There is a scene in One Piece Season 2 that cost Taz Skylar nearly two full days of hydration. He went without water for 48 hours. He stopped eating for three. He trained eight to ten hours daily for eighteen months to play Sanji.
He’s clear that no one asked him to do this. He made the choice himself. He also doesn’t recommend it.
The Honesty That Built the Thing
That clarity matters. Taz Skylar is not selling you on extreme transformation. He’s telling you the truth about what he went through — and then building something designed to make fitness more human, not less.
Skylar grew up in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, born to a Lebanese father and an English mother. He worked making surfboards at 15, tried to enlist as a British Army reservist at 21, failed a medical, and redirected everything into performance. His breakthrough came through a play he wrote — Warheads, inspired by the PTSD his best friend brought home from service. It earned him an Olivier Award nomination. He is now Sanji to hundreds of millions of One Piece viewers. Season 2 arrived in 2026 to a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating. He described it simply: “Bigger, faster, louder.”
Be Less Impressed. Be More Involved.
In a British GQ interview that traveled far, Skylar disclosed something the fitness industry rarely touches: he had dealt with anorexia and bulimia. The strict calorie counting routines that performing demanded had, at points, turned into something he couldn’t unwind alone. That admission is uncomfortable, specific, and publicly shared. It is also the foundation of what NotFit is.
NotFit calls itself the Anti-Fitness App. Built for people who don’t enjoy workouts, diets, or wellness culture. Sessions are fun, skill-based, and doable in 30 minutes. Nutrition plans built around how food actually shows up in a life — not around an aesthetic you’re supposed to hit by a deadline. Day 4 of training for a new Sanji season, Skylar posted with @notfit.io tagged directly in the caption. The product is not a side project. The product is the point.
The Flame, Not the Moth
Taz keeps a few words close. Be the flame, not the moth. It’s from Casanova, and he uses it like a compass. The moth orbits the light, drawn to something outside itself. The flame is the thing itself. Do the work. Be the source.
The other one is Matthew McConaughey. Be less impressed. Be more involved. Stop being awed by the thing. Get into the work.
Both of those ideas live in NotFit — an app built not around the aspiration of someone else’s transformation, but around the actual practice of showing up for your own. Taz Skylar is the proof of concept.
The flame, not the moth. Every time.
