Sly takes HGH THAT'S why he's still in shape:
According to ninemsn.com and other sources, when interviewing officers asked Stallone why he took Jintropin, he said:
In the February 4, 2008 edition of Time, Stallone was interviewed about his use of HGH, which he defended:
Plus when Sly was younger he wasn't a Body Builder and as huge as Arnold. The Governator also admitted to taking roids before too. The majority of guys who are super buff when they get older get flabby. All that muscle turns into fat. It's normal.
That is myth that muscle turns to fat.
You get fat by eating more calories then you are burning off.
When people stop exercising and shift into couch potato mode, their muscles begin to shrink, clearing the way for adipose tissue, or fat, to slowly replace them. At the same time, many people who stop exercising often continue to consume the same amount of calories as they took in during their more active days, despite the fact that their energy expenditure is no longer nearly what it once was.
All of this can create the illusion that a lean six-pack and bulging set of biceps turned to fat, What happens is that the ratio of fat to muscle has changed
If you have atrophy of the muscle, then other tissue can move in and take its place.
But even people who refuse to hit the gym can avoid this fate. Despite what some personal trainers may say, most people in decent shape can keep their muscles from shrinking through moderate activities or chores, like cleaning the house or walking the dog
THE BOTTOM LINE Muscles might shrink when you stop working out, but they never turn to fat.
The reason why Arnold is not in shape is from using massive amounts of roids (not as large as today's bodybuilders)
Steroids are a short term fix and only work while you are on them, when you go off them your muscles shrink quicker then natural
But if you are a nature bodybuilder you can maintain muscle mass for the rest of your life by working out or even light physical activity.
Many old time pre-steroid bodybuilders have maintained their size all through the later years
Look at Steve Reeves..
By his own account, his best cold (unpumped) measurements at the peak of his bodybuilding activity were:
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 216
Neck: 18 1/4"
Chest: 52"
Waist: 29"
Biceps: 18 1/4"
Thighs: 26"
Calves: 18 1/4"
Steve was a successful cattle rancher...who happened to do bodybuilding as a hobby and acting in films in order to travel and make a living. He wrote letters and articles about his natural status including one to Arnold (that was published) about the sport and his views and experience. His weight at age 74 was the same as it was in '47...and was pretty much the same all through his life for the most part.
He weighed himself every day and wrote it on a calendar. In pictures, he looked half the size of the guys of the 1970s and 1/4 of the size of the guys today. Maybe that's not extraordinary or impressive, but in person, standing next to him, he looked bigger than many Olympic competitors because his frame, height and overall shape and size was quite large and would have been so even if he had not trained with weights. His father Lester was a big man and extremely strong as well and of similiar build, height and weight. The older people in Glasgow, Montana still talk about how strong Lester Reeves was who was born in 1899. Steve's grandfather Sylvester was huge too and even taller than Steve.
he maintained muscle by working out or farm work
Reeves in his 20's
Reeves in his 70s
https://www.stevereevesbiography.com/
https://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves.html
https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=203169.0
Considering the salary he was getting he was a "A" actor. No director/producer would pay a "B" level actor $250,000.
Unfortunately most of his movies were "sword and sandals" and the leading men at the time (Hudson, Cooper) probably refused to work with him because his physique next to theirs would take away attention from them. The Euro movies paid more and thats where he went. Those S&S movies were popular during that era. like Arnold, Reeves was more of an action hero type rather than a marlon brando/Gary cooper type.
Hollywood is a combination of art and money. Reeves was definitely the latter part.
He was asked to star as James Bond in Dr. No, which he turned down. He also declined the role that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars.
He chose to stick with the "action figure" roles because it was popular at the time and he didnt go for dramatic roles. Nhe went where the money was. Greek heroes tarzan movies and spaggeti westerns were a rage back then. Steve gambled on S&S roles which had its time and then the audience moved on. If clint eastwood had stuck only to westerns and not done dirty harry and the like he would be classified as "B" level actor as well.
