Kobayashi expands his stomach for a competition by eating larger and larger amounts of food, and then exercises to ensure that fat will not impede expansion of his stomach during a competition.[11]
Physically Kobayashi has undergone drastic change from his earlier appearances on the competitive eating circuit, weighing in at a mere 110 lb (50 kg) in his beginning competitions and then 144 lb (65 kg) in later events. This is due in large part to his more recent endeavors in weight training. By training with weights and working out, Kobayashi has increased his metabolism, which in turn has helped him to burn more calories. This training is used by Kobayashi to maintain his overall health as well as helping him to elude excess calories from being stored as fat. Kobayashi's official Web site gives his height as 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) and his weight as 75 kg (165 lb), but in a June 29, 2006, entry on his blog, he says that his weight grew to over 89 kg (196 lbs) during 2006, still being under 10 percent body fat. Kobayashi has said in recent years that he consumes an average of 6,000 calories per day.
Kobayashi is also known for his trademark body wiggle, affectionately known as the Kobayashi Shake, which he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle more compactly in his stomach,[12] (Although, he claims this is just him "getting into the rhythm of the music"). He eats the hot dogs by splitting the frankfurter in half, swallowing both parts at once, and then dipping the buns in water, Sprite, or 7-Up and stuffing it in his mouth. He calls this the Solomon method.
perhaps you overlooked something... going to the gym 3 times a week just won't cut it...
Diet is the key to your gains... seriously. Whether u wanna get bigger or leaner, it all depends on your diet. IMHO, diet > training. Afterall, it's what you eat outside the gym that matters, and it's a 24/7 thing.
But Ronnie Coleman doesn't think so, he says training > diet.
Personally, as long as you don't lift pink baby dumbbells, train with the intensity of an arthritic old lady and you do the big compounds, training is good enough. The rest is up to your diet, IMHO.
Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Quadriceps Other Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, Calves, Glutes Equipment: Barbell Mechanics Type: Compound
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Feet and Shin Position: Feet should point straight forward or turned out to a 25 degree angle at most. The best foot angle is one which provides the least amount of hip and knee restriction when you lower the hips in preparation to lift, so don't be afraid to experiment a bit. The shins should be two to three inches from the bar and then when you actually bend down and lower your hips in preparation to lift, the shins will touch the bar. Most of the weight will be on the heels of the feet. This facilitates maximal contribution of the glutes and hamstrings. During the ascent, the bar will travel as close to the leg and shins as possible. Ideally, wear cotton sweat pants or track pants with long socks to protect your shins.
Did you even read the bolded text? During the ascent, not just the starting position.
And why asking u to wear tracks & socks if it's not gonna touch ? I didn't deliberately scratch my shins, it just happens naturally. And only on heavy weights.
Have you seen this guy deadlift? This is the most beautiful deadlift i have ever seen.... almost like leaning back while he's doing it.
If you're wondering, i didn't purposely scratch my shins while doing it. I just DL and it comes in contact especially with heavy weights. Try wearing shorts and DL 120kg next time, u'd get it too.
who in the right mind would purposely hurt themself ?
of cos i believe u lah, there's more than one way to do it... but all i'm saying is, i didn't deliberately do it... if i purposely did it, i'd prolly get stuck halfway up at the knees.
I used to DL like in pic A... shin touches the bar. Then i changed to deadlifting like in B, it's close, but doesn't touch at starting position. Then when you stand, u pull the bar back and up, you don't put the bar in front of you.
Reason for me deadlifting like in B is because DL and SQ are the same thing. Only difference is the weight is on top/in front of you. I try to keep a parallel shin.
u r actually supposed to deadlift with your shin perpendicular to the ground.. hell even squat ur shin suppose ot be perpendicular to the ground man. no, srsly
oh, NOW you say i'm supposed to deadlift like that huh? just now i said i deadlift like B, u lol'd...
i only said it's the same as squat in the sense of the shins being perpendicular.
tell lah, fact is... i never really trained my calves LOL... you wanna say camera angles don't matter if there's nothing to take? yeah, i can see that coming already.