I'm actually pumped up for this year's championship...it's about time Koba gets some competition. I'll go with the underdog, joey chestnuts by 1 and 1/2 dogs this year.
I thought that, too, but Kobayashi's training regiment for his eating is as hardcore as lance armstrong. He converts his food into muscle so that his metabolism is high and makes sure his body fat percentage is low so that the fat doesn't get in the way of his stomach expanding (a problem that many overweight competitive eaters have). He also has a unique stomach condition where it can expand below his rib cage, so he's basically a mutant. He says his stomach capacity is about 20 lbs. There's a gameshow in Japan on competitive eating with a few clips on youtube and he dominates the competition every time, I watched one where he drank 25 bottles of milk coffee in under 3 minutes. Michael Jordan may be the Tiger Woods of basketball, and Tiger Woods may be the Lance Armstrong of golf, but Lance Armstrong can only dream of being the Kobayashi of cycling.
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Damn, thats amazing. I knew he was ripped, but didn't know he had those type abs. He is a beacon of hope for humanity.
