“I
was
very
lucky
in
the
pandemic
to
have
the
time
and
space
to
work
on
myself,”
he
said. “I had
to
put
myself
in
a
specific
mindset
and
be
stricter
and
more
on
a
schedule.
I
think
that’s
helped
me
not
only
with
my
health,
but
in
my
life
as
well.
It’s
put
a
lot
of
things
in
perspective
for
me.”
By
the
time he showed
up
to
shoot
the
COVID-delayed Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home in
October
2020,
he
had
shed
100
pounds.
Batalon
credited workouts
six
days
a
week
with
his
trainer
over
FaceTime,
a
protein-and-veggie-centric
meal
plan—”the
very
normal
prototypical
diet”—and
portion
control
for
his
eventual
transformation.
The
exercise
portion
of
the
program
mapped
out
by
his
trainer “was
so
regimented,” Batalon
described, explaining
how
he’d
do
legs
one
day,
then
chest-shoulders-triceps,
arms
and
back,
full
body,
abs,
then
cardio.
And
on
the
seventh
day…
yes,
he’d
rest.
“I
wish
there
was
a
short-cut,
honestly,”
he
said, “but
it
was
definitely
the
consistency
that
helped
me.”
And before
long,
working
out
became “almost
like
a
drug,
you
can’t
not
do
it
every
day.”
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