Sylvester Stallone reveals surprising health struggle behind his famously ripped physique

THIS IS SO STUPID AND I LOVE IT, IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU BUY AN AIR FRYER AND CONVINCE YOURSELF YOU ARE A CHEF, BUT LISTEN TO THIS ABOUT SYLVESTER STALLONE BECAUSE HE IS EIGHTY NOW AND TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES HE DEVELOPED BULIMIA PREPPING FOR RAMBO IN NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO, AND THE THING IS HE WAS TRYING TO LOOK ANIMALISTIC LIKE A JAGUAR AND IT BECAME AN OBSESSIVE BODY-WORSHIP THING WHERE HE COULD NOT KEEP FOOD DOWN, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ON ROCKY THREE HE SAYS HIS BODY FAT DROPPED TO TWO POINT SIX PERCENT WHEN ANYTHING BELOW EIGHT IS DANGEROUS, AND HE ADMITTED HE TOOK STEROIDS SIX WEEKS ON AND SIX WEEKS OFF, PLUS DOING HIS OWN STUNTS LED TO MULTIPLE SURGERIES ON HIS BACK, NECK, AND SHOULDER, AND HE SAYS HE HAS EXPERIENCED DECADES OF PANIC ATTACKS.

LOOK I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT BUT SYLVESTER STALLONE IS EIGHTY YEARS OLD NOW AND PUTTING OUT A MEMOIR CALLED THE STEPS ABOUT HOW DECADES OF PANIC ATTACKS MAKE HIM LEAVE CROWDED ROOMS AND HOW MULTIPLE SURGERIES ON HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AND BACK MEAN HIS WHOLE BODY IS LITERALLY HELD TOGETHER WITH BALING WIRE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE DOUBLED BACK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES TO WHERE IT STARTED, AND THE THING IS HE WAS PREPPING FOR RAMBO IN NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO AND WANTED TO LOOK ANIMALISTIC LIKE CATS AND JAGUARS SO HE DEVELOPED BULIMIA OUT OF PURE OBSESSIVE BODY WORSHIP, AND HE SAYS HE COULD NOT KEEP FOOD DOWN, WHICH MEANS BY ROCKY THREE HE HIT TWO POINT SIX PERCENT BODY FAT EVEN THOUGH EXPERTS SAY UNDER EIGHT PERCENT IS DANGEROUSLY LOW FOR MEN, ALONG WITH STEROID CYCLES HE ADMITS TOOK A TERRIBLE TOLL.

In a new interview, Sylvester Stallone revealed his past struggles with bulimia, dangerously low body fat, steroid use, stunt injuries, and panic attacks.

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