Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-02 to 2023-12.
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Success in competitive eating requires intense hard work and specific training regimens rather than just innate ability.
“I put a lot of work into it and you know it paid off and I I think um to to your point you know you talk ask her about like natural talent and stuff. I think a lot of times um the hard work and like the the regimen that I had leading up to events is what helped me be consistent”
The Iced Coffee Hour · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 156K views on this topicOlajide claims to possess a separate capacity for consuming sweet foods after eating main meals.
“I have a second stomach for sweet things it's weird like it”
Sidemen · Feb 2020 · 4 episodes · 129.5M views on this topicHe suggests it would be entertaining to witness a competitive eater disqualified or disgraced through a violent or messy physical intervention.
“I would love to ruin Kobayashi just cut his stomach open after and let the Hot Dogs Fall Out M yeah he he take he has a katana yeah when he loses he just and then all these hot dogs spill”
The Adam Friedland Show · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 172K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.