Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the following pics and text which comes from the January 2005 issue of Flex magazine.
No one backstage at the 2004 Mr. Olympia was more swept up in the precipitate suspense of it’s final round than SYLVESTER STALLONE. With rapt attention and pedagogic precision, he explained to his companions the intricacies and obfuscations of the Challenge Round posing as if he had designed it. Stallone is a bona fide bodybuilding fan, with credentials that reach deeper into history than any professional competing today. More than 25 years ago, he trained with FRANCO COLUMBO for the film Rocky, and his current physique proves that he never lost the bug. Onstage here, he was a credit to the sport and to his passion for it’s practice.
In fact, so sincere is his involvement, that he has launched his own supplement line, Instone, and is set to introduce a fitness magazine titled Sly for 35 – to 54 year old men.
More power to you, Mr. Stallone.
—Julian Schmidt