First things first: before continuing reading, keep in mind that Sylvester Stallone is 75 years old. Regardless, Rocky Balboa himself uploaded a workout video on his Instagram, leaving many online scratching their heads and pulling out magnifying glasses.
The video below shows “Sly” seems to be using a great deal of effort to front raise two 45lb (just over 20kg) plates off the ground while seated on his knees. It can be challenging to perform these lifts and raises even when standing, much less while on your knees, which is why some people are doubting the authenticity of these plates.
We’ll let you choose whether these lifts and plates are real or not, but in the event that they are, we would like to point out that, given his elderly age, Sly really doesn’t need to be attempting to prove himself.
We recently discussed how he found resistance bands to be an entirely new form of exercise, which you would think also indicates that he is past the stage of ego-lifts and all that kind of stuff. On the other hand, some internet users are just not having it.
In addition, Simon Miller, a maker of fitness and wrestling videos, uploaded a video in which he discussed whether or not he believed Stallone’s front raises were real. During a widely shared benchpress, the YouTuber recently commented on Deontay Wilder’s poor performance.
In this case, he acknowledges that he “just can’t figure it out,” but he does point out that neither his muscles nor the plates are acting like weights of that magnitude would (i.e., the physics of a plate hanging from someone’s grip)—there’s really no flexing or straining at all.
Despite the lack of hard evidence at this time, the title for the entire film, which says “Good “heavy” morning!,” may be the most notable feature. Punching hard all the way to the last bell. Observe the air quote surrounding the word “heavy.”
Does Sly’s social media administrator require training on when and where to make implied statements or just say the obvious, or is he just waiting to intentionally fool everyone?