When it comes to action stars with godly physiques, one can’t go without mentioning Sylvester Stallone, Dwayne Johnson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But during Stallone’s heyday in Hollywood, it appears his diet to maintain the desired physique might not be much dissimilar to one of the biggest names in the modern action landscape.
Although the actor still doesn’t back away from maintaining an impressive physique at the age of 76, back in his prime, he took extreme measures to stand out from his competitors in the field. And this involved an aggressive amount of calorie intake during the weekends.
Sylvester Stallone’s insane diet was pretty similar to Dwayne Johnson’s
Being one the biggest action heroes of all time, thanks to his Rocky and Rambo franchise, like his fierce competitor Schwarzenegger in the 90s, Sylvester Stallone also maintained a god-like structure. Considering the actor was leading action flicks on a regular at that time, this required him to stay in shape throughout his prime days, and this resulted in him taking some extreme measures with his diet. Reflecting on the subject, the actor revealed that his calorie intake would skyrocket during the weekends and would touch up to 9000 calories. He explained,
“Mostly it’s all diet, what you eat is what you is.” Stallone explained, “I overdo on the weekends. During the week it’s almost all protein and by Friday night I’m ravenous and then I’ll bulk up, and then by Monday I’m back on the machine. I’ll be down to 110 (calories) and on the weekend I could be up to like 9000”
This enormous number is kind of similar to that of WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson, whose calorie intake in his cheat days can skyrocket up to a monstrous 10000.
Rocky III pushed Sylvester Stallone’s body to its limit
But among all the roles that Sylvester Stallone has prepared for throughout his illustrious career, working out for Rocky 3 was the hardest he ever put his body through. His insane diet for the film forced the Rambo star to perform handstands between the takes, in order to get the blood flowing back to his head. The diet involved small oatmeal cookies, brown rice, tuna, and 25 cups of coffee with honey, and being on this high-protein diet left the actor lacking physical and mental energy. As a result of this exhilarating process, his body fat dropped to 2.9 percent.
Although Stallone is long past his prime, he is still going strong in the industry and is set to lead another action flick, The Expendables 4, which will witness him saying goodbye to his beloved franchise.
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