On July 4, Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut devoured 62 scorching canines, securing his sixteenth victory within the Fourth of July Nathan’s Sizzling Canine consuming competitors on New York’s Coney Island. Identified for his outstanding consuming talents, Chestnut follows a meticulously crafted coaching program to surpass his physique’s bodily limitations. Briefly, he trains with the identical dedication as a marathon runner.
Chestnut instructed GQ Journal that his coaching consists of two months of “simulated contests,” by which he eats as if it have been July 4. “It’s actually simply coaching to stave off nausea {that a} typical particular person would endure when their abdomen will get full,” says Chestnut. “It’s just like marathon coaching, when you find yourself slowly ramping up. Hitting instances and distances many times.”
To grasp the ache marathon runners undergo, Chestnut, 39, took half in his first marathon at California’s Surf Metropolis Marathon in 2019, the place he ran 5:02:44. “Consuming scorching canines is sort of a marathon runner working,” Chestnut defined in Brooklyn Reporter in 2021. “Your physique is telling you that it’s drained, however you ignore sure emotions on the finish of the race.”
Not even a climate delay can cease Joey Chestnut 😤
He downs 62 scorching canines to say his sixteenth Mustard Belt 🏆 pic.twitter.com/PbcOkt1gVc
— ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2023
Moreover utilizing working as a technique to work off the 17,000 energy of 62 scorching canines, it’s clear it may possibly assist the psychological aspect of the game too.
