because his body is built for it...he is 6'3-6'4, has HUGE feet and most importantly just has the drive to win...! And also he practices 17 hours a day!!! he has a 3 inch bigger wingspan than up and down. and he has slightly webbed fingers. and HUGE feet!
He was swimming so that helps him to be active . ;)
Both of his older sisters were in swimming an Michael was very fit and energetic. When he was eleven he met Bob Bowman who knew that Michael would excel dramatically and so then he quit all the other sports he was in and began swimming.
The most amount of gold medals ever won at a single Olympic swimming competition was 8, and it was done by Michael Phelps of the US at the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics.
Michael Phelps began swimming at age 7 at the North Baltimore Swimming Club.
No, although swimming requires a lot of energy, so does football. It's a guy thing, so football players, like linemen, eat more than Phelps.
The reason Michael Phelps actually became a swimmer because his older sisters Hilary and Whitney were swimming all the time and so naturally Phelps followed the family tradition and it turned out he was better than either of his older sisters. It was not because he had a perfect body alignment because 9/10 the most successful swimmers in the world are not built for swimming, but he succeeded in swimming because he had the most determination and probably the best coach in the world Bob Bowman.
He's been swimming since he was three but he has been non stop training for the Olympics since 2000. That was four years before the Olympics in Athens. So technically Michael Phelps has been training eight straight years for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Michael Phelps has 17 gold medals so far.
Michael Phelps had a record of 50m in 24seconds,reference:shaq vs michael phelps part 1 so it should be around there
They are about 10,000 miles away from each other 805 of the time. And so far, Michael Phelps has no love life.
Michael phelps is a olympic legend and has broken 39 world records and has 8 olympic gold medals. His body proportions: Feet:14 Height:6"4 Arm span:6"7 Bicep size:15 inches Chest size:51 inches Michael phelps has hyperextended all his joints and muscles for better flexibilty and thats how he uses less movement in stroke to gain a higher speed. But michael phelps is a born swimmer with huge hands and feet so he is a perfect swimming organism. But in 2011 fina swimming championships michael phelps lost his 200m medley and other swimming events/styles to Ryan Lochte a 6"2 american who is the worlds fastest swimmer and broke the world record which was held by michael phelps whislt wearing the banned suit (increased speed and times). So proportions mean nothing its how hard you train and dedication to the sport.
He is michael phelps Jr.