re: Matthew Stonie keeps saying he trained hard for the hot dog eating competition.

I met MLE eater Juan Rodriguez at a barber shop in Las Vegas and he was very fit. He actually works as a personal trainer. He said the reason why skinny people beat fat people is there is more room in their stomachs and their stomachs can stretch more. He also told me he thought Matt Stonie would beat Chestnut this year (guess he was right). Juan finished 6th last year at Nathans HDEC. Not sure how he did this year.