How Competitive Eaters Stay so Lean

[@Dustbinlid1]

Obsession breeds obsession. I've known a lot of top tier professional gamers, that either are, or become serious lifters. The mentality and the discipline required to succeed in one aspect of life, is transferable to another pursuit.

[@thydog]

scarcity breeds scarcity that's why I do food challenges for free food

[@John-i7o]

​@@thydogI thought you had to pay for the food if you aren't the winner? Unless you win every food challenge you compete in

[@thydog]

@@John-i7o most no need pay but usually have certain rules like if u didn't set or reach a goal u need to pay or if u are in official food competitions where only people who have qualified for it can enter then the food is free

[@BigDoggTheDon]

In short it is just a cheat day, Gym bros once again been ahead in knowledge. People who say they eat a cookie and get fat are liars

[@BienerSchnitzelCheekoroni]

Your comment still doesn't give a valid answer. If you eat 20k calories in a cheat day. do you realize how hard it would be to burn that off? "cheat day" is a very subjective subject since for some a cheat day is a bag of chips or a pizza, but for competitors it's insane number of calories.

[@WeenusMcMenace-dm6ep]

@@BienerSchnitzelCheekoroni Mainly because you don't absorb most of those calories. There's a limit to how much the body can absorb at once. For example glucose has an absorption limit of 60g/hr. And that's just the most simple carb which doesn't require digestion. For regular food, when you eat 20k calories in one sitting, your body simply doesn't have enough stomach acid and enzymes to break down the food as well as a 1000 calorie meal and it just gets passed out. If you down a cup of oil you're not going to gain 2000 calories; you're just going to get stomach pains and oily poops. Anecdotally competitive eaters do mention that their dumps just contain a lot of undigested food: “There are only so many calories you can consume in 10 minutes,” says Peter Czerwinski, a professional eater known as Furious Pete. “A lot of stuff goes through undigested.”

[@Telmomarcus]

Yes it is true that you cannont absorb over a certain amount of nutrients and calories in a certain amount of time, but also your digestion is slown down to account for the huge amount of food that you ingest. Even though you feel full for longer and you do not feel like eating for a while you keep absorbimg most of the food you eat uless you are ill.​@@WeenusMcMenace-dm6ep

[@Peacekeeper_84]

​@@BienerSchnitzelCheekoroni not sure if you watched the whole video but they did explain how they do it, let's say that your maintenance calories is 2,500 that would be 17,500 weekly in total. Now let's assume you ate 10,000 calories in a food competition, that means you still have room for 7,500 calories intake for that week, you divide that by 6 and you get 1,250 daily calories. In that way you will still remain within your maintenance calories intake so you won't gain or lose weight, it's really that simple. I also have done this in the past and I would remain in my same bodyweight

[@shinee8298]

@@WeenusMcMenace-dm6ep Not really, believe it or not the body is completely capable of absorbing incredible amounts of calories, even if ate all in one sitting, therefore saying "you don't absorb most of those calories" is pretty idiotic (you took that out of your ass), it's just not how it works. Not saying that after a massive binge everything will be absorbed no matter what, but in the best case scenario we're talking nothing more than 5-10% calories eaten not being absorbed, that's excluding the chance of puking (either intentional or not), that would surely get rid of a good chuck of the calories eaten, if it happens relatively soon after.

[@ditz3nfitness]

I've always thought of how ErikTheElectric kept himself thin until I found out by him telling it, that he literally fasts for up to a week when doing the challenges, and if he doesn't fast he lives off chicken breasts and lettuce ,and nothing else.

[@JenovaUnique]

and loooong cycling, and gym

[@zebefreod871]

​@@JenovaUniquehe consumes a shitton of calories, but that lifestyle is anything but sustainable in the long term

[@jenny418]

well that's interesting bc it goes like the other way from science, i remember seeing an autopsy in college about a girl who had an ed and unfortunately died bc she had a binge eating and eated 7kg of food, then her stomach ripped bc it didn't fit (she almost didn't eat the other days). so it would make his stomach gets big and small all the time lol how do he does that without dying (it's a serious question) funny how we humans think we know about every single think in our body and always something will surprise us

[@williamtrowbridge4868]

It doesn't just require eating way too much to become overweight. It requires eating way too much, way too often to become overweight.

[@theManuScript]

Quickly becoming my favorite fitness channel

[@LiftingWeightsCleaningPlates]

We literally get asked this on every challenge we do or any interaction had with people interested in the competitive eating scene, now we have somewhere to send them! Thank you Josh Brett

[@philipgilliam3400]

Great video! You’ve presented a very interesting and novel perspective on something that’s already weird and rare and simultaneously made it incredibly useful for the general public. You have my gratitude !

[@YourFitnessQuest]

I love your high quality videos! I've also noticed over the years that so many of the dominant competitive eaters stay in good shape. I'm still having a hard time accepting competition eating as a sport, but I respect their dedication and discipline. The eating guidelines they shared could definitely benefit the masses.

[@usefulnuisance7108]

Erik DOES do a TON of cardio

[@titanenwurz-uwutopia]

He also claims he's healed from bulimia, but there was an interview where he showed off his life and he ended up severely vomiting from overeating. I think he's in denial. Doing a shitton of cardio and sports like that is a form of purge, every ex anorexic could tell you that. There was also a time where he showed off all his supplements and I swear, there were at least 50-100 and he joked that he could open a store with that.

[@usefulnuisance7108]

@@titanenwurz-uwutopia yeah, i've seen those videos; he swore to his dad that he would never go back to being anorexic. but you're right-- what he is doing now is perhaps not *as* bad but it certainly is toe-ing the line in a worrisome way!

[@UnnamedThinkTank]

Basically it is the 80/20 rule. Hell if you want to go extreme 90/10 rule for the diet. But majority of the time, you are not supposed to binge eat.

[@TheFrierenLolibabaLover]

If one starts eating healthy it's actually hard to eat like 2000 calories a day, I'm now after around 20days of water fasting that I did over the course of 3 months, I started a healthy diet and 1500-1600 is all I can eat now without feeling full as a 193lbs dude (went from 440lbs over the course of ~2years)

[@ME0WMERE]

@@TheFrierenLolibabaLover You can quite easily get a lot of calories from healthy foods - porridge, peanut butter (not the highly processed crap, I mean the stuff with >99% peanuts, a pinch of salt and nothing else), pasta, etc.

[@TheFrierenLolibabaLover]

@@ME0WMERE I eat mostly protein and fat rich foods and yeah, they're filling, half a kilo of fish (zander) in a bit of oil (which all together comes out at around 800-900 calories can hold me satiated for 1-1.5 days easily

[@TheFrierenLolibabaLover]

@@ME0WMERE also specifically Zander fish because it's mostly protein with no fat and it's relatively cheap in Germany

[@Monk-Egamer]

I am the 95/5 guy who ate junk food after 3+ years

[@Babblingboolean]

Watched every video on this channel. Just started watching this one and I know it'll be another hit. Keep up the great content of being mentally (underrated by many) and physically healthy.

[@RealCapybara217]

leaving the banter aside this video really is well documented and gives a lot of high quality information, keep up the awesome work :D

[@JemyM]

I thank you for this. I have a history with Binge Eating Disorder, got diagnosed and is now rehabilitated through successful therapy. From February 2023 to September 2024 I lost 120 pounds with Alternate Day Fasting and I am now able bodied, finally, at the age of 47. The big part for me was not how to fast, but how to use my eat days to really understand *what* to eat and when. My food intake is completely different now. I have realized I have the "power" to eat a lot very quickly if I want to and I have learned a lot from the competitive eaters. Calorie control, high protein and high fiber have been staples for me. Lots of eggs, beans, brussels sprouts, rye bread, quark etc. Walking is also very big for me. I do not just walk to burn calories, instead I incorporated walking as exploration into my life with 32 miles being the longest I walked in a day, with very memorable wonderful experiences. I have learned about my region in a way I did not knew when I was younger, having now walked every marked trail within a 45 minute drive from my home, over 200 of them. I have also pursued swimming badges for fun and I will begin cross-country skiing in January.

[@Ihavefireinmybrain]

Watching this as a person with severe gastroparesis (paralyzed stomach plus alot other conditions) is mind blowing for me because i can't digest at all by my stomach

[@DirkusTurkess]

"I don't do cardio, I just walk alot." - Every Smooth brain f*** ever

[@mkthedj1006]

Random aside but I got a vshred ad on this video

[@JDNiFe]

Vshred is harder to dodge than Covid

[@tommykraft9648]

Thanks for the video. I recently saw the first video of a competitive eater and was wondering how they wouldn't be obese

[@rynn405]

Crazy thumbnail bro

[@CrimsonRose93]

I have bulimia and I’m 99% sure I could enter one of these competitions and win. From binging mass amounts of food for years my stomach has been stretched. I can eat a LOT. I am underweight too which causes deception, people think I can’t eat a lot but they are wrong.

[@Four-HundredEl-Beez-yp7nk]

Girl same, I even thought about making a career out of it, that binge food gets expensive

[@user-xj4xi2uo9r]

Eriktheelectric claims to be healed from bulimia, but I feel like watching him and getting a few infos, you as a fellow disordered eater would agree that he's still very much bulimic. I think many people who aren't in the ED bubble are very delusional about all of this.

[@CrimsonRose93]

@@Four-HundredEl-Beez-yp7nk For real. I am pretty damn close to looking up some competitions in my area and trying it 😭😂

[@CrimsonRose93]

@@user-xj4xi2uo9r I’ve had my suspicions about him being bulimic for years. His parotid and salivary glands appear swollen which is a sign of prolonged bulimia. I get that too. They are referred to as “chipmunk cheeks” in the bulimia community 💀

[@julianzacconievas]

Competitive eaters take their eating seriously?? Huh! Who would have known?!.... No, but seriously, I love how well these people come across. They are smart about their eating, they understand their body is their tool and they need to look after it. They are smart folk. Love your work, Josh. Keep it up.

[@herefortheshrimp1469]

I’m just starting my person training career and I think this will be the first thing I show my lifestyle clients 🙏🏾 this was excellent 👌

[@maplebobo9862]

Competitive eaters are people who found a way to monetize their bulimia

[@titanenwurz-uwutopia]

This, for at least half of them + their purging and binge/purge cycles.

[@irfuel]

Flaunt it if you've got it :D

[@papajonn87]

Can’t wait to see this one!

[@javigar133]

This video was extremely interesting. It all makes sense after all. Keep Up the great content

[@benhoover6586]

Absolutely top notch quality video

[@Its-Me-Grimm]

For some additional reference to how this is possible ive been doing this for 4 months. While weight training my average daily calorie requirements were about 3000. After i started eating like this one day a week i started walking 25k-40k steps per day(about 15-20 miles) my current calorie needs are 4600. Hope this helps

[@Its-Me-Grimm]

Oh the other six days I eat 1200-2000 calories. It's difficult to get stronger, but there is still some improvements. And with the current math I have about 19k calories to use on cheat day... it's all math. I used to be 300 pounds complaining about my metabolism... turns out I was just lazy 😂

[@MG-qh6wr]

Very good vid, everything checks out. I'm surprised all these competitive eaters are so knowledgable about diet and lifestyle.

[@Saiche1337]

Crazy that not a single one of these comments watched the video. Keep up the good work

[@dgc2780]

Pretty damn interesting video, thank you for posting it

[@ProfessorMorbid]

I think competitive eating is disgusting and hard to watch. I’m def not a vegan but using an animal that sacrificed its life just for people to gobble down like a pig for a sport instead of for being able to live is pure gluttony, which is a sin. I doubt it’s even good for you.

[@kiss-shotacerola-orionhear220]

What exactly is the difference? They still use these calories to stay thin, whats the problem? This animal would be slaughtered no matter if you eat those hot dogs or not.

[@Orinmaxden]

Sounds dumb but watching Beats meats food helped me lose wait and turned my diabetes around. Just the simple concept of a weekly calorie intake instead of daily really made a big difference

[@nate4nate5]

This indefinitely justifies my cheat days on the weekend.

[@tayo5302]

Great video. I think what is hard for people to understand is that little changes you make to your diet and lifestyle will have a large accumulative effect over time. If you have a cheat day a week and eat an extra 1000 calories, but start walking an additional 5000 steps a day, you will roughly be at a weekly deficit of 750 calories.

[@AltClev37]

I have Crohn’s disease and all of these foods make my stomach cramp just hearing about them.

[@KommentarSpaltenKrieger]

yes, checking calories and doing walks actually works. also, i could imagine that vomiting up 3-5 kg of food would be pretty painful.

[@remuspierre7573]

Awesome Workout

[@HDPew]

Using Lemmino music as background music? Goated choice

[@tm5123]

I eat a lot of pasta(like 4-5days per week is pasta). I cut from 120g per day(dry weight pasta) to 75g per day, and lost 25 kg in a year, just with that swap.

[@allenm9775]

The weekly calorie intake makes the most sense. As long as someone stays in their maintenance calories for the whole week. I know if you binge 1 day a week you can gain weight, as I have done it and heard of others that have same problem. We just go way over our weekly maintenance calories. Good news and bad news, it’s just calories in calories out.

[@ditz3nfitness]

3:40, And even though you would be genetically gifted, it would only add a maximum of like 200-300 more calories to your BMR compared to the average BMR for thatweightt. Studies have debunked this.

[@tomashgrey2211]

Debunked what?

[@n10sityr]

If there is a competition, people WILL resort to anything to increase competitive edge. Induced vomit is likely common but not talked about. Just like steroids, HGH, TRT in bodybuilding/fitness industry. People don't talk about it but it's a commonly known industry "secret"

[@HONEST-xj4rr]

Except steroids are talked about super openly

[@sjrstfjirtsch5172]

@@HONEST-xj4rr people think the rock is natty, and he's not even competing in anything

[@baggu69]

6:53 it's so weird looking at him like this knowing he's shredded as hell right now

[@vincent-of-the-bog]

You can be healthy and have an eating disorder, you can even have an outwardly reasonable if meticulous relationship with food and still have an eating disorder. It's about the mental damage and stress that makes it, and it's fucking you up regardless (obviously, in most cases it's also going to make you physiologically unhealthy.)

[@lowbarb]

OMAD diet folks, Cole Robinson/Snake Diet has been speaking about it for years.

[@k6freshcash]

12:20 SF Alpha in the Background 💯👐🔥

[@irfuel]

Cardio for burning calories does work, but you need to choose the right sport. Running isn't, because you can't do that for too long, but any amateur with some training can cycle for 6 hours and burn 4K calories, without putting too much stress on the body.

[@Thugmarlon]

Good video son. Keep on going!

[@Angell_Lee]

Good day Josh, will you have a Black Friday discount on your program? Much love to you, Happy Holidays and Happy new year xo

[@AnshuKumar-rt2vq]

It's simple you can't digest all the calories that you eat during an eating contest. You just have to offset the extra calories that you ingested which is significantly lesser than the calories you ingested .

[@AzureSymbiote]

The audio has issues. It's quite muffled.

[@germansniper5277]

By throwing it all up

[@julienl.3327]

When people comment that Erik don't get fat while they do, they ignore the videos where he bikes 6 hours a day...

[@Marta1Buck]

People want to believe what they believe. And people are not honest. My friends who don't gain weight, they involuntarily move a lot or don't generally feel hungry easily. While my friends who couldn't lose weight, when I'm with them, they're very sedentary and eats a lot of calorically dense food. At the end of the day, it's calories in calories out

[@user-xj4xi2uo9r]

And you probably ignored that interview where he wanted to show off how much better he is doing because he can eat so much now, but he ended up vomiting and the fact that he's always severely in pain. His binge/purge cycles and the amounts of supplements he's taking should really alarm anyone who's watching this man. His exercising is a form of purging. He's anything but fine.. but he has an eating disorder, so it's all about not getting fat, because people on average are dumb enough to buy into that if they don't have any experience with disordered eating, they cheer him on and make it all about that instead of his actual health. Dude looks 10 years older in his face than most people his age would, fake tf up.

[@xbunnies769]

@@user-xj4xi2uo9rHow old is he?

[@anthonycruz5569]

You also have to train yourself to eat like a competitive eater. You don’t just randomly get into it. I am sure many of these people have above average metabolism’s but are either ignorant or in denial .

[@joshuadon3694]

My bmr is 2500-2600 and I still have to Watch my food intake.

[@srleplay]

Consistently going to the bathroom to do a number 3. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise

[@harambae7014]

Jerking off?

[@БОДЬКА-х5ы]

Believe what you want to believe

[@sisterLybid]

9:16 THE TEETH

[@collateraldamage4453]

Eating competitions are just promotions of gluttony. Thats how i see it.

[@molecule101]

A book that changed my life in ways that I never could imagine is "Secret Testosterone Nexus of Evolution".Drop whatever you're doing right now and go find that book. Trust me after I implemented things from the book my testosterone levels went beast mode

[@theccc8318]

How do I know you aren't a bot

[@TryTane]

@@theccc8318 rule of thumb. If you don't know, and the comment isn't about the video. It's a bot. In this situation, it is one.

[@theccc8318]

@@TryTane I figured, ai are useful but also can be crappy

[@IsaacMorgan98]

You're a very skinny man after money aren't you

[@tomw7334]

They obviously just throw it all up afterwards.

[@rodrigoaisen736]

I was looking for this comment. They definitely do this. No doubt.

[@Sewnkinmusic]

100% and if they don’t, they do massive fasts 3-4 days before/after, or just eat very very low calorie days. BeardMeetsFood says that’s what he does, along with loads of low intensity cardio (steps), and the 1x food challenge is like once a week usually

[@killthemall55]

It is anatomically impossible to digest that much food at once. You will die. Im an RN at med surg floor. So yea you have to puke it all out.

[@kennethg9277]

This may be true, and it may even be true in most cases... but it's irrelevant, because it's still basically a question of calories consumed over the long term. So whether you regulate that intake by throwing up the 70 hotdogs you've shoved down your gob, or by keeping the hotdogs down and fasting for a week, doesn't really impact the central issue.

[@Kededian]

Yeah. Those veggie diëts they are all claiming is uttter bs.

[@РасулКапезов-з8д]

0:22 bro looks like beast... titan

[@oaksaint4458]

Is there a limit of how many calories can be absorbed in one sitting? That would also help explain it.

[@rousalka4517]

Clenbuterol, synthroid, albuterol + caffeine, HGH

[@ReflectingMoon]

Binge and purging

[@ctb1977]

You've overlooked the actual reason. Anything over ~5k calories in a single sitting just passes through and dumps out the other end. Your body doesn't take the caloroes in

[@Christian2012-x8j]

Lol i was just thinking about exactly that after watching a beardmeetsfood video yesterday and now this video is in my recommendations lol bit scary 😅

[@cajampa]

It is very simple they fast before and purge after. Also when you eat an enormous amount at one sitting the body can't even take up every thing.

[@22ERICSHELLY]

Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas. May Jesus continue to bless you and your family

[@KnightsTempura]

cheat day baby

[@jujubibi1474]

They spit their food (and I mean spitting, not throwing up). With a bit of practice it's pretty easy. Drink water, exerce pressure on your stomach and food will come out. I suffered from an extreme binge eating disorder and did this for years.

[@chuvits217]

So they are basically bullemic?

[@iknownothingwillingtolearn]

Half of the world lives in hunger and then there is this.

[@tanneredge9774]

Matt stonie definitely has a ungodly workout

[@Xeddits]

Let me save you some time if your looking for a quick answer: No most competitive eaters don't have magic metabolisms they don't do a lot of cardio , they do a lot of walking most track weight and are in a calorie deficit or fast to stay at their weight eat food in moderation and don't eat fast food.

[@Mrs_Bezom]

remember me see you in the future

[@Nikki_the_G]

FYI, "nutritionist" means nothing in the US and there is no such thing as it being "registered". "Dietician" means you have your Masters. Anyone can call themselves a .nutritionist.

[@dczech4138]

Good video to this topic could be "I Tried ALL YOU CAN EAT DIET and Lost 10kg | Body Transformation!" by Jimmy Kim

[@Guspr181]

competitive bulk

[@John.Asante]

They don't eat 10,000 cals per day ..

[@mcfarvo]

Professional disordered eating and eating-related behavior patterns

[@sh_project1999]

I think efficiency should not be forgotten. Lets say they maintain on 3000 kcal/day, would make 21000 kcal/week. If they then eat 10000 kcal on one day and 1850 kcal/day the other six, there is nooooooo way the body will absorbe the calories in the same efficiency. Everybody that did a cheat day will know this, on paper you should gain 1 kg of fat but you basically gain nothing because the big amount of food is just to much for the body to work with and it gets past through like that, partly. Like you can easily bench 50 kg for 10 reps but there is no way you bench 500 kg for one, physically on paper its the same, but the body cant handle those extremes

[@Hostefar]

any science behind that?

[@irfuel]

@@Hostefar Yes there is. There is a limit to the amount of fat your body can store in one day. There also is a limit to the amount of fat your body can burn in one day.

[@blythe-w2x]

Not surprised he's not talking about vomiting :)

[@mcmorky9704]

They volume eat to make sure they don't get stomach shrinkage. People not eating before food challenges is a newbie trap.

[@zebefreod871]

Regarding matt stonie he slowed down his uploading schedule the older he got, Erik the electric got his intestinal microbiome so f-up he HAD to slow down his uploading schedule. Honestly the fact a lifestyle like this is possible (with other consequences than being fat) doesn't mean it should be pursued.

[@user-xj4xi2uo9r]

Erik the Electric clearly still has the same problem he had in his youth and it's sad that he's so much in denial about it.

[@GimmeDopamine]

I see Josh Brett post, I click

[@TheFrierenLolibabaLover]

Edit: I see you did include walking in NEAT, good, but saying it's not cardio isn't really correct. 8:25, false Walking is cardio, Walking is in the NEAT category which is around 15% of TDEE! Walking for 2 hours a day can help you burn more than 600 calories! And please walk, don't run 10kilometers, yes, it will take an hour longer, but it's much more viable.

[@maenad1231]

3:14 most healthy women have a a metabolism this high or higher. I really doubt a healthy grown man close to typical height would have a bmr of 1500

[@leehya325]

Was thinking the same thing, it’s just 300 more than a literal toddler is supposed to eat. Makes no sense

[@maenad1231]

@ Use other adults as a comparison point for other adults, it doesn’t make sense to use kids whether they be toddlers or teenagers. How much a toddler is “supposed” to eat can not be compared to an adult in any way that logically makes sense because adults are supposed to eat for weight maintenance under normal conditions and toddlers are supposed to eat a caloric surplus for weight gain. Everything in a toddler is still growing/developing - bone length, bone mineral density, melanocytes, brain size, organ size, facial feature size, muscle development … literally everything. That takes A LOT of calories to grow. If an adult were to eat at the same surplus over their own BMR/TDEE that a toddler does they would just get fat because all of those things are done developing/growing so the excess calories would just be used to grow their fat cells instead

[@Virgil_Thrasher]

Also, not all calories gained during a big binge are actually converted to body mass. Jeff Nippard made a video about this 8 years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJXEfmaclNSXp6ssi=L64gtaBu7_9nUdqI In short, if a man with a 3000-calorie metabolism eats 10000 calories once, he'll most likely only gain 3000-4000 calories worth of body mass.

[@сырпошехонский]

Exactly. Most of these 10000 calories left their bodies undigested. To change your body, you must work on it consistently. Just like you can't get fit by fasting one day a month, you can't get fat by binge eating one day a month. It's other 29 days that matter.

[@ccptube3468]

It seems impossible, I can barely finish one meal a day.

[@rayray117]

In short, these competitive eaters just throw up after and exercise a lot.

[@shortbushero]

It’s easy really. Exercise, but for the most part, they’re training their digestive system as a muscle. You take long rest days intermittently, but their rest days are shaving down caloric bulk. So not eating.

[@TheKiltedGerman]

Haven't finished the video, so... Who wants to take bets on rampant levels of bulimia nervosa/anorexia?

[@srleplay]

While BMR+NEAT+TEF+EAT calculation is useful in the everyday circumstances, human body is not a lab burner and at the extremes things start to look different as nutrient absorbtion and utilization can be noticably decreased and vary greatly due to biomechanics and biochemistry (bile overproduction, rapid emptying etc). Oversimplification X eats 10k kcal uses 9k, 20k uses 15k, 30k uses 18k.

[@jvandep]

Yeah that's just objectively not true

[@eugenepoon]

So that nice lady has a daily maintenance intake of approx 2500 calories (18000/7), that does show a somewhat high metabolism? For reference I am an 85kg active male who is reasonably trained (near double bodyweight backsquat) and I start gaining when I near 3000 calories

[@christianmuller8161]

you can burn up to 1000 calories by running 10km with a good pace

[@PTSuperSte]

Funny how that don’t do salad competition and just junk food! The size of that bowl of salad man 😂i

[@gurulaghima6518]

Someone send this to badlands chugs

[@SenpaisFan]

Proffesionals would tend to talk about insulin. You could eat 10k kcal a day without getting weight in theorie. Reality is more complex but insulin is the reason people can eat 800kcal and getting weight. Using insulin and insulin blockers is used in bodybuilding as example.

[@SenpaisFan]

Oh damn... pls be kind I had a rough night. I need to mention that I talk about 800kcal a day and the thing with the bodybuilding: delete the first word and the sentence is good again. So does prof eaters use insulin blockers? I really doubt it. It is messing with you and that kills your abilitys. Strongmans as example do the same. Doesnt take a crazy amount of peds since it would mess them up. Bb is crazy.

[@Siegbert85]

@SenpaisFan You can gain fat in the abscene of insulin though. Not too complicated to gain on a keto diet if you keep your fat intake high.

[@viktor8321]

Simply put, calories in calories out. 99% of their diet is on par and in a deficit and maintenance.

[@Jake-fh2lj]

The shorter, more truthful answer is that they are all mostly bulimic

[@server1ok]

What about competitive sleeping ? I'm serious.

[@Vakator-29]

THEY WORKOUT