Monday, April 02, 2007

You, too, can look like a Spartan... maybe.

Here's an article about the workout that the actors and stuntmen did to get themselves into shape for the movie "300"

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/the-300-workout-can-you-handle-it?src=RSS_PUBLIC

excerpt:

Training for the actors required 90 minutes to two hours a day, five days a week, plus the same amount of time fight training. Stuntmen trained 90 minutes to two hours, five days a week, and another four to six hours fight training. Everyone was given just enough food to recover from the workout.

At the end of training, the following test was given:

  • 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

There's no rest between movements and the score is based on total time


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