Sylvester Stallone was 36 years old and had a problem: convincing the world he could knock out Mr. T.
To achieve it, he reached 2,8% body fat, a number that even professional bodybuilders don’t touch without risking their health. He himself shared it on Instagram, posting photos from that golden era of the ’80s alongside a confession that sounds more like an after-dinner joke than a Hollywood secret: his diet included 25 cups of coffee a day, oatmeal cookies and canned tuna, plate after plate, week after week.
The actor, now 80 years old, admitted that the result looked spectacular on the outside but was a time bomb on the inside. He weighed just 75 kilos when he stepped into the ring for the rematch against Clubber Lang at Madison Square Garden. It was captured on film forever. What didn’t make it on camera was the caffeine coursing through his veins as if it were gasoline.
