Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone's training program for the movie "The Expendables": everything about how the 66-year-old actor works out and what he emphasizes in training.

Sylvester Stallone's training program for the movie "The Expendables": everything about how the 66-year-old actor works out and what he emphasizes in training.

Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Stallone)

Date of birth: July 6, 1946.

Height: 177 cm.

Weight:

Best movies: Rocky, Rambo, The Expendables, Rock Climber, Judge Dredd.

Who trains Stallone?

For the filming of the movie "The Expendables", Stallone was trained by his personal trainer - Gunnar Peterson, who worked with both NHL and NBA professionals, as well as with many movie stars. It was Gunnar who trained Sylvester for the Rocky Balboa movie.

As Gunnar says, Stallone takes training very seriously and is very easy to work with: “He is one of the few clients of mine who not only doesn't need to be taught, but who teaches you. He is very punctual and very thorough in training.

Stallone's training secret

Stallone worked hard to bulk up for The Expendables - it's easy to see that his shape was different in Spy Kids and Rocky Balboa. This time he focused on training forearms, trapezius and neck muscles.

Stallone's trainer, Gunnar Peterson: "The main part of the training was on the muscles of the lower body: we perform deadlifts and steps with the same weight, so the forearms were also worked. In general, basic exercises are the most effective.

Safety and choice of equipment

 

"When performing exercises, especially rotational or balancing, we carefully follow the technique, because many movements can be traumatic. In the film, Stallone's character has a leather bracelet on his finger that actually hides the injury."

"As for training, we do not have a single program or uniform technique: we do both supersets and dropsets, classic exercises, as well as exercises with weights or variations in the spirit of squatting on one leg. Training should be diverse.

How does Stallone train?

Below you will find the program that Stallone followed during the early stages of filming The Expendables. This program is aimed at muscle growth, increasing the metabolism due to the increased work of the leg muscles. In addition, she works out her hands.

Stallone's trainer, Gunnar Peterson: “A lot of people are afraid to swing and get too big. I think it's funny. Even if you train like a pro, you won't be able to eat and recover in the same way because everyone is different."

Stallone's training program

1. Cycle for all muscles of the body. Repeated 4 times:

Squats with a barbell - 8 repetitions

Deadlift - 10 repetitions

Seated turns - 10 repetitions

Pull-ups with weight - 6 repetitions

Push-ups on bars with weight - 6 repetitions

2. Cycle for legs and shoulders. Repeated 3 times:

Stretching the legs while sitting - 10 repetitions

Standing calf raises - 8 repetitions

Push-ups with dumbbells - 8 repetitions

Lifting dumbbells with a reverse grip - 6 repetitions

Lifting dumbbells "hammer" on biceps - 6 repetitions

Biceps lift in Scott's bench - 6 repetitions

3. Pres

Vertical leg raises - 3 sets of 10 repetitions.