JJ Watt eats up to 9K a day!

zdyb23456
zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Since I'm a football fan, I found this article interesting.
I can't imagine working out so hard that I'd have to eat that much just to maintain my weight.

It said it would take about 50 slices of bacon, 20 chicken breasts and 13 whole avocados to hit 9,000 calories - lol

http://espn.go.com/blog/houston-texans/post/_/id/12059/bacon-wrapped-chicken-texans-jj-watt-eats-up-to-9000-calories-to-fuel

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  • dinsfamily
    dinsfamily Posts: 84 Member
    Shows you how hard those guys work!!
    Here the article on Michael Phelps from the 2008 Olympics. They reported he ate 12,000 calories a day. I remember NBC doing a video from the OTC cafeteria on how they fed the athletes, especially MP.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    Athletes!
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  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    dinsfamily wrote: »
    Shows you how hard those guys work!!
    Here the article on Michael Phelps from the 2008 Olympics. They reported he ate 12,000 calories a day. I remember NBC doing a video from the OTC cafeteria on how they fed the athletes, especially MP.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/

    Apparently his 12,000 calorie diet was a deception he started to psych out opponents at the Olympics.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Of course, there is this guy:
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=bs40BtGpuCA
    In this episode of FUEL, a new series dedicated to the high-performance diets of athletes, we follow Robert Oberst—aka Obie—one of America’s leading professional strongmen, holder of the American record in the Log Lift, and eater extraordinaire. In an average day, Obie consumes 15,000–20,000 calories to power himself through hours of punishing training. From the gym to the kitchen, Obie shows us the kind of fuel he needs in order to stay at the top of his sport.
  • dinsfamily
    dinsfamily Posts: 84 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    dinsfamily wrote: »
    Shows you how hard those guys work!!
    Here the article on Michael Phelps from the 2008 Olympics. They reported he ate 12,000 calories a day. I remember NBC doing a video from the OTC cafeteria on how they fed the athletes, especially MP.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/

    Apparently his 12,000 calorie diet was a deception he started to psych out opponents at the Olympics.

    Hmmm, I hadn't heard that end of it. Interesting tactic.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    9,000? Man if it's true, he's pretty lean for putting that much down. That's A LOT of calories to burn off in a day. He's a big dude though, so I believe this is possible.

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  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    I could hit 5,000 calories/day with ease if I wanted to...


    But who was, The Rock?

    The-Rock-eating-pancakes.jpg
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Scooby's calculator puts him at about 4600kcal just to maintain weight. I've got no clue how many kcal he'd burn with daily exercise.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    To train like an athlete you have to eat like one...but my guess is that the 9K calories is a bit of an exaggeration, much like the Michael Phelps thing...

    Don't get me wrong, they're athletes...they eat A LOT...but these things tend to get exaggerated...that said, I'm only 5'10" with a desk job...I get in about 8-10 hours per week of exercise and eat around 3,000 to maintain at 180 Lbs...so I guess it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that someone of his size may need to eat 3x what I'm eating to train and play during the season.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    dinsfamily wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    dinsfamily wrote: »
    Shows you how hard those guys work!!
    Here the article on Michael Phelps from the 2008 Olympics. They reported he ate 12,000 calories a day. I remember NBC doing a video from the OTC cafeteria on how they fed the athletes, especially MP.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/

    Apparently his 12,000 calorie diet was a deception he started to psych out opponents at the Olympics.

    Hmmm, I hadn't heard that end of it. Interesting tactic.

    Mind Games

  • hollie894
    hollie894 Posts: 60 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Of course, there is this guy:
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=bs40BtGpuCA
    In this episode of FUEL, a new series dedicated to the high-performance diets of athletes, we follow Robert Oberst—aka Obie—one of America’s leading professional strongmen, holder of the American record in the Log Lift, and eater extraordinaire. In an average day, Obie consumes 15,000–20,000 calories to power himself through hours of punishing training. From the gym to the kitchen, Obie shows us the kind of fuel he needs in order to stay at the top of his sport.

    I just watched this video, he seems like the nicest guy on the planet!

  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Just came in to say I love JJ Watt. Dude can jump over 5' vertically, and devotes a large amount of time to helping kids in the area. Love having him on our team.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    To train like an athlete you have to eat like one...but my guess is that the 9K calories is a bit of an exaggeration, much like the Michael Phelps thing...

    Don't get me wrong, they're athletes...they eat A LOT...but these things tend to get exaggerated...that said, I'm only 5'10" with a desk job...I get in about 8-10 hours per week of exercise and eat around 3,000 to maintain at 180 Lbs...so I guess it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that someone of his size may need to eat 3x what I'm eating to train and play during the season.

    I kind of agree - I'm only 5 feet tall and 115 pounds. I only run 3-4.5 miles a day and maintain around 2,000 calories. He's a lot bigger than me and probably spends the bulk of his day working out.

    I just couldn't imagine having to eat so much and I like to eat!

  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Just came in to say I love JJ Watt. Dude can jump over 5' vertically, and devotes a large amount of time to helping kids in the area. Love having him on our team.
    Hard to believe, if you're talking about the standard vertical jump. If you're talking about being able to jump onto something 5' tall by also bending his legs, that's another thing.

  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Just came in to say I love JJ Watt. Dude can jump over 5' vertically, and devotes a large amount of time to helping kids in the area. Love having him on our team.
    Hard to believe, if you're talking about the standard vertical jump. If you're talking about being able to jump onto something 5' tall by also bending his legs, that's another thing.

    Hm, I guess I messed up my terms, he does bend his knees:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0gsgyY_QW0
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    edited August 2015
    Still impressive, don't get me wrong.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    I've no doubt it may be 4-5K just to maintain weight, but 9K sounds like bovine feces
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Just came in to say I love JJ Watt. Dude can jump over 5' vertically, and devotes a large amount of time to helping kids in the area. Love having him on our team.
    Hard to believe, if you're talking about the standard vertical jump. If you're talking about being able to jump onto something 5' tall by also bending his legs, that's another thing.

    Hm, I guess I messed up my terms, he does bend his knees:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0gsgyY_QW0
    I vaguely recall Kiraly(first Olympian '84 volleyball team with a 40 inch vertical) doing 36 inch box jumps with 45 pound dummies in his hands. Sort of surreal to see.

  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    hollie894 wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Of course, there is this guy:
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=bs40BtGpuCA
    In this episode of FUEL, a new series dedicated to the high-performance diets of athletes, we follow Robert Oberst—aka Obie—one of America’s leading professional strongmen, holder of the American record in the Log Lift, and eater extraordinaire. In an average day, Obie consumes 15,000–20,000 calories to power himself through hours of punishing training. From the gym to the kitchen, Obie shows us the kind of fuel he needs in order to stay at the top of his sport.

    I just watched this video, he seems like the nicest guy on the planet!
    auddii wrote: »
    Just came in to say I love JJ Watt. Dude can jump over 5' vertically, and devotes a large amount of time to helping kids in the area. Love having him on our team.

    He's a local boy and I remember him delivering our pizza. Seemed like a nice kid then and by all accounts he is still a good guy. Success and riches hasn't turned his head, at least not much. He still shows up for local charity things when he is in town visiting family, often unannounced.

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