up to six times a day, even getting up in midst of the night to fuel himself. “You kind of get used to it when you eat like that. You get hungry every three hours,” he added. 

This bodybuilder’s diet is reminiscent of Olympian Michael Phelps. Phelps in his prime also had a very famous diet rumored to be around 10k to 12k calories. This “Baltimore Bullet” opened up about how he was simply eating, training, and sleeping. But Coleman’s diet was focused on macros, whereas, Phelps’ one was more about volume.

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For Ronnie, it was all about boiled eggs, filet mignon, and chicken breast. But, Phelps consumed a lot of typically ‘unhealthy’ food to match his energy expenses. The swimmer would eat hearty meals, including a dinner including, Half-kilogram of pasta, with carbonara sauce, large pizza, and energy drinks.

Similarities and differences in the two diets

The differences in the diets were mainly due to the aesthetic vs the performance aspect of their sports. Ronnie needed to stay shredded while maintaining the maximum muscle he could on the stage. But, for Phelps, the goal was to simply win. 

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While the Olympian seemed to hate his 10k-calorie diet, the 8x Mr. Olympia loved it. But, one thing’s for sure, both the athletes are winners in their own right.