Yes he is great!
I've also heard that he is double jointed in his shoulders and other areas of his body.
This might have attributed to his being able to outstretch his opponents to the wall, at the final.

Jim L.
San Jose, CA

Jame Lovelace, San Jose, CA, USA

He's superb. But to be fair, he has all those medals because he's a swimmer. It would be harder for a cyclist to accumulate eight medals in cycling events. I suppose the really greatest athlete would be the one who had the most diverse wins and extended them over the greatest period of years.

Carson, Vancouver, Canada

Super swimmer ! Super diet !

Amanda, shanghai, China

He is amazing! However, I question whether or not he is human.

Alexi, Toronto, Canada

What is the obsession with the medal table? Its completely meaningless unless you do something like divide each countries medals by the number of athletes in each country's squad... or the population of that country. What does it mean or matter if Italy is tied with Japan? And why do we care?

Jeremy, London, UK

The man is 6'5" and 187 pounds. Not muscular, but lean. If you want to see a big swimmer, look at some of the sprinters. If he's taking anything, it's not steroids! Just because a guy is lean and his muscles and veins pop out when he flexes, doesn't equate to steroids. Get real!

John, Tacoma, USA

This is not a man, he's a machine - you might as well build a robot. Where is his life, for God's sake? He is sacrificing his middle- and old-age for a few years of swimming quickly - it's a pact with the devil. He should get a life, and so should those who adulate this perverse behaviour.

Kevin Straw, Leicester,

Armand Constantin, St Albans, England

Are you serious??? Better than 14 gold medals in two olympic games and counting.... he can do better????

Since you visited that website how many gold medals do you have????

Really stop looking down your nose.

Phelps is an athlete not a muscle head

Nikki , Cary , US

Poor quality food and little protein. This diet does not produce the muscular physique that Phelps possesses. And he doesn't lift weights either.

Jesmond Bonnici, Marsaskala, Malta

He won't pile on the pounds when he quits if he just migrates to normal eating patterns. His metabolism will slow but that's normal. The only reason that ex-athletes gain fat is that they continue to consume the same quantities of food as when they were training.

DC, London,

I have recently taken up running 2-3 times per week ( 5-10km per session ). This is in addition to lifting weights 2-3 times per week. I wish I had a diet that could constantly give me energy as I am always being told to reduce card intake especially at night. " Cut carbs have less energy..?? "

Simon, Cannock , U.K

When you're an athlete or sports man, you have to eat to get energy, and eat plenty of fats, calories, startch, protein are very important - yes, the foods that they say are bad. I'm a sports man myself and I does eat loads and have good muscles in the arm, the abs showing a bit and can run good.

Jen, Kingstown, St. Vincent

He could be even better if his diet consisted of quality proteins, fats and carbs as opposed to all the high colesterol stuff he now consumes.
Visit www.maximuscle.com
I did and it worked wonders for me.

Armand Constantin, St Albans, England

WOW !!!! However given his energy burn rate it can be expected.What I will like to know is how will his body adjusts when he eventually retires?Will he suddenly pile on the pounds..can any ex/retired sports persons out there help explain?

Raj Singh, London, UK