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Sports Athlete : Michael Jeffrey Jordan

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Sports Athlete: Michael Jeffrey Jordan Height: 1.98 m Weight: 98 kg Age: 53 years old American basketball player Michael uses muscular endurance and strength to complete a game of basketball. This is the ability to move his body or an object repeatedly without getting tired. TRAINING AND DIET: PRE-SEASON - The period of time before the regular season Michael didn 't eat sugar, carbs, or dairy for 67 straight days this summer. He subsisted on meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables — and lost a startling amount of weight in the process. It 's a modified version of a paleo diet, the fad diet in which people eat as humans did thousands of years ago. MID-SEASON - A point part way through a season, especially a season of the year or a sporting season. Michael follows a 4 week diet plan after he lost the weight in his pre-season. This 4 week plan is set whilst he trains for a season. Week One: Zero Carb Breakfast. For the first week, don 't worry about changing your lunch and dinner habits. Just make breakfast a zero-carb meal — as in, two eggs scrambled in extra-virgin olive oil, topped with avocado. Or cold leftover chicken. You 'll feel the difference immediately, in steady energy throughout the morning. Week Two: Pack Lunch. When Dr.Shanahan says baby steps, she means baby steps. Before you worry about what goes into lunch, just get into the habit of packing lunch at home and bringing it with you to work. Mid-day restaurant and cafeteria meals are too often jumbo-sized and

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