The 10,000-Calorie Diet: This is What Sumo Wrestlers Eat

Well, come on... My name is Bayamba, I am a four-time World Sumo Champion. Every day I eat a lot of healthy food to stay strong. In professional

sumo

, after practice, we eat rice and you know, fried meat or some fish. But the main dish is like Chankonabe. There are many vegetables, onion, green onion, ginger, mushrooms, eggs, many meats and fish too. Meat has a lot of

calorie

s, right? That means I think we eat a lot of

calorie

s, which means more than 10 thousand calories. If you want to be a

sumo

wrestler you have to work hard, practice.

And after that, the body will get tired, right? And then they have to eat healthy and take a lot of protein. So, Chankoname is the right thing to eat. If they just practice a little and eat junk food. I mean, you know, there is no balance in the body. Chanko makes me stronger. I did Chankonabe every day. In Japan, for 5 years. I have made Chanko between 1,800 and 2,000 times in my life. I was born in Mongolia and then when I was 16, I moved to Japan for a long time. I started doing professional Sumo. When he was 16 years old, from Japan, Grand Champion Onokuni came to Mongolia.

And then he chose a guy, that was me. And when I went to Japan, I thought: everything is new to me. The first morning there, I went to watch the sumo practice and I was surprised because two of the

wrestlers

, when they collided, their heads collided and one of them's tooth got embedded in his opponent's forehead. So I immediately thought that it would be better to start training right away to improve and be able to beat these guys. After a couple of weeks, I started winning some matches and started to feel pretty good about it. So I liked the sport.

Actually, I loved it. In professional sumo, the Grand Champion is like God. I love sumo! In Chanko you can add

what

ever vegetables you want. Ginger is 'shoga' in Japanese. What about the Mongolian? 'tsagaan gaa' I never stop eating Chanko, because I love it. I will probably eat Chanko all my life. It gives me a lot of proteins and vitamins. When you practice for a long time, you lose a lot of sweat, right? That's why you lose a lot of power... vitamins from your body. This is how you renew the Chanko vitamins. Americans like chicken soup, right?

But Chankonabe is different. It is a fish broth. For

this

type of Chanko the meatball is the key. I mix the meat, vegetables and eggs. Mix everything and then make the meatballs. Squeeze it. Spoon. Boom. You got it? It's almost ready. Ready? I'm so hungry right now. Instead of having vegetables as a salad, you can mix them with the soup. You can absorb many more vitamins and minerals from the soup. It's in the broth. I'm full right now. I have to go to sleep. Then after the nap, when I wake up, I feel a lot stronger, you know?

I can feel that every day. After practice, eat, then sleep, then wake up. "My God, I'm getting stronger." We are using

this

place for sumo practice. Now we are going to do a seminar for three days in a row. Many

wrestlers

from all states and Canada. I'm trying to teach all these guys. There are like 20 people. I'm Sonya. This is my husband Pierre, the hairy guy. We are from Sacramento. So we went to work with Byamba and we had a great time with the group. I'm trying to improve every day. So with that I came to this camp, which Byamba organized.

That way, he could learn all the other techniques. Little things he was doing right or wrong. And I can also bring him back to my club. He's a world champion, but I had to talk to him a little bit. And he's been really good. We'll just get going. We're basically going to do

what

we did yesterday for the intro. A couple of people missed the introduction. -I'm sorry. -Alright. I didn't, I'm not saying names. The Chanko will be at 7:45 in Shin Sen Gumi. We'll give you the address later. -Shin Sen Gumi? -Shin Sen Gumi, yes. I tend to eat a

diet

rich in protein and good, beneficial fats.

So, I'm trying to feed myself continuously. I usually eat an eight-egg omelet, something like that. Load between six and eight sausages. Maybe have three glasses of milk. Anything that's out there I'll eat. -Chankonabe is fantastic. -I've never had it... ...so it will be a first experience. -Are you coming tonight? -Yeah. Yes, hell yes. It's a lot of fun to teach someone. That's why I want to share my experience with everyone. You are too late to the accusation. You have to be much faster, okay? Receiving. You are receiving. Load it! They want to learn, you know? I am very happy to teach you.

Anyway, after practice, I'm ready to eat Chankonabe to recover. Ah... let's go. I'm hungry. I make the best Chankonabe in this country. But tonight we will all go to the Shin Sen Gumi. Basically, we are planning to order jars of Chankonabe. Is it okay for everyone? -Chanko, Chanko. -Chanko. Here we go. Chanko. Chanko. Let me try first. If you're not used to it, it can taste slimy. Hmm. It's delicious. Wait. Wait. It's not about taste. It's giving you good vitamins and proteins, you know? -Very good. -Yeah. The first time and it is soft and delicious. I'm from Louisiana, so we make a lot of gumbos and stuff, and to be honest with you, it reminds me of that home cooking.

Very, very moist vegetables. And that flavor, that cabbage is phenomenal with that flavor. I mean, obviously, after spending the entire day trying to work for three hours. Then you have to sit and wait an hour for dinner to arrive. when something so big comes to you. You have all that anticipation, all that tiredness from earlier in the day. It was worth it, 100%. He said his body fat, when he weighed about 330 pounds, his body fat was 11%. When I was 18? 18 years old, yes. Amazing. No, no, it's getting a little bigger now. Who is this? Good food. Get it done.

Come on. The Japanese work very hard to bury it. So you respect that. You have to eat everything, okay? Thank you. Yes. You don't want to waste anything because it contains so much nutrition that you don't want to throw it away. You want to absorb everything from the bowl. Beer also helps... Not too much but... How was Chanko? Everybody is happy? The National Championships are coming up and then also the US Sumo Open. Good luck everyone, you know? And tomorrow we will also have to practice. Remember? So, we had a good practice. We have enough food.

I have to go to sleep. See you at the US Sumo Open.