Spartan Workout
 

Has anyone worked with this or known anyone who has? It is:

* 25 pull-ups
* 50 deadlifts at 135 pounds
* 50 push-ups
* 50 box jumps with a 24-inch box
* 50 "floor wipers" (a core and shoulders exercise at 135 pounds)
* 50 "clean and press" at 36 pounds (a weight-lifting exercise)
* 25 more pull-ups -- for a total of 300 reps


I have read the goal is to have this under 20 minutes?

The 300 workout

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This whole thing is so ghey it should avoid all conversation. No one in the movie did this as an actual workout. They almost all juiced and did a semi-crossfit program which is actually pretty poorly designed for their goals as they have no performance goals in mind, only mass.

So to sum it up:
1) The workout they put them on sucked.
2) They juiced.
3) That workout won't make you look like that.
4) I hate these threads cause they're just really really bad.

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What Thremp said.

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Well thanks for your input once again and I am not one of the people that thinks that workout would automatically make me look like that, currently I look fine, I'm 6'4" 230 with 11% bf so I'm not really worried what will get me cut. I was mainly curious to see if anyone had done such a workout.

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This whole thing is so ghey it should avoid all conversation. No one in the movie did this as an actual workout. They almost all juiced and did a semi-crossfit program and then had special effects people make their bodies look that way.

So to sum it up:
1) The workout they put them on sucked.
2) They juiced.
3) That workout won't make you look like that.
4) I hate these threads cause they're just really really bad.

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and then had special effects people make their bodies look that way.

[/ QUOTE ] this is not true and the workout they did wasnt what you listed. That was a one time thing that they had to try and only half of them ended up doing all of it. The actual workout they did was constantly changing stuff everyday and doing all sorts of pull ups, push ups, kettle bell work, deadlifts, tire pulls and flips(idk the word, but they flip a giant tire for a certain length and other things. Theres a video somewhere to give you an idea but its impossible to duplicate unless you go to the place they trained.

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The people capable of completing such a workout in 20 minutes probably know that they shouldn't be working out that way.

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and then had special effects people make their bodies look that way.

[/ QUOTE ] this is not true and the workout they did wasnt what you listed. That was a one time thing that they had to try and only half of them ended up doing all of it. The actual workout they did was constantly changing stuff everyday and doing all sorts of pull ups, push ups, kettle bell work, deadlifts, tire pulls and flips(idk the word, but they flip a giant tire for a certain length and other things. Theres a video somewhere to give you an idea but its impossible to duplicate unless you go to the place they trained.

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You know this how? I saw it one some "making of" show where they showed them doing it. They definitely made them look better than they did live.

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From what I heard in interviews, they did some shading of the abs for definition, but that was supposed to be all the extra help they got. Dunno if it is true or not.

I would be interested to see where you heard that they were all on roids. I dont doubt yall just wondering where you heard it from?

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Interview in Men's Health with Gerard Butler from 300

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Interview in Men's Health with Gerard Butler from 300

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LOL@MH. Personally I thought he looked much better in Cradle of Life anyway.

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I would be interested to see where you heard that they were all on roids. I dont doubt yall just wondering where you heard it from?

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I think its pretty common for actors etc. Either that or they just flat out lied about what some guys looked like before. One guy jumped his dead from ~200 to ~350 while losing 30 lbs. Yeah... I don't believe that [censored] show even if he was juicing.

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From the Gym responsible:

http://www.gymjones.com/knowledge.php?id=36

There is no way to definitively know whether or not they were on roids; thus I dont understand why somone would state it as a fact... possible; oh [censored] yeah... fact; no.

There is no way to really know the exact extent of cgi work, etc. I dunno about you but I know no one in that computer editing room.

Hollywood actors in recent years have been showcasing purely visual transitions that are often pretty nuts generally on a short time frame. With millions of dollars in motivation and dedicated staff avaliable in the form of nutritionists and trainers I can imagine a LOT happening in a short time. I also have no doubt that many time steroids are sought after and/or used. I also have no proof as to when those times are.

They still dont drug test everyone in baseball.... and hollywood is less regulated than that.

As such I hardly think results should be called impossible. We can conclude that we simply don't and won't know all the facts. And that training in any manner specifically mentioned in articles about various movies is generally not the best suggestion nor will it assure one of ever looking the part.

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I would be interested to see where you heard that they were all on roids. I dont doubt yall just wondering where you heard it from?

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I think its pretty common for actors etc. Either that or they just flat out lied about what some guys looked like before. One guy jumped his dead from ~200 to ~350 while losing 30 lbs. Yeah... I don't believe that [censored] show even if he was juicing.

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Its not that common...they lie and use CGI/makeup/lighting to add defenition. They also have much longer than people assume to get fit for a big role.

I.E. Many actors know that they will be filming a boxing movie/300/etc in fall 2008 so they are assigned a trainer, dietician, etc etc etc..all paid by the studio to get them prepped for the role