Sylvester Stallone's "New" Physique Can't Help Him Run

This weekend, I finally got to watch the movie, The Expendables. A movie that I received as a Christmas gift, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. It isn't the greatest movie in the world, but it had enough of a plot to keep me interested and plenty of violence and action, so I liked it.

Sylvester Stallone, at age 103 (I think 61 I guess), looks more jacked than someone age 25. He is pretty pumped and has veins showing all up and down his arms. It is no secret that he has been using HGH for some of his more recent movie roles (Rocky 22, Rambo). I think HGH use (prescribed use) will become more prevalent among baby boomers in the next 5-10 years, but that is a topic for another day.

You hear me talk a lot about running form, probably because I'm a speed coach and that is my job, but I look at everybody and anybody's running form. This movie and Sylvester Stallone was no different.

The scene was Sly running after his water-plane that was already taking off. People were shooting at him and he was running in a dead sprint for the plane. That HGH can make him look like a 25 year old, but his running form really shows his age. He was running as fast as he could, but his hamstrings just weren't firing right, that or he has some flexibility issues. His stride length was really cut short because he couldn't muster the proper power from his legs and he was taking a lot of short steps at full speed. It looked rough.

He was never the greatest runner. I was watching Rocky 2 recently and the scene where he is running through the city with the kids following him, his technique could be worked on. His arms are crossing somewhat across his body. He is so on his heels, I'm surprised he didn't really screw up his knees at some point. His hamstrings were firing a lot better in that movie.

Anyways, just another actor that probably could have used my help to make him look half way decent running on the screen. A few corrections and he could have really sold it that he was supposed to be 20 years younger than what he actually is. Unfortunately, you can't buy running form with that HGH.