Celebrity Workouts: Zac Efron

Why can't we all look like a celebrity? You've probably seen a celebrity and was impressed with their physique. When that happens, I like to look at that actor or actress's workout routine. I always say, if you want to look like an athlete? You need to work out like one. The same is true for celebrities.

The 5'9" Zac Efron rose to fame in Disney's High School musical. After shedding his high school roles, Zac focused more on his physic and then ramp up his work outs to appear in the 2017 movie Bay Watch. 

Zac was lean in Baywatch with only 5% body fat. To get ready for the movie Zac worked with personal trainer Patrick Murphy. For diet, Murphy focuses on foods that are nutritionally beneficial. That includes things like tuna, egg whites, salmon fillet, and chicken breasts for protein. Fruits include apples, pears, cranberries, strawberries, and blueberries. Whole grains focus on brown rice, oats and quinoa. For vegetables, focus on dark green leafy choices such as kale and spinach. The diet included healthy fats from nuts, seed, and Avocados.

Murphy then uses intermittent fasting which means you eat all your calories for the day during an 8 hour period of time.

Murphy uses fruit to beat sugar cravings, and green tea to beat beverage cravings. Efron drank 100 ounes of water daily and supplemented his diet with whey protein. Just like muscle confusion is important, Murphy uses diet confusion - changing caloric intake every two weeks along with changing the mix of protein, carbs, and fat. 

For exercise, Murphy makes sure the form is perfect with the aim of exhaustion within the first couple of sets. Instead of doing crunches to get abs, Murphy involves the abs throughout the workout. He changed Efron's workouts, constantly evolving them to get the most benefit. "The main feature of the workouts is supersetting - doing two exercises back-to-back with no rest in between," Murphy explained.