I saw this movie for the 1st time on DVD last night. Call me crazy but I enjoyed the movie. I am pretty sure they were not trying to create the :Next Greatest American Movie." For what it was trying to be, I thought it was good.
I have to agree with some of the posts that the sex scene was pretty hot. Stallone was like 48 when he made this movie and he was in that great of shape. What women out there did not like that little piece of eye candy?
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Well, hard to detect pure sarcasm when there's no tone involved, but he was around 48. According to different sources he was born in 1946.
Besides, don't know why people keep mentioning his age as if it were something advanced. His body may be in great shape (thank you steroids!) however he looks like a man well into his forties.
Steroids, really ?. Where did you learn about this ?.
shareSteroids, really ?. Where did you learn about this ?.
You could be right. For a guy that's in his sixties, he doesn't look bad.
shareSheeeeesh, I really thought you were joking.
YES Stallone is clearly a pill-popper, and he has been for a while. I don't know how clued in you are to the BB/athletics scene, but all those buff dudes who posedown on stage are ALL on steroids (or some form of synthetic hormone enhancement).
If you recall, Sly was stopped, searched and detained at Sydney (Australia) airport a while back. Here's a source:
http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/sylvester-stallone-busted-for-steroids/
This whole topic is covered in better detail in the docu Bigger, Stronger, Faster: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/.
But it's a HUGE thing in the athletics community too (all types, not just Olympian but stuff like MMA, Boxing, Swimming etc.). Makes sense, considering the large sums of money involved that folks will do anything to get the edge - but then "tragedy of the commons" (to use the phrase loosely) kicks in.
Anyway above film really just put to light what was widely-known by everyone in such communities (and the scientific taskforces assigned to track/study them).
In case you're wondering, there are various methods athletes employ to get around the detection system(s). They may use masking agents - compounds that help conceal the usage of whichever prohibited substance(s) taken by the athletes in the samples collected by the testing agency. They may alternate dope cycles depending on the frequency of testing and the time taken to rid the banned substance from the bloodstream. And they may even use the good old-fashioned prosthetic-penis-hooked-to-a-bag-of-someone-else's-urine trick (this is particularly the case when testing is conducted at the facility and there is no hope of changing the doping pattern at the last minute).
The way I heard it Sly was using the last method to evade the authorities.
I kid, I kid. But the rest is true.
Boy, Im shocked. I didn't really expects this. I thought he was a straight forward guy.
Anyway I think he could have avoided all that by having a personal trainer. He could have looked the same in a about a year and a half if he undertook extensive professional gym training.
Anyway I think he could have avoided all that by having a personal trainer. He could have looked the same in a about a year and a half if he undertook extensive professional gym training.
Your knowledge in this field sure passes mine. So I will take your word for it. Anyway why did he have the urge to go beyond the basic standard ?. Arnold Schwarzeneggar didn't have to do this. Can anyone get a body like that without going to the gym ?, maybe working out at home ?.
shareYour knowledge in this field sure passes mine. So I will take your word for it. Anyway why did he have the urge to go beyond the basic standard ?. Arnold Schwarzeneggar didn't have to do this. Can anyone get a body like that without going to the gym ?, maybe working out at home ?.
it's a common myth that you simply take them and then grow bigger with no effort.
Group 2 (no exercise, drug use) was able to build about 7 pounds of muscle. That’s not a typo. The group receiving testosterone injections and NOT working out at all gained 7 pounds of muscle.
Just because Stallone has taken steroids, it doesn't mean that he took them for The Specialist.
Nobody knows how often Stallone took steroids.
Maybe rarely, maybe a lot, maybe he went 10 years without touching them.
Pure speculation.
If Stallone was preparing for a film and he got injured, he could use steroids to help him build muscle without having to train as much (because he was injured). In fact often when a professional athlete is banned for steroid use, its because they were returning from injury and used the steroids to return faster.
sly only cycled off the juice between films
share If you recall, Sly was stopped, searched and detained at Sydney (Australia) airport a while back. Here's a source:
Yup. And I remember how it shocked people and even pissed some off. To this day I don't understand the backslash, why does it bother people? It's not your body. Yes Sly has been taking steroids for a while now. So? He's an actor, not an athlete.
exactly, he's not using them in competition
shareI totally love this movie. It's such a sexy movie. And don't forget James Woods. Somehow I just find him so attractive in it. Total eye candy!
shareIn spite of the fact that the average BB today is 6 times as big as their 70s counterpart
I'm a huge Stallone fan and for some reason didn't care for that movie. 😕And I kinda enjoyed Stop! Or my Mom Will Shoot!, just saying. It isn't a great movie by any means, but if you watch with the mindset that you simply watching as a sympathetic little comedy without taking it seriously at all, it can generate a few laughs.
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