Food Republic has a video where Pat Bertoletti demonstrates wing eating techniques.
Gizmodo has Thanksgiving Day eating advice from "Notorious B.O.B." Bob Shoudt, Crazy Legs Conti and Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston.
The Boston Phoenix has competitive eating training tips from "Nacho", who claims to have competed in the Nathan's finals twice.
CSNBayArea.com has videos of an interview and training session with Joey Chestnut from last night's (San Franscico) Chronicle Live. Joey says that he will be competing in the Hooters finals even though he did not win a qualifier and no byes have been announced. He says that is preferred competition beverage is hot water and that he thinks that Takeru Kobayashi will eventually return to the MLE.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco has uploaded a video of her final training session for Nathan's which includes information about her fundraising project for My Charity Water.
BusinessInsider.com has a video of Crazy Legs Conti giving a tutorial on his competitive hot dog eating techniques.
NY Daily News has a article and video of Takeru Kobayashi offering advice on competitively eating hot dogs.
Matt Stonie has produced a video tutorial on how to eat Nathan's hot dogs competitively.
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about his preparations for the Crif Dog Classic.
WJACTV.com has a video of Brian Subich training for the Pittsburgh Nathan's qualifier, where he hopes to eat 30 hot dogs.
"Cardboard Shell" has uploaded a video of a Nathan's training session which begins with thank yous to the people who have donated to her Sudanese charity fundraiser.
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.
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