The Need to Enter Eating Competition
For all those first timers out there, you’re probably trying to learn how to do this, so you can enter a competition with a decent prize. The problem is that you don’t have any experience. You train, and than you get up on the stage with everyone – it’s almost like a culture shock. It’s extremely different than training and you might not be sure what you’re getting into.
As much as you train and try things out, you’re not going to know what it is like. You can watch every competition on SpikeTV and you’re still not going to know what to expect when you’re on the stage with a pile of food in front of you, looking out at a crowd. It’s totally different when you’re doing it.
Things like pace and having a sound mind go out the window. You’ll people on both sides of you chowing down and you’re not going to be consistent.
I think it’s important to enter into any competition you can. No matter how small it is. The reason is that it gives you that experience of what it is like. It’s really the only way you can train to be in a competition and actually understand what it takes psychologically. There might not be any big prizes and you may feel a little embarrassed, but you have to deal with that now. When the big competitions come along, you want to be at peak performance and no what to do.
The last thing you want to have happen is the competition start and you’re still dealing with the fact that there’s a crowd and television cameras staring at you.