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When life gets tough, even Tom Brady will turn to pizza and burgers to make him feel better, according to his training guru Alex Guerrero.
During an appearance on The Adam Schefter Podcast, Guerrero explained that even Brady’s famously strict diet comes with some exceptions.
The 43-year-old quarterback is famous for promoting a plant-based diet and the proliferation of avocado ice cream. But even he has cheat meals.
“He loves pizza and I would say that he loves a really great cheeseburger,” Guerrero said.
Guerrero, Brady’s TB12 business partner, says that their strategy in treating injuries goes beyond their famous principles of hydration and pliability. He says that the’s a significant emotional aspect to their diet regiment.
That means sometimes nurturing people in the program with “emotion foods.” Not even Brady is immune to it, especially when the quarterback sustains a major injury.
Guerrero pointed to the example of when Brady cut his hand badly in practice before the 2018 AFC Championship Game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. That was a day that called for a pizza.
“That day that he injured himself, that day after that, that we’re kind of getting him through the emotions of what had just occurred,” Guerrero said. “We weren’t super strict on our diet. We’re not like that. We’re very balanced. We do things to kind of help our body stay in balance all the time. So if we feel the need to heat up a pizza and eat a pizza, we’re gonna do it. If he needs to have a cheeseburger, we’re gonna do it.”
Guerrero says it’s funny how much attention Brady’s diet gets, stressing that they approach everything with moderation.
“We’re not excessive like everybody’s written about. It’s really not that bad.”
With that said, Guerreros says Brady isn’t turning to burgers and pizza all the time. However, even a little bit is enough to change the image of Brady’s diet.
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