While it's no secret that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind, there are, it seems, limits. At least, according to actor Zac Efron, who has said he never ever wants to be as ripped as he was for his role in 2017's movie adaptation of TV series Baywatch.
To get in shape for that role - in which starred alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - Efron took part in gruelling physical workouts twice a day and also went 'virtually carb-free' to help carve a physique that took everybody - probably even himself - by surprise.
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But talking recently to First We Feast's Hot Ones show, the actor admitted that that physique wasn't in the slightest bit desirable - either to attain in the first place or to maintain on a constant basis.
"[2017] was actually a really important time to do Baywatch, because I realised that when I was done with that movie, I don't ever want to be in that good a shape again," he told Hot Ones host Sean Evans.
"Really, it's like, it was so hard. You're working with no wiggle-room. You've got water under your skin which you're worrying about making your six-pack into a four-pack.
"It's just stupid," he continues. "It's not real. I'm happy that it worked and that it got me through it. I may do it again if it was something worthwhile, but I would wait until it gets to that."
What, then, was his ultimate takeaway from that experience? Simple.
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"Take care of your heart, take care of your brain," he said. "You're good."
It's not the first time Efron has spoken about the downside of his transformation. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, he admitted that the glorification of that body type wasn't just unrealistic, but also unhealthy.
"That's too big... for guys, that's unrealistic," he told her. "I'm telling you. I got
very big and buff for that movie, but I don't want people to think
that's the best way to be. Like, be your size... I don't want to glamorise
this."
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