Channing Tatum is sizzling and shirtless – and proud of it!
The actor, 44, took to social media on Friday, March 21, to flaunt his chiseled physique after working hard to shed some pounds.
Tatum shared a series of images via Instagram which featured himself shirtless, including a photo of what he looks like currently after working hard to get his body in tip-top shape.
“We back up! lol. 1st photo is today 205 [pounds]. 2nd photo 235 for a movie called Josephine. Then went to 3rd photo which is 172 for a movie Roofman,” he captioned the post. “I’m so grateful for my genetics. Grateful for my chef/nutritionist/witch. Grateful for my trainer. I couldn’t make these big swings in my weight without you guys.”
Acknowledging how tough it was to get ripped after purposely putting on weight for his movie roles, Tatum declared he was done putting his body through the ringer.
“But I won’t be doing anymore fat roles haha. It’s too hard on the body and too hard to take off now,” he explained. “But damn when I look at these pics it’s just wild what the human body and will can do.”
Tatum has previously been candid about the grueling lengths he has gone to in order to maintain his physique.
“I have done all kinds of bulls–t to get in or stay in shape. Almost everything you can think of. And I have to say nothing yet has been more suffocating and exhausting and effective than freestyle wrestling or open ocean water swimming,” Tatum revealed in May 2021. “There are moments in both that I am always like I think I might die haha. Yup pretty sure I can’t go on let go would be better than this.”
During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show in February 2022, Tatum shared how tough and potentially unhealthy it can be to look as ripped as he appeared in the Magic Mike films, where he played a stripper.
“That might be the reason why I didn’t want to do a third one, because I have to look like that,” Tatum told host Kelly Clarkson.
He added: “It’s hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape — it’s not natural.”
When Clarkson, 42, asked about “eating well,” the Step Up alum insisted that the diet needed to look like his Magic Mike character is not recommended.
“That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy,” he claimed.
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