Sly Moves: My Proven Program to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Gain Will Power, and Live your Dream

This is a down to earth book. Stallone writes in a simple straight forward style that is very clear and easy to follow and read. He's one of Hollywood's best writers and should go down in history as one of our great national treasures. I'm sure philadelphia would agree. His workout format is truly inspiring as well as all the difficulties he's had to overcome to master his own challenges and bring his body into discipline. I really like the book and when I bought it for me, my husband picked it up and couldn't put it down. There are tons of pictures and advice as well as behind the scenes every day life stuff he talks about here and there. I've worked hard at discovering for myself what works and what doesn't work and this book only reaffirmed lots of the good habits and conclusions I've already been doing. I've implemented some of his training into my own program and noticed an immediate difference, especially with working the abs. The diet section, his recommendations on how to approach the food stuffs, is down to earth and very practical. I already had been eating healthfully this way for some time. When I read it his approach, I reached a conclusion that his method has been tried and tested because I went through the same ropes to learn the same things. It doesn't take a genius and he's figured out the common sense way to make it simple and with results. However, Stallone's indulgences for sweets is evident and he allows himself one day a week for a splurge. I never do this and so perhaps my own diet is stricter than his! The book is written as both an instructional book for beginners, intermediate strength building athletes and has some advanced exercises for advanced training. He has great exercises for building up the core and working the interior back muscles along the spine and not just the cosmetic aspects of the back. These are great exercises, especially for someone like me who needs to strengthen the back and spine. This book is also an inspirational fitness book. I think what strikes me most about the book is the personality that bubbles out from the pages - like the essence of the man and his strength,energy, and great sense of humor - it all comes off the pages and seems to reach people on this basic level - like his Rocky character - no frills and straight from the heart. He even goes into the pitfalls of self competition and what he learned along the way. Love it. The book is an easy to read book and even includes a section for women's fitness and features Stallone's beautiful wife, Jennifer. It's a good book to add to your fitness library. I read it and turn to it almost daily for tidbits of information to add to my workouts and health regime.Regarding the latest stint about steroids - well that has nothing to do with the book. The book was written several years ago and there is nothing about it that is not true in terms of fitness. I give the book a five star rating because of its content alone. I don't compare it to something outside of it's subject matter like steriods, which is outside of the book's content. I rated the book by its own merit and not because I agree with or don't agree with the current news lines about steriods. That is a topic and circumstance outside the topic of the book.

I grew up watching Sly's movies. Not only the Rocky saga, but Rambo and every single movie he was on.I'm a child of the 80's and back then he was the greastest action hero.As i became older, i started to understand the message and the feeling behind Rocky. I learned that Sly went through just as much troubles and difficulties as Rocky to become the successful man the he is now.I have some scenes from Rocky on my Sony Walkman and i always play them when i feel like i'm not strong enough to go on.'Gonna Fly Now' is the alarm song on my cell phone. It gives that extra boost in the morning to start my day.He is a huge source of motivation in my life, not only because of everything i said above, but also because i'm a gym fanatic just like he is.I can't get enough of Rocky's training sessions and i always picture them at the gym when i feel like i can't do another squat or another bicep curl.It's no surprise that this book became almost like a bible to me. It brings you close to the man behind the myth.He tells you a little bit about his story and gives you a lot of encouragment to change your body and, most importantly, your life.Sly is able to speak to the reader in a very honest way. He doesn't promise you a miracle workout or a miracle diet. He has the same belief that i do: there's no magic in becoming fit and losing weight. You gotta work really hard for it, but you can also have a lot of fun doing it.The best part: he understands the difference between men and women when it comes to weight training.I never needed an extra energy boost to work out, but after reading his book i'm more pumped than ever!He also gives you great tips on how to eat right without starving and depriving yourself from the kinds of food you love.I recommend this book for anyone who wants to know more about Sly and need some guidance on how to spruce up your exercise routine.

As a big gym body, I am always looking for good advice for working out and getting stronger, loosing weight, what to eat and what not to eat, typical stuff. I'm a huge fan of pretty much anything involving Sylvester Stallone, and watch the Rocky movies a lot. I was watching Rocky IV one day and started thinking "Ya know, with the body and back story of Ole Sly, I wander if he ever wrote a book." So I looked here and found this book and bought it immediately! Since a started with this book, I've never felt stronger, I've never felt this good about myself, and I've already lost about 12 pounds! and I've probably only owned it for a couple weeks!I don't believe in a "perfect method" and honestly there was only one workout that I didn't already know in this book. But basically it's the perfect road map! If your a gym body like me then there will be a lot in this book that's familiar but the methods that this books says to apply will get you feeling stronger and bigger even if you just work out once a week! There's even methods for women to use!Aside from the gym stuff, there are a lot of things for everyday life that makes you think in very positive ways, and a list of foods and menus you can try and stick to and they aren't even diets.So all in all, I think this book is amazing and worth every single star!