--- title: This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane Baywatch Diet description: Zac Efron has been busy getting in the best shape of his life to shoot the Baywatch movie and now he's letting fans in on his secrets. canonical: https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-09T22:50:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:50.067Z og:title: This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane Baywatch Diet og:description: It clearly paid off og:url: https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane Baywatch Diet twitter:description: It clearly paid off twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane _Baywatch_ Diet  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2016 10:50 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2016 10:50 PM UTC Zac Efron has been busy getting in the best shape of his life to shoot the [_Baywatch_ movie](http://time.com/4246454/david-hasselhoff-new-baywatch/) and now he’s letting fans in on his secrets. The 28-year-old actor has begun sharing photos of both his workouts and new ripped body on Instagram. Known fitness fanatic [Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson](http://time.com/4229976/7-year-old-fighting-cancer-wants-to-meet-the-rock/) has even posted about his co-star’s progress. Efron also tweeted about the strict diet he has followed throughout his training. “\[Nine\] days of absolutely zero carbs & sugar. Only organic grass fed/free range protein and organic leafy greens,” he wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/707442169976594432) However, he revealed that he does indulge in a cheat day every now and then. > [](https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/707442604481355778) This isn’t the first time the [_High School Musical_ alum](http://time.com/4243976/high-school-musical-4-release/) has bulked up for a role. Back in 2012, Efron played an ex-Marine in _The Lucky One_ and put on 18 pounds of muscle for filming. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/"},"headline":"This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane Baywatch Diet","datePublished":"2016-03-09T22:50:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:50.067Z","description":"It clearly paid off","url":"https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fitness","Exercise","movies","celebrities","Actors","health","zac efron","diets"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4253240/zac-efron-insane-baywatch-diet/","name":"This Is What Zac Efron Ate on His Insane Baywatch Diet"}}]}] ```