Adam Richman Was Never The Same After Man V. Food. Here's Why

Tackling eating challenges took him to TV stardom, but Adam Richman had to battle more than super-hot wings and massive burgers on his way to the top. From body image issues to handling criticism from Alton Brown and Anthony Bourdain, here's some of the ways Man v. Food changed its original host.

These days, Adam Richman can sometimes be found listed among the ranks of legendary professional eating champions, but as he mentioned on the show, he hosted Man v. Food as a regular guy with zero background in the world of competitive eating.

This was by design, because while it's mesmerizing to witness eating legend Joey Chestnut demolish a five-pound BurritoZilla in Season 1, watching Richman try and fail to tackle a seven-pound breakfast burrito in the very next episode is arguably far more entertaining.

Richman was a Yale-educated actor and a sushi chef before he got the Man v. Food gig. In 2011, he mentioned that the auditioning process for the show didn't even involve any difficult eating challenges. While this means he had to develop methods to prepare for his gluttonous triumphs after getting the job, anyone who's watched Man v. Food can attest that Richman certainly succeeded.

After a few years of Man v. Food, Richman was a seasoned veteran whose challenge preparation routines sounded like that of a pro athlete doing warm-ups. He revealed these surprising tricks to get his body going before the big moment in an interview with Heeb:

"It was always lots of exercise like leg and back work-outs in particular. They're your biggest muscle group so they activate your metabolism quite a bit. And then I would do interval sprints on the treadmill or jump rope."

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Training to eat | 0:00
Fasting for challenges | 1:33
Getting in shape | 2:30
Cutting out oysters | 3:15
Talking with his mouth full | 4:04
Body image issues | 5:07
Gaining and losing weight | 5:41
A dangerous challenge | 6:46
Dealing with hate | 7:57
Some choice words | 9:08

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