73: Michael Phelps On Water Conservation, Being A Laid-Back Parent, And The Fruit He's Finally Reintroducing To His Diet

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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This week's guest needs no introduction. As the most accomplished Olympian of our time—and any time, for that matter—Michael Phelps is a wellness icon for the ages. In addition to pushing what the human body is capable of, we can thank Phelps for using his celebrity status to bring often-taboo topics like depression to the surface. I was lucky enough to sit down with the 23-time Olympic gold medalist to learn about one of his latest initiatives: water conservation. This is Phelps' second year partnering with Colgate on their #EveryDropCounts initiative, which aims to show how the simple act of turning off the tap while you brush your teeth can add up to significant water savings. Through the course of this episode, he shares how his growing family conserves water at home and why the water access issue strikes such a chord with him personally. And of course, I had to ask about the more esoteric fitness and recovery practices that Phelps has helped popularize. We talk about his experience with cupping, visualization, the Graston technique(using a stainless steel tool to soothe muscle knots), and more. Phelps also dives into (sorry, had to) how his diet has evolved since the Olympic days, his laid back approach to parenting, and the guilty pleasure sugar he can't seem to give up. This one's a can't-miss episode for any Phelps fan. To contact Jason with comments, questions, or speaker ideas, please e-mail [email protected]. For all sponsorship inquiries, please e-mail [email protected]. Want to join our podcast email newsletter? Sign up here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jason Walkub, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host for the My Buddy
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0:28.6	Hi I'm Jason Walkup, founder and CEO of My Buddy Green, the best-selling author of Wealth, and your host for the My Buddy
0:36.8	Green podcast, where I'll be bringing you deep and insightful dialogues with some of the greatest minds and wellness. If you like what you hear, please give us a five-star review,
0:46.7	comment, and share with your friends and family. And don't forget to visit us at my buddy green
0:50.8	dot com for your daily dose of wellness. Thanks and enjoy the
0:54.4	podcast. This week's guest is a man who needs no introduction. Michael Phelps is an American retired competitive swimmer
1:06.1	and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 metals, 23 of them being gold medals. He is one of the best
1:18.6	ever to swim. Michael, welcome. Thank you, thank you. So something you've spoken about publicly is
1:26.0	mental health and your struggle and depression and you know talk a little bit
1:30.0	about that
1:35.0	I mean I think for me the best thing that I really did was open up and start talking about things
1:40.0	I was somebody who was really good at compartmentalizing things and stuffing them away and never seeing them or if they ever came up I would just stuff them back away again.
1:48.0	So I never really dealt with some of the things that I probably should have dealt with a long time ago. So for me, I learned
1:55.8	how to communicate. That was one thing that through this process, I guess through the last
2:02.1	30 years, I just basically learned to communicate and open up and not hold on to things.
2:09.0	So for me, that was something that I needed to do.
2:12.0	But I also saw that I was at a
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