Men's Fitness South Africa

Build a “Baywatch” body

▪ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s physique already has legions of fans, but the transformation of co-star Zac Efron (who shot to fame in the teen-film hit High School Musical) has shocked the world. According to Efron’s trainer, Patrick Murphy, the actor reached 5% body fat after just 12 weeks of training. How’d you like to do something similar?

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How It Works

▪ Efron’s training was constantly evolving, but for us, Murphy condensed the best of it into a three-day split, working back and biceps one day, legs another, and shoulders, chest, and arms the third day (abs are in there, too, a little bit every day).

The main feature of the workout is super-setting; doing two exercises back-to-back with no rest in between. Not only does this approach save time, it also doubles as cardio, burning more

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