Zac Efron Admits He’s Happy To Be Single & Doesn’t Miss His ‘Baywatch’ Body: It ‘Messed Me Up’

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“I really took the time to focus on, you know, self-improvement and try to find my opportunities,” Zac Efron said in the cover story of Men’s Health October 2022. While Zac, 34, is romantically linked to stars like Vanessa Hudgens, Lilly Collins, Vanessa Valladares, Michelle Rodriguez, and more, he’s currently flying solo – and he’s happy with that. “I know that maybe when I meet the right person, that’s when I least expect it,” he told the publication.

Zac is also glad he doesn’t look completely devastated anymore. “That Baywatch Look, I don’t know if that’s really achievable,” said Zac, referring to what he went through playing Matt Brody in the 2017 adaptation of the hit TV show. . “There is too little water in the skin. Like, it is fake; it looks like CGI’d,” Zac said of his looks. “And that requires Lasix, the potent diuretic, to achieve. So I don’t need to do that. You know, I love having 2 to 3 percent more body fat.”

Even though Zac told Men’s Health that he is preparing for an unreleased role, he is avoiding the mistakes he has made Baywatch. In addition to taking diuretics, he over-exercises and eats the same 3 meals a day. Plus, he doesn’t sleep properly. Even if filming stopped at midnight, he would still get up at 4 a.m. to practice. “I started having trouble sleeping,” says Zac, “and I fell into a pretty severe depression for a long time. Something about that experience burned me. I’ve been having a really hard time lately. In the end, they assumed that taking too many diuretics for too long had messed something up.”

Zac shares this experience to help those who think Baywatch body can be achieved without cost. Zac has recovered so much, which has forced him to reevaluate his relationship with personal fitness. “At one point, it was my dream – what if it wasn’t always in shape? like that,” he said Men’s Health. Since his Music High School days, Zac was involved in some form of training, going for the first time with his father. “What if I just said, ‘F-ck it’ and let myself go? So I tried it, and I succeeded. And for all the reasons I thought were unbelievable, I just felt miserable. My body won’t feel well; I just feel no longer alive. I feel bogged down and slow.”

After going through both extremes, Zac exercises but more responsibility about how he does it. He’s a “rolling freak”, according to Men’s Health. He is a believer in stretching, self-massage, and yoga. He also likes ice baths.

“It was my favorite part of the day. The former is when you suffer the most, and when you end up just committing and jumping into it. From that point on, you have conquered something deep within you; you don’t want to get cold,” he said Men’s Health. “It’s the simplest philosophy: Whatever you don’t want to do, make it a habit.”