Cody Miller: What Olympic Swimmers REALLY Eat

2016 Olympic gold and bronze medalist Cody Miller has released the 3rd video in his vlog series. In this installment, he shares on a topic near-and-dear to all of our hearts (and our stomachs): food.

Miller describes his diet as “like the Paleo diet,” high in carbs, lean proteins, and ‘good fats.’ He says he eats lots of plant-based products as well.

Miller goes through his normal week of eating, saying that he does cheat once per week, on Saturday afternoon, because he doesn’t have training on Sunday. While Miller does declare that his diet isn’t the same as every Olympic swimmer’s diet (and he sidesteps the classic “do you really eat 12,000 calories a day question” with an I-don’t-know), the video does give good insight into the sort of regimented discipline it takes to be an elite, international-level athlete. For athletes of this caliber, eating is as much part of their job as is training, and this video really highlights that.

See the video below. For the first two installments, click:

* -Special shoutout to 2017 SEC Champion Ashley Neidigh, sister of SwimSwam writer Lauren Neidigh, for her super-awkward cameo @3:00.

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Barbara
6 years ago

ASHLEY!!!!!! Loved your cameo appearance!

Dan Smith
6 years ago

Cody Miller: Suggestion on the Brussels spouts. Roasted: fresh, cut off bottom, strip off extra leaves, cut in half. Place face down on baking pan, brush with EV Olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast. See recipe below

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
Place trimmed Brussels sprouts, olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal tightly, and shake to coat. … (you can even skip the plastic bag and use a bowl or merely brush on the ev olive oil and sprinkle salt and pepper
Roast in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, shaking pan every 5 to 7 minutes for even browning. Enjoy! And,… Read more »

qubit
6 years ago

It’s understandable that he needs to replace calories burned from training, but tbh, his diet seems excessive and over indulgent.

Breaststroke Nerd
6 years ago

This is actually fantastic, love seeing someone break the notion that swimmers eat whatever they want and splurge on junk food. A very pricey diet to be on, but great job promoting clean eating !

Benjamin
6 years ago

That is all so familiar! And Love the notion of eating right and eating enough but not counting calories. Go Cody!

Rjm
6 years ago

I just wish he would cut dolphin out of his diet.

Phelps swims 200 breast rio
6 years ago

I wish I had kept a daily log of my diet during my crazy mega yardage peak years. I just remember eating a half dozen jelly donuts as a small snack before dinner and complaining I’ll always be skinny.

marklewis
6 years ago

He eats a full and healthy diet. He seems to have a lot of energy, so it must be helping.

I’m a Swammer, but I stlll remember getting out of workout feeling I had a bottomless hole in my stomach ready to filled up.

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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