I wasn't 100% paying attention but during the training montage it looked like Stallone was putting up about 315 on an incline bench. Was that real? The dude was like 60 I think when he filmed this. That weight is impressive for a 25 year old, even more so on an incline. Stallone's a monster.
shareI don't remember an incline bench, but I completely believe the weight was real. Plus you have to remember that Sly was constantly pumped up on HGH or some other controversial hormone supplement at the time.
shareNo, it wasn't real. In (non-documentary) movies with weight training scenes, they use fake prop weight plates.
If you look very closely, you can tell by the way he re-racks the weights when benching.
It's claimed that everything was real in the training montage, except for the power cleans where wires were used to assist Stallone. Pretty sure this is in the behind the scenes or commentary on the DVD.
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