the 300 workout

[Bob Sacamano]

anyone heard of it? it's the workout the actors used to prepare for the 300 movie, I tried to do the ab workout just now and that's pretty intense, supposed to do 50 reps and I only got to 20

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damn, I didn't even do it right, but still, pretty intense

 

[the kid 05]

wish i had that equipment avliable to me at my house id do that all the time

 

[Bob Sacamano]

wish i had that equipment avliable to me at my house id do that all the time

I know what you mean, I don't have any place to do pull-ups

 

[the kid 05]

I know what you mean, I don't have any place to do pull-ups

or the "floor sweapers"/dead lift :|

 

[Bob Sacamano]

or the "floor sweapers"/dead lift :|

all you need is a bar and 2 paint cans that's how I started out until I got a cheap weight set

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I read the article about Gerard Butler in Men's Health Magazine. Crazy workout, but not a good one to take on unless you are already in good shape. The work-out plus the physical requirements of the movie took it's toll on him:

http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=guy.wisdom&category=life.lessons&conitem=de42ad5c08450110VgnVCM10000013281eac____

at some point along the way, he became overtrained, a state in which the stress of training has surpassed the body's ability to recover fully from it. (*4) As a result, once filming wrapped, Butler stopped working out as abruptly as he'd started

Butler laid off of training for almost a year afterwards. Too intense for the average schmoe, I guess. Make sure to update me on how it works out for you. I've thought about trying it, but I haven't been able to dedicate the effort (two little attention grabbing young-uns keep my work-outs to about twenty minutes a day).