Stallone workout for Rambo series

Stallone the biggest action star and one of the most hard working actors in the Hollywood. No one can ever forget the his roles in Rocky and Rambo if you look at the movie first  blood and Rambo 2 you must have observed a dramatic change in his physique.

Stallone is well known for his muscular physique, hard work and willpower. Sly has had a lot of injuries from his unbelievable physical pursuits. To reach that kind of physique talk about the workout he used to workout with well known body builder and Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu. His workout was divide into day double split.

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

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

He use to do 500 rep of crunches in every abs workout and was done three times every two days and he gained 10 pounds within 6 week of training with 50 inches chest and 17inches of arm and waist of 29 inches. Sit-ups, leg raises, side leg raises, and side bends were the exercise which they use to do specially for abs and torso and every exercise were of 50 rep.

So to have the perception that it is difficult to be in shape as you grow old. It is not about strength or power it is about the determination and the willpower which within us. Stallone is perfect example of determination, willpower and discipline.

Rambo the first blood – Memorable Movie by Stallone

With the release of Rocky, Stallone was named an action star as the Rocky series had made huge business. Another action/thriller in the year 1982 hit the silver screen Rambo: The first blood directed by Ted Kotcheff. Stallone play John Rambo a misunderstood Vietnam War veteran.

Before Stallone was approached for the movie there was list of actor who turn down it project like Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, James Garner, Kris Kristofferson and Michael Douglas. Terence Hill. The film was base on the David Morrell's 1972 novel with the same name.

Total budget of the movie First Blood was $15million but film made the business of $47 million domestically and $125million globally. But as compared to other films Rambo was a reasonable success for example Rocky3, E.T.,   released in the same year beat the collection of Rambo.

First blood was considered as one of the best film of 1982 and Stallone got a lot of appreciation on his performance in the movie. The movie was named 253^rd greatest film ever by Empire magazine on their 2008 list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.

Stallone had looked like lean prisoners of war Stallone consumed extremely modest diet every day. The food that he consumed was mostly protein food . He lost his weight to 159 pounds (about 72 kilogram).

Sylvester Stallone: The greatest action hero Hollywood have ever produced

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone popularly known as Sylvester Stallone son of Frank Stallone, Sr. and Jacqueline Stallone. Jacqueline Stallone suffered from complications during birth of Stallone a severe nerve damage which resulted in paralysis in parts of Stallone's face. It gave a pretty odd look and speech that later went on to be a style statement. Stallone was treated as an outsider in his school because of his poor grades his odd face and other behavior problems; he also attended a Military academy before Miami Dade College.

Talking about is career he worked for just $200 in a soft core pornography The Party at Kitty and Stud's staring  stud the lead role when asked why did he worked in pornography he said "it was either do that movie or rob someone, because I was at the end — the very end — of my rope". As he was throw out of his apartment and had spent several days at the New York City Port Authority bus station.

 He first got worldwide recognition at the age of 30 when the first Rocky movie was released, the film was big success and Stallone grabbed an Oscar in the best actor category. He never looked back ever since, there was a big series of Rocky movies all of them made big business and soon Rocky become an inspiration for the underdogs.

In late 80’s when the Rocky series hit the silver screen Rambo the first blood - Rambo 1 also met huge success and he matched up to the expectations of his fans. The following Rambo series were bigger hits than the initial one as he was in his prime physique of his life time. Stallone claims to have gotten his body fat percentage down to his all time low of 2.8% during that time.

Along with Rocky and Rambo he gave Hollywood many blockbusters like Over the Top, Nighthawks, Cliffhanger, The Specialist, Lock Up, Tango and Cash, Demolition Man and many more but also many disasters film like Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Oscar, Judge Dredd, Driven, Avenging Angelo declining his career.

He made comeback in 2006 the sixth part of one of the best ever movie Rocky Balboa which matched up to the expectation of his fans. At the age 62 he came back with physique which nobody expected him to have at that age and in 2008 the fourth installment of Rambo which again with great performance and inspiring physique pulled the crowd in the theaters.

Whether it be Rocky the boxer Stallone or Rambo’s solider he has always been an inspiration especially for people who stop believing in  themselves because if a paralyzed Stallone was able to achieve such thing even you can too with will power and dedication. To whatever he did made him a living legend.