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Full Name:
Sylvester Enzio Stallone

Nicknames:
Sly, Italian Stallion

Born:
July 6, 1946 in New York City

Height:
5' 7"

Biography

Stallone was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York to Frank Stallone and Jacqueline "Jackie" Labofish, an astrologer. Stallone's father was an immigrant from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily while his mother is American. One of his maternal great-grandmothers, Rosa Rabinovich, was from Odessa,Ukraine and was half Jewish. [2][3] At fifteen, his classmates voted him the one "most likely to end up in the electric chair." In the 1960s, Stallone attended the American College of Switzerland, Leysin and the University of Miami for three years. He came within a few credit hours of graduation, before he decided to drop out and pursue an acting career. After Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be accepted in exchange for his remaining credits, he was granted a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree by the President of the University of Miami in 1999.[

Stallone did not gain world-wide fame until his starring role in the smash hit Rocky (1976), the film was awarded the 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture.
Rocky cost about US$1.1 million to make, and grossed about US$225 million worldwide. The sequel Rocky II was released in 1979 and also became a major success, grossing US$200 million worldwide.
Stallone had another major franchise success as John Rambo in First Blood (1982) and the sequels, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Rambo III. During the 1980s he built a reputation as a major action star, frequently setting the record in multi-million dollar salaries. After the release of Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II, Stallone became the biggest film star in the world. Many consider him the most famous film star of the 80s and one of the most popular celebrities of the decade. 1986's Cobra and 1989's Tango and Cash continued the hit parade, further solidifying Stallone's overseas fanbase.

After starring in the critical and commercial failures Oscar and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot during the early 90s, he made a major comeback in 1993 with the blockbuster hit Cliffhanger which became an enormously successful venture grossing over US$255 million worldwide. Later that year he enjoyed another hit with Demolition Man which grossed in excess of $158 million worldwide. His string of hits continued with 1994's The Specialist (over $170 million worldwide gross). In 1995 he played the title character in Judge Dredd which was based on the comic book 2000 AD. His overseas box office appeal even saved the domestic box office disappointment of Judge Dredd with a worldwide tally of $113 million. In 1996 he starred in the disaster movie Daylight which made only $33 million in the U.S but was a major hit overseas taking in over $126 million, totaling $159,212,469 worldwide.

Stallone has been married three times, to Sasha Czack (1974–1985), Brigitte Nielsen (1985–1987), and Jennifer Flavin (1997–present). He has five children, sons Sage Moonblood and Seargeoh, who is autistic (with Czack, born 1976 and 1979 respectively), and daughters Sophia Rose, Sistine Rose and Scarlett Rose (with Flavin, born 1996, 1998, 2002 respectively). He and Flavin, an Irish-American, were married at Winston Churchill's birthplace, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England.

In addition to these marriages, he has had romantic relationships with models Susan Anton, Angie Everhart, Pamela Anderson, Naomi Campbell and Janice Dickinson. The latter once believed that Stallone was the father of her daughter Savannah

Trivia

The 1997 film Face/Off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta was originally conceived as a sci-fi film and written specifically for Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Cobra and Judge Dredd were intended to spawn franchises, but due to their lukewarm reception at the boxoffice, those plans were cancelled. Cliffhanger had a sequel script written for it entitled The Dam but this was later retooled as a separate film entitled Daylight which Stallone made in 1996.

Sustained serious injuries making the Rambo films, particularly First Blood. In that film, he attempts to jump from a cliff into a tree. The look of pain he shows in the film is in fact real as the branches were lodged in his chest, breaking ribs and puncturing a lung.

Widely considered to have inspired the one-man army action films of the 1980s with the genre classic First Blood.

Stallone claims to have been able to bench press 385-400 lbs and squat 500 lbs in his prime. While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over 160 stitches on it. This is why one half of his chest is more veiny than the other. [10]

He is one of President George W. Bush's two favorite actors. The other is fellow action hero and conservative Chuck Norris. Both men attended Bush's inauguration as President in 2001.

Stallone's films have grossed over $1.7 billion in the USA and over $3.5 billion worldwide.

Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero.

Was part owner of the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Birth complications, caused by forceps, resulted in paralysis of the lower left side of his face, manifested by a perennial snarl and slurred speech.

Dislikes his first name, usually referred to as "Sly."

Stallone's mother is a fan of Jackie Chan. Chan and Stallone are very good friends.

Was originally slated to play Detective Axel Foley in _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ . The role went to Eddie Murphy instead.

Has a total of five children, Sage & Seargeoh with first wife Sacha Czack and Sophia, Sistine & Scarlet with third wife Jennifer Flavin.

Italian-American

Turned down the role of John McClane in Die Hard (1988). The part went to Bruce Willis instead.

Son of Jackie Stallone & Frank Stallone

In April 2004 he formed his own nutrition company InStone, that produces protein pudding, a testosterone booster, an energy booster and two different protein shakes.

In 1988 he was offered $4 million to do an advert for an American beer commercial under the condition that he cut his hair; when he refused they offered a further $1 million to go to the barber - he still refused.

Bodybuilding

Sly Stallone first got his inspiration to pursue exercise and nutrition when he saw Steve Reeves (a former Mr. Universe) in HERCULES! At 13 years old, Sylvester was astounded with films such as ‘Hercules:Unchained,’ ‘Goliath and the Barbarians’ and ‘The Thief of Baghdad.’
Today Sylvester Stallone is an inspiration to many who strive to improve their physical prowess, willpower and determination. For an example of his physique at its best, take a look at films like Rocky III or IV, Rambo II, or Rambo III and be amazed at what can be accomplished with sheer determination. Of course, Sly has had his fair share of injuries from his incredible physical pursuits. When training for Rocky II, Sly trained so hard with two time Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, that he tore his pectoralis, resulting in a four hour operation.

When making Rocky III, Sly would begin the day with a two mile jog, then go straight into 18 rounds of sparring, 2 hours of weightlifting and jumping rope. After all this, he would take a nap in the afternoon, then go running again! He would finish the day with a swim. On this film he made himself even leaner and smaller to enhance the ‘David & Goliath’ imagery. To get this effect Stallone dropped his body weight to a mere 155 lbs, with a diet of 10 eggwhites and a burnt piece of toast once a day, and a piece of fruit every third day. Although this diet left him weak and dizzy, he then built his muscle mass up ounce by ounce until he was up to about 175.

Sylvester Stallone had trained with Franco Columbu to get in shape for Rocky II, so he knew the services of the two-time Mr. Olympia did not come cheap. Still when he heard the amount of the fee Franco would charge him for the next six weeks to train for his new film Rambo II: First Blood, he was shocked.

"Franco," he told the Sardinian, "why don't you just take my house and be done with it?"

"I had to charge Sly a good amount for the training," explains Franco, "because he wanted to train full out, just as if he were preparing for the Mr. Olympia contest. That meant two workouts a day, six days a week. I had to drop almost everything else in order to concentrate on getting him in the best shape of his life."

According to Franco, motivating his pupil was not that difficult because of Stallone's tremendous mental intensity and competitiveness. "Sly gives 100% all the time," Franco says, "and his determination is awesome. He is an achiever. A leader. He never sits back and let's things happen, he is the one who makes them happen.”

"With Sly, I worked out a program that was right for him," Franco explains, "and then I led the way, constantly increasing weights and reps. I knew for sure that this would motivate him to try and keep up with me. If I took a weight and did 12 reps, Sly would have to try and do at least 7. After all, I may be stronger than he is, but not that much stronger. Then, next set, I would do 15 reps, so he would have to increase his reps to at least 10. By the end of our training, he was doing curls with 70- pound dumb-bells. You should have seen how strong he got

When Stallone first came to Franco to begin training, he was 170 pounds and very well defined. But he didn't feel he was big enough and wanted to put on 10 pounds of muscle in six weeks. Franco knew how hard Stallone was capable of training, so he decided that was a feasible goal.

"Sylvester gained just about 10 pounds in six and a half weeks," Franco says. "He has great structure, with a waist only about 29 inches. When we started, he had a 44-inch chest. At the end, his chest was almost 50 inches. And his arms went from 16 ½ inches to 18 inches. He was bigger, harder and much more muscular. Wait until you see him in the movie. He's going to shock a lot of people by how good he looks."

MONDAY/WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY
Morning: Chest, back, abs
Afternoon: Shoulders, arms, abs

TUESDAY/THURSDAY/SATURDAY
Morning: Calves, thighs
Afternoon: Rear delts, traps, abs


"Each day we would train, I would change the exercises. I had Sly do extra sets of exercises that were working, and I dropped the ones that weren't working. And the more results he saw, the harder he trained. I'd say, let's do three more sets, and he would immediately agree. The workouts got to be really fun, very exciting."

Franco had Stallone training abs three times every two days, doing 500 reps every ab workout. "We trained four different ab and torso exercises: sit-ups, leg raises, side leg raises, and side bends. We did 50 reps of each, one exercise right after another, and five sets of this cycle. And wait until you see the results. Sly has great abs, intercostals, serratus, everything."

Franco says Sly was determined to be the most impressive man on film this side of Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. "But Sly wants to go even farther for Rocky IV", Franco reveals. "In fact, if Sly had decided to be a body builder instead of an actor, with his great proportions, his tremendous athletic ability, and his mental drive, he would certainly ended up as one of the top physique champions."

As Stallone continues to slug it out in his workout, his jet-black hair becomes wringing wet. Sweat pours profusely off the tip of his straight roman nose and intensity conquers the contender. Working the world's most famous biceps, he says that this is the heaviest he's been in a while. "I was 178 for Rocky, and 200 in Rocky II. For Rocky III I was 163. For my next film, Rocky IV, I went up to 173. I like this weight, because it is a fuller, rounder look, more in keeping with the old Roman athletes. I'm not quite as sinewy as I was in Rocky III, but I feel stronger."

Stallone's measurements when he was filming Rambo II were: chest around 50", 29 ½ " waist, and 17 inch biceps. His body fat runs 4 ½ %, although when he's not filming it's 6 %. Loud bursts of energy can be heard as the star does push-ups to get pumped up for some photos.

Her kommer en del bilder:

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Er det bare meg, eller har Sly en lite estetisk kropp? Mannen er trent, og rippet til de grader, men syntes ikke han har vært heldig fra naturens side.

Edit: Bra magemuskler og skuldre. Bryst er greit. Resten er heller labert.

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Jeg tror vi vet hvem han er nå.. ;)

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Så fint da.

råe bilder"!

Synes han var veldig heldig bare sjekk underarmen f eks på noen bilder.
Ryggen er helt ok

Meget bra tiltak! Honnør! :)

Takk, godt å vite at noen setter pris på 1/2 time's arbeid ;)
Vet ikke med andre her men bilder motiverer mer enn ord.

Jeg ser opp til Stallone som person/skuespiller/kroppsbygger. Fint at andre syns det samme.

Enig med VargThor. Han var godt rippa til tider, men kroppslig sett, synes jeg han så helt jævlig ut.

Han var i bra form, men at han hadde armer på 18 inches. (45,72cm), kan  jeg ikke helt se for meg, verken utifra bilder eller filmer jeg har sett.
Med tanke på hvor lav han er (1.75!?) skulle jo dette sett ganske gromt ut.
Synes armene ser ganske små ut.  :what:

Han hadde ikke armer på 45 cm.

jeg syns de ser dritt svære ut på rocky 6 :P

Dette er jo en berømt diskusjon, synest du bør han en link som støtter den kommentaren ikke bare dra den ut fra løse luften.
Han veide kanskje ikke 91 kg i Rambo 3 heller?

Ikke bare dra den ut i fra løse luften? Hva med bildene? De burde være "støtte" nok. De som mener han har 45cm burde heller finne noe som støtter opp deres kommentarer.

Jeg har sett nok armer i mitt liv til å påstå dette. Utfra bildene, samt hvor mye som overdrives i kommersiell informasjon, "vet" jeg at armene hans ikke er 46 cm. Jeg er ikke ute etter å overbevise deg. Jeg er klar over at du er tilhenger av denne mannen. Se på forskjellen mellom Franco og Sly sine armer. You do the math.

Vel, er du ikke blind så ser du tydelig på bildene at han er i ulik form. Rocky 3 feks er han nede i 75 kg eller noe.
Ser du på det første bildet jeg har postet der Sly,Arnold og Franco står sammen så synest jeg han har ganske ok biceps. Altså jeg har ingen problemer med å tro at den er 10cm mindre enn Arnolds. For å backe opp alt dette hysteriet rundt Stallone's 45cm store biceps som jeg er drittlei nå så kan du jo lese om den her:
http://www.stallonestories.com/mf/mf8510/training.htm

VargThor, jeg gidder ikke ta dette lenger. Seier du han har mindre enn 45 så greit, er ingen kranglefant. peace.

For en festlig diskusjon.. ::huh2::
Franco Colombo sier han trente opp Stallone til 18" = 45,7 cm
og så sier han vel selv at han var 17" i en film, som er 43,2 cm  :woot:
Ingen av de tallene er jo avskrekkende, hvis du legger ned litt tid i trening og samtidig har litt talent som jo Stallone har.
Det blir jo uansett side opp og side ned med grunnløse påstander ;)

Sitter godt plantet i sofaen med 44 armer kalde med lite trening (i forhold til mange her på TF) de siste 5 åra, og har stillt med 46 armer, men hvem f..n tror på det  ::) eller bryr seg, hehe.
Men det som er ontopic, er at jeg personlig ser ingen grunn til å betvile at Sly har vært innom de målene som er nevnt, på grunnlag av de bildene som er å finne på nettet.(sammenlignet med de jeg har sett av meg selv  :-\?

Uansett så skal mannen ha kreditt for den formen han er i ved en alder av 60 år!!

45 cm armer er faen ikke så stort da, som om det liksom skulle vært så uoppnåelig... haha..  er ikke no tvil om at stallone har hatt det.. folk som sier no annet er missunlige..

forøvrig arti at du legger ut så mye bilder.. moro å se:)

Selvsagt. Jeg er misunnelig. :)

Jeg skulle også klart å få 45cm armer hvis jeg hadde hatt Franco Columbo som personlig trener og fått penger for å trene meg opp.

Vel, til noe annet så har Rambo 4 innspillingen startet nylig, den skulle egentlig hete Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye men så ble tittelen skiftet til Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra nå har tittelen blitt skiftet enda engang til: JOHN RAMBO.
mhm... Rocky Balboa og John Rambo..... vel, personlig hadde jeg gått for noe litt mindre orginalt som RAMBO IV men men...

Heldigvis har Sly slippet ut håret og stappet i seg masse veksthormon slik at han nok engang er klar for Rambo ;)

Her er noen nylige bilder av 60åringen:

http://fanaticcook.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-box-at-60.html (http://fanaticcook.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-box-at-60.html)

Spørsmålet er jo ikke om det er stort, eller hvor lett oppnåelig det er.
Men om det ser ut som det utifra feks bilder! Kan du vise meg noen bilder som backer opp det du sier?

jada skal nok få til det.. du må skjønne at du kan ikke se på ett bilde og dømme det av en mann som har vært bra trent siden rocky i 1976.. det er en periode på 30 år..alle varier på kropps mål tid til annen.. mine armer har variert med ett par cm på ett par mnd..

bruk hodet folkens!!

At det går ann å være så skeptisk til at en godt trent voksen man har armer på 45cm fatter jeg virkelig ikke.

Når jeg ser på feks det første bilde i tråden så har jeg ingen problemer med å tro at armene hans kan ha målt 45cm på et tidspunkt. Om de målte 45cm på alle bildene har ingenting med saken å gjøre.

Er de nevnte målene tatt slapp eller strammet? Om de er strammet er det bare 3-4 cm større enn meg, og jeg er jo bare en liten gutt. Ser ikke no problem med at Sly her skulle kunne ha betydelig større enn meg :)

Anyways....SO WHAT!?

Jeg har sett bilde av Franco som måler armen, og målebåndet viser faktisk ikke noe mer enn akkurat 45 cm. Man skulle ikke tro det, for de ser så utrolig mye grovere ut, men sånn er det nå faktisk.

Sly har IKKE grovere armer enn Franco. Igjen, han er ikke i nærheten av 45 cm.

 

Det morsomme er at vi som ikke vedkjenner oss at mannen hadde 45cm, selvfølgelig er misunnelige. Det er det med å være kritisk som automatisk fører til bitterhet. :) Vi har våre argumenter, dere er selvfølgelig ikke enige i det.

Jeg klarer ikke å beundre en bygger/skuespiller som har brukt så mye veksthormon som han allikevel.

Da er det ikkje mange byggere du beundrer, siden alle de store har/eller bruker hormoner/bol

Vel teller hvertfall negativt på respekten min for de uansett.

Men hvordan kan du backe opp med at ALLE bruker/har brukt det?

latterlig uttalse...

Sa ikkje alle, men alle de store. Er en stor forskjell...

Tenker da på Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Ruhl osv...

Så "litt" er greit ? Og hvordan vet du hvor mye han evnt. har brukt ?

Da kan du ikke beundre noen byggere i det hele tatt siden alle byggere bruker bol..

Det er ikke umulig at han hadde 45 cm armer! jeg som er en gutt på 17 og har bare trent ett år har armer på 39,som er relativt lite forhold til andre, så da skulle jeg nesten trodd han hadde større!

GO SLY! ;D

Regner med at dette er ironisk. :)

ja ja seff... 

At du kan si at det er latterlig sier litt om holdningene dine. OG ja Sylvester har brukt mye dop. Han ble jo netopp tatt i Australia under promoteringen for Rocky Balboa med veksthormon?

Glem det jeg sa om å beundre men at ALLE bruker det nekter jeg å tro!

i usa er det egne klinikker hvor hvem som helst kan dra å få sprøytet inn vekst hormon.. det er ikke kun muskel bygging det der brukes til..!!!  men også blant annet som en foryngelses kur..
så gjekk dere ned litt!! >:D

Foryngelses kur? :O trodde det var sånnt de trodde på på 1500 tallet jeg ;)

Man trenger ikke noe veksthormon for å bli slik som sylvester, med mindre man har ræva gener. og 45 cm armer ekke noe big deal hvis du har trent i 10-15 år. Selv vet jeg at armer er noe som vokser ganske forskjellig hos folk, noen får store triceps fort, andre biceps. Og hvis du har bra gener for begge, så tror jeg man kan oppnå 45 cm armer ganske fort naturlig.

Selvfølgelig kan"man" få dette lett. Men Sly har ikke hatt det, ei heller Brad Pitt. Men det betyr ikke at det er vanskelig. Begge er derimot godt trent, men svært dårlig gener for store armer.

 :)

noen som vet hvor mye han løfter i benk, bøy og mark ?

Vel, hadde du lest på første siden så hadde du funnet det ut...

Stallone claims to have been able to bench press 385-400 lbs and squat 500 lbs in his prime. While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over 160 stitches on it. This is why one half of his chest is more veiny than the other. [10]

Veldig sterk, men ikke direkte svær. Han så ut som en liten sprett sivna Ahnooooold.

For de som er interessert så er RAMBO 4 innspillingen i full gang.
Her er noen bilder fra filmen, enjoy:

http://www.flynetonline.com/2007/03/rambos-last-mission-in-thailand.html (http://www.flynetonline.com/2007/03/rambos-last-mission-in-thailand.html)

rått.. blir arti å se den filmen..

385-400 Ibs er vel ca 170-180 kg og det er jo strengt tatt ikke helt vanvittig, men det er naturligvis godt over gjennomsnittet. Hvor mye veide han da han mente han var god for dette da? 500 Ibs i bøy vel ca 220 kg, altså ikke utenktelig det heller.

Rambo 4 Traileren:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6i090FGzQ

Fikk gåsehud da musikken i begynnelsen starta, noe jeg tipper mange andre og får ;)

Ser bra ut. :)

Rambo er helt rå.Får gåsehud selv jeg

Filmen virket jo grei nok ut den men synes det virker som det er litt mye snakking i denne filmen. I de gamle rambo filmene ble det jo sagt veldig lite hvertfall av rambo selv og det var noe med filmen jeg likte.

kult dette!!

gleder meg til filmen kommer ! :D

god kar :)