Overcoming Adversity – Sylvestor Stallone – How He Did It
The Expendables (2010) opened at number one at the US box office with a first weekend gross of thirty-five million dollars. This makes Sylvester Stallone the only person in Hollywood history to have starred in movies that have opened at the top of the box office charts for five consecutive decades. Not bad for a baby boomer! I am going to share her story with you and point you in a direction that will help you live your life to the fullest. Hope this helps you get back to being a contender!
Sylvester (aka Sly) Stallone is sitting on top and living the good life. He hasn’t always been like this; he had to overcome many adversities to get to where he is now. Mainly through courage, determination, and an unwillingness to settle for NO are the things that have led him to success.
He’s only 5’9 inches tall, which is shorthand for an actor in the Hollywood world. He has a permanent droopy mouth caused by the doctor who treated him; the doctor accidentally severed a nerve in his face.
This resulted in paralyzing parts of her lip, the lower left side of her mouth, and parts of her tongue and chin. That is what has given him his characteristic grumpy look and his difficulty speaking. He tends to speak in a monosyllabic manner that you might think makes him undesirable for movie reels, however he has pulled it off in a remarkable way.
He is a baby boomer; He was born on July 6, 1946, in New York’s gritty Hell’s Kitchen almshouse. His youth was quite hectic; he was expelled from fourteen schools before the age of thirteen for his antisocial and violent behavior. He ended up in a school for troubled children and was voted “most likely to end up in the electric chair.”
He’s had to fight his way to the top and the story behind the “Rocky” movie and the Rocky franchise is almost legendary.
The “Rambo” movies and franchise are a story unto themselves.
Sly Stallone is a perfect example of boomers living life to the fullest! If you look at this guy and everything he does in a 64-year-old body, he’s really inspiring. His virility and strength are due to the lifestyle he has chosen to live. This lifestyle is available to everyone and he has documented his lifestyle in a book.
The book is called “Sly Moves” and it shares the stories about what happened behind the scenes of his movies, as well as his philosophy on life. More importantly, he sets up an exercise plan and an eating plan; he doesn’t believe in diets but he does believe in healthy living. You can follow his plan to get fit and lose weight.
The book promises to help the reader lose weight, get stronger, gain willpower, and help them live their dream. Some of the book’s sections include:
1. Sly on Sly – tells the behind the scenes stories that were involved in all the movies.
2. Getting fit with Sly Moves: This includes his exercise programs that helped build his body. There is also a chapter for women and recommended exercises for the weaker sex.
3. Sly Moves Eating Plan: Recommends a guaranteed way to live a healthy life.
4. Cunning Moves in Action – This includes three days with Sly and tips on how to get and keep the Eye of the Tiger.
There are many images showing scenes from the movies and how each exercise should be performed. His main goal is for you to live like a contender and remember that winners get rid of their problems before their problems get rid of them!
This is an inspiring, educational book, and simply a good read if you want to get to know the man known as Sly Stallone.