• ISBN13: 9780060737870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publisher Imprint: William Morrow & Company
• Publication Date: May 10, 2005
• Pages: 224
• Original Price: GBP 18.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 612 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Healthy Living

Are you ready to be a contender? Sly's action-oriented program for getting fit and eating right is a revealing portrait of one of Hollywood's biggest slaves

Sly Moves--part candid autobiography, part nuts-and-bolts training manual, part motivational handbook-- is a refreshingly sensible guide to getting immediate results that last a lifetime. It's also a provocative inside look at the trials of a body-conscious star rising in the most image-conscious industry in the world.

The truth is, Sly's personal battle to stay in shape has been as tough as any fight he's waged on screen. The book begins with a very personal history of Sylvester Stallone's famous physique, as the Rocky star shares never-before-told stories about his being bullied as a child, finding comfort and strength in the gym, and then later, the wild ride of fad diets, crash-training regimens and workout disasters that fringed on obsession. Sly knows what works and what definitely doesn't, and these experiences formed Sly's unique fitness and nutrition plan. Part 2 consists of Sly's program for getting physically fit without sacrificing life's other pleasures. All he requires is three hours a week--that's all Sly needs--for a total body workout, an engaging regimen involving all the major muscle groups and aerobic fitness. The step by step program includes four different levels of exercise: classic, advanced, women's, and for those who dare, The Sly Challenge, a hardcore session pushing it to the max.

Sly has tried every diet imaginable and so in the Sly Moves nutrition plan he highlights a unique meal plan for a lifetime of good eating. He offers his unique perspective on what works and what doesn't and offers an alternative for health-conscious readers who want great-tasting satisfying food that can become a way of life. In the section Gonna Fly Now inspires and encourages readers to make Sly Moves part of a long-term picture of health, fitness and well-being. This motivational section includes separate chapters on everything from setting and keeping goals to relaxation techniques to lessons learned from his reality-based boxing show The Contender.

Stallone, Sylvester: -

Sylvester Stallone, the creator and star of three major movie franchises--Rocky, Rambo, and The Expendables--is the only actor to open a number one film across five decades. Born in New York City, Stallone attended school in suburban Philadelphia and enrolled as a drama major at the University of Miami. His first acting break was in 1974's The Lords of Flatbush. In addition to his extensive film career, Stallone is an accomplished artist, completing paintings on canvas as well as sculpture work. He has had impressive exhibitions at Art Basil, The Russian State Museum, and most recently at the Nice Museum of Contemporary Art in France. He lives with his wife Jennifer and their daughters in Palm Beach, Florida.