Katie Ledecky Interview: Olympian Diet, Exercise Plan

For Katie Ledecky, every day is, quite literally, training day.

Yep, the nine-time gold medalist considers a rest day to be, as she told E! News in an exclusive interview, “a day when I only have one practice.”

So, it’s safe to say she has her training regimen—not to mention the food that fuels her—down to a science.

“I usually have morning practice at six in the morning,” Katie explained, “and so I’m up around five. At that point I’ll usually just have a quick snack, like a banana and some quick oatmeal.”

After she climbs out of the pool, she has a weight session, so it’s not until 9:30 or 10 “when I’ll have a bigger meal,” she continued. “That two egg omelet, scrambled eggs, or hard-boiled eggs, with some veggies and fruit and toast.”

And that’s just the morning session.

“I’ll have a late lunch—larger snack—before my afternoon swim practice,” she detailed of prepping for her second round of workouts, “and then after some practice, I’ll have dinner.”