When he broke away from the crowd of kids, on his way to the steps.
When he broke away from the crowd of kids, on his way to the steps.
Definitely sub-13 5k pace.
Years ago someone marked off the plaza and timed it against the film. Somewhere around 55 second 400m speed.
'You wake up after a few years thinking you're a winner but you're really a loser!'
For fun here is a great detailing of his entire route. 30 miles, no sweat!
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/09/18/rocky-training-run-rocky-ii/
I watched a "making of" Rocky and one of the directors said that Stallone was "fast". He played football in high school and clearly knows how to sprint based on that clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhDQFLwrAA
At 1:42 he moves way beyond the kid behind him who doesn't look slow. As a rough estimate I'd put him as a 25 second 200m- the guy is impressive enough as an athlete to make the Rocky character believable as a boxing champ.
berry12 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhDQFLwrAA
Never realized till now how good his form was. Nice and relaxed in the shoulders, legs look good and even good hurdlering technique.
I was expecting this to be a joke thread, but dayum... Stallone was a beast of an athlete. I agree that his form is excellent at both sprint speed and easy pace. Guys with bodybuilder physiques are usually so-so athletes, making this even more impressive in my eyes.
Sly is incredibly fit for a 72 year old man! Unbelievable workouts! - blows away people half his age!
Stallone be da man!
I want to be like Sly wrote:
Sly is incredibly fit for a 72 year old man! Unbelievable workouts! - blows away people half his age!
Stallone be da man!
https://youtu.be/gLyAd_aJ7_g
C'mon he's been gobbling roids and smearing on testo throughout his career.
He did not play HS football, he went to school in Europe.
I suppose I'm pretty impressed after rewatching the clip, I mean I don't think it's sped up like some movies, and when he was running away from the crowd he still looked really relaxed I don't believe he was close to max effort, and you wouldn't catch me even jogging in those shoes at any distance so that's impressive in itself.
BcsTechRunner wrote:
I suppose I'm pretty impressed after rewatching the clip, I mean I don't think it's sped up like some movies, and when he was running away from the crowd he still looked really relaxed I don't believe he was close to max effort, and you wouldn't catch me even jogging in those shoes at any distance so that's impressive in itself.
Yeah, running in those ancient shoes at that speed is impressive.
His form is really smooth...I'd say he's going somewhere around 52-55 sec 400m speed in the clip.
Porkie wrote:
I want to be like Sly wrote:
Sly is incredibly fit for a 72 year old man! Unbelievable workouts! - blows away people half his age!
Stallone be da man!
https://youtu.be/gLyAd_aJ7_gC'mon he's been gobbling roids and smearing on testo throughout his career.
He did not play HS football, he went to school in Europe.
Soccer is called football in Europe.
££££££ wrote:
Porkie wrote:
C'mon he's been gobbling roids and smearing on testo throughout his career.
He did not play HS football, he went to school in Europe.
Soccer is called football in Europe.
Really? I did not know that. Thanks.
Football, of course.
One of Stallone's best movies is VICTORY which he stars in with Michael Caine and also, Pele. Check it out.
After filming Rocky 2 Stallone was in the best shape of his life. He signed onto a movie called Nighthawks and the villain was a terrorist played by Rutger Hauer. There's a scene where Stallone chases Rutger up a very long set of escalator stairs and trying as best as he could he was unable to catch Rutger. Stallone was left devastated and he couldn't believe how someone that looked in only average shape could move better than him. I guess Stallone didn't have great endurance.
52?? ahahahahahahahaha
no chance
maybe 60, maybe
one model wrote:
52?? ahahahahahahahaha
no chance
maybe 60, maybe
Pure buggery, this. He's definitely going sub 60 pace. 55-ish FTW.
+1. Guy was mostly fast twitch muscle and he had a great stride . I could see a 50 second 400.
Is he really all tatted up now? Why?
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year