Every athlete prepares for the Olympics in their own, unique way. For example, some runners train at higher altitudes so they perform better with less oxygen. In the case of swimmers, this one Olympian ate literal shit to improve their odds of winning.

Well, kinda. According to an announcer for this year’s Olympics, one of the Olympians competing in the triathlon knew he was going to swim in Paris’ notorious poop river. So, he began preparing his body for E. coli by not washing his hands and, in general, just being dirty. While he later claimed to be joking, I still wouldn’t shake his hand anytime soon.