Zac Efron Developed Insomnia And ‘Fell Into A Pretty Bad Depression’ Following Extreme ‘Baywatch’ Training
etcanada.comZac Efron was in incredible shape for the 2017 “Baywatch” movie, but he wasn’t happy. The actor speaks to Men’s Health about fitness and extreme dieting in a new interview, telling the mag: “That ‘Baywatch’ look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable.
There’s just too little water in the skin. Like, it’s fake; it looks CGI’d. And that required Lasix, powerful diuretics, to achieve.
So I don’t need to do that. I much prefer to have an extra, you know, 2 to 3 per cent body fat.” Efron adds of how long the ill effects of his “Baywatch” training lasted: “I started to develop insomnia and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time. “Something about that experience burned me out.
I had a really hard time re-centering. Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long, and it messed something up.” He goes on to talk about re-evaluating his approach to fitness, admitting he considered letting himself go. “At one point, that was a dream of mine—what it would be like to not have to be in shape all the time.
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