How fast was Stallone going in Rocky II before going up the steps?

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_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 believe he’s been open about being a user and proponent of HGH as well.

Let me try that again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_MkgSs3Wp_4

Rupp fan wrote:

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.

Ditto, I haven't seen the movie in decades and never paid much attention to his form at the time, but I am thoroughly impressed.

Hounddogharrier wrote:

+1. Guy was mostly fast twitch muscle and he had a great stride . I could see a 50 second 400.

Stallone was no great athlete. He sprinted heel to toe. Does the cheering section here on let'srun know that tough guy Stallone was a gay porn actor? Fast twitch. That's funny. Film industry speed up scenes when actors throw punches. Film industry speed up scenes when actors sprint.

Hounddogharrier wrote:

+1. Guy was mostly fast twitch muscle and he had a great stride . I could see a 50 second 400.

I'd say 46 low.

berry12 wrote:

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.

You do realize that he is running away from little children, right?

Whodo Udo wrote:

berry12 wrote:

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.

You do realize that he is running away from little children, right?

Yeah, but kids back then were outside all day. No video games. Everyone was in great shape. I know, I grew up in those times. I was 8 years old in 1979. There's a kid with his arm in a cast who's clearly running at least 65-68 second 400m pace. Rock's destroying him.

Also, there's a guy on a bike that's pacing the whole thing, Stallone's pulling away from that dude as well.

Also, in Rocky III, Rocky clearly defeats Carl Weathers in a time trial race on the beach. Carl Weathers was a superb mulit-sport athlete who played football for the Oakland Raiders.

a collection of foolish people wrote:

Hounddogharrier wrote:

+1. Guy was mostly fast twitch muscle and he had a great stride . I could see a 50 second 400.

Stallone was no great athlete. He sprinted heel to toe. Does the cheering section here on let'srun know that tough guy Stallone was a gay porn actor? Fast twitch. That's funny. Film industry speed up scenes when actors throw punches. Film industry speed up scenes when actors sprint.

Let’s look at this objectively:

Me - long time coach with a eye for spotting talent,

You - long time buffoon who wants to disparage an American cultural icon.

Case closed.

a collection of foolish people wrote:

Stallone was no great athlete. He sprinted heel to toe.

So do a lot of the best NFL players.

Ima Go Wi wrote:

Hounddogharrier wrote:

+1. Guy was mostly fast twitch muscle and he had a great stride . I could see a 50 second 400.

I'd say 46 low.

Yeah, a 46.5 split at Penn Relays .

loved the rocky movies when i was a kid, but haven't really watched since i became a runner. pretty impressive. He's a bigger guy. The hurdling was good. Speed and form decent enough. solid turnover. Stallone is a remarkably well rounded human being.

It is said that he was 200 lbs for this film, while only 163-173 for 3 and 4.

This is incredible and really destroys Matt London for shorter heavier runners.

I think that even in his 40s, with a bit of baton exchange work, he could have made the US 4x400 relay team. It's a shame it didn't happen as it would have boosted the audience a ton.

Just the right mix of speed and endurance, might have even split a hair under 45 seconds...

great thread wrote:

loved the rocky movies when i was a kid, but haven't really watched since i became a runner. pretty impressive. He's a bigger guy. The hurdling was good. Speed and form decent enough. solid turnover. Stallone is a remarkably well rounded human being.

It is said that he was 200 lbs for this film, while only 163-173 for 3 and 4.

I hadn't really thought about the hurdling of the benches, but having watched the clip that is damn impressive. Did he ever run the hurdles in school?

Wrong. Ventolin/Calculo actually answered this question for us in an old thread :

I found their comments on how Stallone could have been a great sprinter and hurdler very funny, as I though the posters on this thread were being sarcastic; but now I am not so sure.

Do you realize it is a movie, right?

Hounddogharrier wrote:

a collection of foolish people wrote:

Stallone was no great athlete. He sprinted heel to toe. Does the cheering section here on let'srun know that tough guy Stallone was a gay porn actor? Fast twitch. That's funny. Film industry speed up scenes when actors throw punches. Film industry speed up scenes when actors sprint.

Let’s look at this objectively:

Me - long time coach with a eye for spotting talent,

You - long time buffoon who wants to disparage an American cultural icon.

Case closed.

Long time coach for what sport? You are kidding if you think Rocky had talent. All that running were clips, none last more than a few seconds and he lumbers, doesn't run like a sprinter. If you notice when he does his spurt near the end, only he is shown and that is speeded up. 5 seconds of running quickly is no great feat. Sorry distance guys, stick to watching slow guys running heel to toe.

I think some of you downplaying his talent are just jealous.

RE the gay porn, hey, we've all been there. Tough to get started in Hollywood.

Baton work wrote:

I think some of you downplaying his talent are just jealous.

RE the gay porn, hey, we've all been there. Tough to get started in Hollywood.

Ha ha ha to the latter :)

+1 to the former; some serious jealousy. He was (still is) an American icon, and these movies are classics (especially Rocky II and IV).