6ABC has a video about the training techniques of "Notorious" Bob Shoudt and "Super" Jon Squibb. Bob Shoudt says he sees a sports psychologist 7 days a week and makes over $100,000 from competitive eating in a good year. update In a June FoodRepublic interview, Crazy Legs Conti said the second best-paid MLE eater after Joey Chestnut made $40,000.
Johnnie Excel has posted a video and blog entry about his training session for the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge where he ate 50 hard shell beef tacos from Del Taco. (The actual contest used chicken tacos with soft shells.)
Pete Davekos talks about his training techiques in an Electric Pig post.
Laura Leu wrote a column for Salon.com about training for the Queens Nathan's qualifier with Crazy Legs Conti and then competing in that event.
The Smoking Jacket has a list of six tips for success in competitive eating.
Val Bromann has a blog entry with a video about her preparations for Saturday's cupcake eating contest in Waterloo, Iowa.
Val Bromann has a blog entry documenting her preparation for the April 23 Isle of Capri cupcake eating contest.
TimesRecordNews.com has an article about Nate Biller's tips for Thanksgiving.
Pete Davekos offers 9 tips for maximizing your Thankgiving Day meal capacity in MTV's Clutch blog.
Chicago Now has a list of 10 suggestions for Adam Richman which could also be used by others attempting eating challenges.
Cleveland.com has an article about Scott Bickel and his competitive eating training regimen. Scott has started a facebook group to document his eating challenges and quest to qualify for the 2011 Nathan's finals.
ESPN.com's Page 2 has an article about a training session where Pat Bertoletti gained more than 14 pounds.
LosAngeles.craigslist.org has a request to record a training session of a southern California competitive eater.
Bob Shoudt in Des Moines register
“Notorious” Bob Shoudt offers the Des Moines Register some of his competitive eating tips:
When you get to the contest (or the counter at B&B Deli), be confident and act like you know what you’re doing. Move your cups and plates around (in eating contests, there are usually a few cups of water for each competitor, and a couple of plates of food), and eat your food out of order. For example, if you and a friend are racing through the Combine at the Machine Shed, don’t eat the tenderloin, then the medallions, then the sausage. Work your way through all three at the same time, so your opponent can’t figure out exactly how much you’ve eaten. “Give as much misinformation as you can,” Shoudt said.
Crazy Legs Conti's training tips have been translated by Wired of Japan.
Crazy Legs Conti's advice to Wired on winning eating contests makes the list of recommended reading in the New York Times Idea of the Day Blog. The tips are now in wiki format, so others can add their contributions to the list.
Crazy Legs Conti and Gerard Mullin, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, offer four tips on how to win an eating contest in wired.com
ESPN's youtube channel has a video from June in which Joey Chestnut describes the contents of his refrigerator.
ThatsFit.com has three questions with Crazy Legs Conti about his exercise and diet routines.
Past The Pages on competitive eating
PastThePages.ca has a column about competitive eating in which “Notorious” Bob Shoudt describes his exercise regimen:
“To date I have managed to work my way into being ranked number three in the world without having to train,” said Shoudt.
“Though, I am very active in my personal life. I routinely do a thousand crunches a day and I train three days per week in Krav Maga, a tactical defense martial art. I am also an avid mountain climber.”
Shoudt mentioned practising with the Big Angus burger in an interview on the Krystal Square Off blog.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski's facebook announces that he ate 89 dumplings in a minute in a practice session. If he can attain this rate in the contest on October 24, it would almost triple the previous record of 66 dumplings in 2 minutes by Joe Menchetti. update A video of the session has been posted
A video of Joey Chestnut's practice session last night at Hooters captioned 'Joey Chestnut kills 64 Hotdogs in 10 minutes" is available. Joey Chestnut will appear in an ESPN.com chat tomorrow morning.
mrak75 has uploaded a gallery of Joey Chestnut's final pre-Nathan's practice at the Campbell, CA Hooter's last night.
Penthouse.com asks Crazy Legs Conti whether he thinks an average person could qualify for the Nathan's finals after 6 weeks of training. (page safe for work)
The new poll asks that if a competitive eating Hall of Fame was started and top eaters were alleged to have used performance enhancing drugs, should that affect their chances for Hall of Fame entrance.
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