Sylvester Stallone's intense diet for 'Rocky III' gave him 'debilitating physical effects'
foxnews.comSylvester Stallone put himself through an intense diet and exercise routine ahead of filming "Rocky III" in the 1980s. Stallone recalled what he ate and drank to keep his body fat down to 2.8% as he prepared to portray Rocky Balboa fighting James "Clubber" Lang, played by Mr.T. "My entire breakfast would be maybe two [small] oatmeal cookies made with brown rice and 10 cups of coffee because I wanted to keep my body fat down to 2.8 percent," Stallone told The Wall Street Journal. "I was forgetting my phone number.
I was eating just tuna fish. My memory was shot, it was completely gone," the actor added. "I was getting all kinds of debilitating physical effects.
But it was for the cause." These days, the 76-year-old actor focuses more on lower impact workouts. "I’ve gone from lifting regular weights to mostly bands, cables.
It’s kind of like physical therapy," he told the outlet. "So, you’re using the bar, you’re using different motions and keeping those joints moving all the time." Over the years, Stallone has had "five back operations, two shoulders, three neck fusions, both knees," he revealed, before adding, "I’m bionic." Stallone has also cut down on the amount of coffee he drinks.
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