He stunned fans last month when he unveiled his slimmer figure on Instagram, with followers telling him he was ‘giving Adele a run for her money’.
And Colson Smith continued to showcase his impressive weight loss on Wednesday as he revealed he had returned to filming after Coronation Street’s COVID-19 hiatus.
The actor, 21, who plays Craig Tinker in the ITV soap, displayed his slimmed-down frame in a black T-shirt and gym shorts.
Exciting: Colson Smith continued to showcase his impressive weight loss on Wednesday as he revealed he had returned to filming after Coronation Street’s COVID-19 hiatus
Colson opted for a weight harness, which highlighted his toned figure further, and added a pair of grey running trainers with white tube socks.
Wearing a black baseball cap, the actor excitedly revealed he was having a quick morning run before returning to the Coronation Street set for the first time since lockdown started.
He penned: ‘Starting the morning with a run. Quarantine daily run. First day back at work. Like a kid at Christmas.’
The ITV soap resumed filming last week after production was halted for nearly three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
‘I’ll need to wear a fat suit!’ The actor, 21, who plays Craig Tinker in the ITV soap, stunned fans last month when he unveiled his slimmer figure on Instagram (pictured left and in 2018, right)
As the actors return to filming, the plan is to make enough shows to continue airing three episodes a week to ensure the soap remains on-screen in July.
ITV bosses previously confirmed that older cast members will be kept at home during the first few weeks of filming.
Andy Whyment, who plays Kirk Sutherland, also revealed that kissing scenes will be banned in accordance with new social distancing measures.
Work out: It comes after Colson gave fans a glimpse of his workout regime on Instagram earlier this month
The new safety measures are in accordance with the recently issued TV production guidelines which will be observed whilst filming the top ITV soap.
It comes after Colson gave fans a glimpse of his workout regime on Instagram earlier this month.
The actor looked amazing as he worked up a sweat lifting weights outside his garage.
Look at him go! The actor looked amazing as he worked up a sweat lifting weights outside his garage (pictured in 2018, right)
Dressed in a black T-shirt, matching shorts and white trainers, Colson put himself through his paces as he did a circuit consisting of dumbbells, kettle bells and a medicine ball.
The star appeared in great shape as he pumped his arms and worked his way through each of the exercises in the sped-up video.
Colson used an animation of a potato working out as he captioned the clip: ‘better weather.’
Meanwhile, Colson recently spoke about how his staggering weight loss will likely cause continuity issues on Coronation Street during filming.
Pumping iron: Dressed in a black T-shirt, matching shorts and white trainers, Colson put himself through his paces as he did a circuit consisting of dumbbells, kettle bells and a medicine ball
The soap star joked he will have to wear a fat suit after claiming to have lost 10 stone during lockdown.
ITV bosses pulled the plug on production on March 23, but filming resumed earlier this month after Emmerdale forged the path for soaps to start a phased return.
Colson told The Sun: ‘We are in direct continuity, but I’ve almost lost about ten stone since we left work so I’m not sure that [my hair] is going to be the biggest of their issues.
‘I might be wearing a wig and a fat suit when we go back. Now we go to a purple shampoo, which almost makes it a platinum sort of colour, which basically takes the ginger pigment out.
Working up a sweat: The star appeared in great shape as he pumped his arms and worked his way through each of the exercises in the sped-up video
‘So the yellow-ness will go, and I will have a head of blonde hair, which I technically do now.’
In April, Colson revealed he suggested his weight-loss storyline to the show’s bosses.
The star’s character Craig had been trying to trim down on the ITV soap, and Colson has admitted the fitness plot was his brainchild and he has been keeping it going during the coronavirus lockdown.
He said on Good Morning Britain: ‘When you go up and suggest a storyline where your character goes on a bit of a transformation the one thing in the back of my head is, “Oh, I’ve got to do that as well”.
Image overhaul: Colson stunned fans last month when he unveiled his slimmer figure on Instagram, with followers telling him he was ‘giving Adele a run for her money’
‘While we’re not seeing the Street at the moment, I’ve kept Craig Tinker’s fitness journey going behind closed doors.
‘So when we’re back we’ll be ready to see what Craig has been up to.’
Colson previously revealed he lost one and a half stone in December after he got food poisoning while holidaying in Thailand.
Speaking on his podcast Sofa Cinema Club – which he hosts with co-stars Jack P Shepherd and Ben Price, Colson said: ‘I was in Ko Lanta.
Looking good: Colson once again showcased his epic weight loss as he shared a new snap on Instagram stories earlier this month
‘I was sat on the beach and the waiter came over and was like, “What would you like?” And I said, “I’ll have the prawns to start please.”
‘I had avoided seafood [on Ben’s advice] but I was sat on the beach and I was like, “How can you not have seafood on the beach?”
‘Well, anyway. I’m not doing that again. I’ve lost about a stone and a half.’
Colson said he was only able to eat a banana and three slices of toast in the week after eating the dodgy prawns.
Since then, the star has embarked on a fitness regime and has littered his Instagram with pictures of him in sports gear, and has of course adopted a much healthier eating plan than just eating toast.
Lean machine: In March, Colson remained determined to keep up with his fitness regime as the U.K entered lockdown after previously revealing a bout of food poisoning kickstarted his weight loss