hey guys in today's video I want to talk about Stallone and Rambo 3 I'm going to
go over the diet and the training that got him into this phenomenal shape now
in my opinion Rambo 3, Stallone probably had the best-looking physique ever on screen
now I just looked good in a lot of other films as well particularly rocky 4 but I
think Rambo 3 really takes the cake so anyways sit back and we'll see what
got him into this phenomenal shape now Rambo 3 came out in May of 1988 which
would've made Stallone 41 conflicting reports about the weight again here
anywhere between 178 and 200 pounds minimum means probably in the 180s now
by far I'd say this was the most impressive he's ever looked at least
from a bodybuilding perspective the level of size conditioning definition
its unparalleled especially for Hollywood and mainstream standards now
bear in mind he was always competing against Arnold Schwarzenegger so honored
Schwarzenegger definitely got him in the size Department when it came to action
heroes in Hollywood but as far as conditioning Stallone took the cake in
my opinion he would have actually done pretty good on stage competing maybe not
necessarily for the mr. Olympia title but pretty damn impressive overall and
one of the reasons why I think he would have done pretty well competing we got
to remember the 80s wasn't the size of the masked monsters as far as
bodybuilding goes I didn't come into play until the mid-90s when Dorian Yates
really kind of kind of upped the bar there the 80s he had you had a lot of
really great bodybuilders that weren't even 200 pounds such as Frank Zane was
still competing in the early 80s for example they're going back to Rambo 3
this was by far his most impressive looking physique in my opinion granted
he was 41 now bear in mind people in the felt health and fitness industry tend to
look their best I'd say going into their 40s because you
got that level of muscle maturity really kicking in and it's one of those things
like the long you been working out the better you you tend to look to a certain
degree of course by 1988 Rambo would become such a phenomena that Stallone had
to keep up with them here to work hard just keep up with them that is
the movie itself was the most ambitious ramble of them all the hero was going in
Afghanistan to confront the menacing Russians and slum felt he needed a
physique that matched that jar can't win scale now we haven't seen ramen for
years so when he's revealed for the first time he appears to have grown
strength which was not so much of an opportunity for Stallone to show off but
rather a not-so-subtle message that you're never too old to keep improving
Rambo three conveniently coincided with the end of rocky 4 in which Sloan pumped
himself up the box Dolph Lundgren who played Rocky's superhuman Russian
opponent although Sylvester Stallone was in phenomenal shape for
rocky 4 he knew he'd out up the bar again and be an even better shape for Rambo 3
Stallone says he always worked harder whenever he had a new Rocky or Rambo movie
coming up interestingly Stallone said in an interview when he was coming up to make
Rambo 3 he didn't really like the way he looked anymore so he actually cut right
down before bulking back up to about 200 pounds but it was all muscle in that
movie his body fat was down to 3.8% inclined now it's really hard to say how
accurate that is because there are some discrepancies for example in his book
Sly Moves, Stallone actually claims that he decided to add 15 pounds of muscle from
where he was at in Rambo 2 & 1 from 163 to around 178, 180 regardless of the
actual body weight you got to assume there's gonna be a fair amount of
fluctuation just just due to fluid intake and the amount of water he's
holding now if he's shooting this movie in the desert I wouldn't be surprised if
he fluctuated 10 pounds a day alone regardless of the actual body weight and
body fat percentage the more important thing is what do you look like in the
mirror or in Stallone, Rambo's case what do you look like on screen in video
on film and he obviously looked amazing so that's really the only thing that
matters stats be damned
in Rambo 3 I remember arriving couple training programs and then he had to yet
to go on location and he brought somebody and he trained with somebody -
they're shooting the film in the desert one thing but he obviously had to
continually workout to maintain that amazing physique during production of
the film so in order to beat the heat he'd have to get up about 5:30 and at
that time it's already 95 degrees outside he'd have a camel take him to
his gym which consists of a bunch of dumbbells in the sand basically now
Sloane himself claims he was slightly insane for what he put himself through
most mornings he do 40 sets of exercises and 10 to 15 reps per set for anyone
that works out that is a that is a lots of volume but bear in mind he was trying
to become more efficient in general so he was doing a lot of super sets but
either way that's a crazy amount of work for anybody to do why when he became a
big study it became very busy after the rocky one the success was everybody
wants to make a country everybody so in his mind was to do less cut shorter and
he actually neglected the most legs because he didn't like to do like work
from the beginning but it was almost like too much time consuming and
therefore he aimed more to do the upper body and I didn't force too much on the
legs you know so it's just a couple exercises we stopped it was fine but the
interesting thing is going with what Franco says and let's say Stallone did
someone to collect or at least just maintain legs as opposed to trying to
really increase leg muscle it sure Rambo 3 obviously or Rambo in general just
runs around in pants you don't really see him in short but this picture on set
of Rambo 3 I gotta say his leg development is actually pretty
impressive
everybody has a favorite body pop everyone has a body part that is on
average stronger than the rest Sloane says his is his back he do pull downs
with 275 pounds of weight at a time when he only weighed 180
he said they literally had to strap me to the bench so he wouldn't snap in two
he also said he saved the real work for the abdominals he had convinced himself
that it's one thing to get big arms or a big chest but the midsection tells a
real story and at that time he believed it it was during training for a Rambo 3
where Stallone found one of his all-time favorite ab exercises the broomstick
twist he says that's the exercise which gave me my Rambo 3 abs that simple move
right there I would do those every single day and
man do they burn now let's face it training is really important but if you
don't have the diet to support your efforts whether it's building muscles
keeping the fat off or even burning fat the trainings only gonna get you so far
you don't have the diet you're gonna get severely diminished results so as far as
the diet goes Stallone kept it simple and he kept it consistent basically seven
days a week he said he need chicken and green vegetables
he doesn't really elaborate too much more than that I'd assume he'd probably
have to eat a lot of chicken in order to maintain that amount of muscle and it's
really hard to say how many vegetables he ate I'd assume he probably had eat a
pretty good amount cuz they're pretty low calorie in general but eat enough of
them we'll get some carbs in your system but with that said basically pretty much
sounds like a keto diet which interestingly enough this isn't what he
would really recommend these days he he he actually says he should need a pretty
balanced diet he'll be the first to admit that training for the rockin Rambo
films he severely over trading for one which which is interesting because
remember three is seemingly even though the training was hardcore he did tone it
down as Franco Columbu says now as far as the diet goes severe calorie
restriction once again and he's more into a balanced approach these days
Sylvester Stallone has known the world over first muscular physique hard work
and determination even on the Schwarzenegger once said Sylvester
Stallone has awesome willpower. Gary Compton, Stallone's personal bodyguard
once said sly is the most disciplined that you'll ever meet in any walk of
life now we can never discount the pure work determination and discipline Stallone
used to get where he is and she what he's achieved in life but with anything
went in the realm of health and fitness fitness and general bodybuilding
everyone's gonna ask are you natural are you chemically enhanced and you have
some sort of assistance there was actually an interviewer that asked alone
if he's ever used steroids to build himself up now Sloane said in 1987 when
he was making Rambo 3 he used to take an amino acid that's nearly as strong as
steroids he said it's about 15 times more powerful than the typical amino
acid but gives none of the raw rage the anger that comes with steroids all
steroids do is make you a cumbersome ape-like goon
those are Stallone's words now as far as this amino acid I'm not sure exactly
what he's talking about I want to give him the benefit of the doubt but I'm not
sure even in today's a supplement world if there's actually an amino acid 15
times more powerful than the typical amino acid and if there is please let me
know in the comments section I'm really curious what this what this was was this
an oral steroid was this something his doctor prescribed was it natural was it
legal regardless of all that Sloan is awesome he looked absolutely amazing
Rambo 3 and I got nothing but respect for the man because at the end of the
day let's face it whether someone's natural or not
all's anything all any kind of chemical assistance is gonna do is amplify your
results like you got to put the work in you got a diet you got a train you got
to be consistent those are the key pillars of any strength bodybuilding
routine so anyway that's the video guys make sure you check out first blood and
also First Blood Part two I did a video on both of those as far as his training
because his physiques changed quite a bit in all the Rambo films I'm gonna do
also do the latest two Rambo films as well he still looks really good.
obviously the physique it's a lot different because he's 20 years older
but anyway comment below what do you think spawns best physique was and in
whatever movie rocky Rambo may be devilish and men are cliff thing or you
look really good in those as well and if you like this content if you're you're
into bodybuilding or martial arts or Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger
jean-claude Van Damme etc I'm gonna cover all that kind of stuff on this
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