Steven Adams has always felt like a throwback trapped in a modern league. The kind of big man who sets bone-rattling screens, shrugs off contact, and treats recovery like it’s part of the job description. Now he’s gone viral for something else entirely: the way he eats.
In a story that’s been making the rounds in recent days, Adams is described as starting his mornings with a breakfast so blunt it sounds like a training camp dare: around a pound of beef and six eggs.
The same stretch of chatter paints an even more vivid picture of his postgame routine, ripping into steaks with his bare hands and, on the road, hitting multiple restaurants in one night to keep the tank full. One clip circulating from the story captures the tone perfectly:
“Just get a well, well cooked piece of beef mate,”
Steven Adams describes his diet including 1 pound of beef and 6 eggs for breakfast, eating steaks with his bare hands, and going to 3 separate restaurants for dinner on the road pic.twitter.com/iMX2uppREl
— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) December 18, 2025
followed by the statement that he’ll go to “three restaurants in a row.” If it sounds exaggerated, it also tracks with the long-running Steven Adams mythology.
In an NBA that obsesses over optimization – macros, meal plans, wearable data, cold tubs – Adams’ approach reads like a living meme: pure protein, primal presentation, and a schedule that treats dinner like a three-stop tour.
But beneath the laughs is the reason teammates and fans keep repeating these stories. For a player whose value is built on strength, durability, and doing the unglamorous work, the “caveman diet” narrative feels like the perfect character note, the kind that makes a role player seem larger than life.
