So I'm sitting here, bored to tears on a Sunday morning....and I'm looking for a way to supercharge my workout plan prior to getting out of Iraq 11 or so weeks from now.....so of course, the rock hard, chiseled look throughout the recent movie 300 has provided some inspiration....the majority of those bodies were crafted through hard work...not 'roids, not CGI...(if you want proof of life, go to www.gymjones.com....definitely not for the weekend workout warrior)....the trainers and the actors were in the gym 10-12 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 4 months before and during filming....PSYCHOTIC!!!

ANYway....there are a couple of plans available to get started on the way to that particular goal, and I'm considering doing them both....at some point.....there is a 300 program and one that I refer to as the 150/half a spartan program.....which would you do? Or, more importantly, would you do either? For me, I'm working towards my cape, shield, and sandal boots.....

The 300 Workout (done with NO REST between exercises and to be done by people in TOP PHYSICAL CONDITION):
25 pullups
Deadlifts w/ 135lbs-50 reps
50 pushups
24 inch Box jumps-50 reps
Floor wipers-50 reps
Single-arm Clean and Press w/36lb Kettlebell- 50 reps
25 pullups
= 300 total reps

The 150/Half a Spartan Workout (no rest; can be done by moderately fit people):
15 bodyweight rows
25 bodyweight squats
15 pushups
50 jumping jacks
20 mountain climbers
10 close-hand pushups
15 bodyweight rows
= 150 total reps

Who's down? Let's get physical, physical.....

...or am I ?

im exhausted just reading all of that

ps loved the livvy newton-john quote
[Edited 8/19/07 0:41am]

I've been hitting the gym like crazy as a way to relieve stress from the insurmountable work I've been loaded with this month. It's helping.

prb said:

I'm afraid of the box jumps.... I keep having this image of me getting to about 10 reps and running out of hops....so that rep# 11 has me face-planting on said box.....

....and I quoted ONJ because the Physical vid came immediately to mind when I read the workout....and because if I'm successful with this, I'll be able to wear booty workout shorts.....

Imago said:

hope things get better for you....I definitely feel your pain!!!

I think I'll just stick to walking for now

reneGade20 said:

i've been way too distracted this month to keep up with my workout routine, and i've only been able to go once or twice a week as a result...unless you call packing moving boxes a "workout"?

anyway, the "half a spartan" routine doesn't look so bad. i mean, it looks fairly brutal, but it looks like something i could certainly survive. i'm not sure what some of those exercises are, but i can usually get through 10-12 reps of any exercise, and i like the no-rest-in-between rule.

the "extremely fit people ONLY!" proviso for the 300 plan makes me pissed off enough to want to try it, though.

Anxiety said:

I added that because the article I read in Men's Health made it a point to mention it.....

I'm sorry, but my jaw is still on the floor from the 10-12 hours a day @ the gym

I had a good week, only went 3 times BUT it's better than the last few weeks of 1-2 visits. Sucks when you reach a goal then fuck up for a few weeks b/c each week is a struggle just to get back to where you already were instead of continuing to push forward But whatever, I'm within 1 lb of my lowest weight in years & probably have about 5-7 lbs to go. I thought I'd be maintaining by now but I'm still losing, if I can have good weeks from here through September I'll be entering the maintenance phase by October Tight sweaters all winter, that's the goal

TOTALLY SHALLOW

CalhounSq said:

uhhh.....ummmm....is it wrong that I'm sitting here wondering what that'll look like...?

reneGade20 said:

I have these 2 Kimono style sweaters that I have yet to wear, they're gonna be darling

CalhounSq said:

Hubba Hubba!!!

You're not being shallow, though.....hell, my goal when I get out of the Army in 5 years is to be on the cover of Men's Health magazine.....now THAT is shallow!!!

reneGade20 said:

I think that's awesome But I'm shallow, so I would

Seriously though I have a new appreciation for my body that I've never had EVER in life. Maybe it's getting older, but after that 5-7 lbs I will indeed look better than I ever have physically. So as long as being in the gym/mirror doesn't take over my life & encompass all conversations, what the hell. My boobs are still perky (for their size, thank God!), my ass is headed toward the sky, it's all working out

CalhounSq said:

note to self....must slide C-Sq up my unpublished org-crush list....

reneGade20 said:

The thought of renegade20 working out would be hawt if it weren't for the fact that he's be sweating out all his hair wax, conditional sprtiz, skin toner, and various other products making a mess of the place

CalhounSq said:

Nothing wrong. Congrats, baby.

INSATIABLE said:

Thank you!

Imago said:

Are you trying to insinuate that I utilize a wee bit too many metro-man products....? I'll have you know, sir, that I exercised extreme restraint the other day....almost bought some Bed-Head Concrete hair gel.....$17.95...

I'm metro....but not THAT metro....

What kind of 300 workout is that

what No sex

ppfftttt SEX is how they got those bodies

LOTS of hot hard sex

I'm in





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[Edited 8/20/07 6:42am]

reneGade20 said:

How many times do you repeat the workout? The half spartan sounds like grade school gym if you only go once. I like the idea, just wanna know how much to do.

Mars23 said:

Ideally, you'd do it after your regular workout, at most 3 times a week....as an addition, not in place of, whatever you're already doing.....

I agree the half spartan is a wee bit feathery, but in that case I would do 3 circuits of it.....so at 450 reps total, you'd be a Spartan and a half....

Mach said:

You're bad!!! Hubba Hubba!!!

...and while the TRUE Spartans may have forged their bodies from brutish sexual exploits, us latter day warriors gotta hit the gym....


lucky fuckers.....

reneGade20 said:

Doing that after a workout would be tough as hell. I'm gonna start doing it. Good luck with it and with getting the hell out of where you are.

Mars23 said:

Like I said, I keep having images of me face-planting after about 10 box jumps....I'm gonna aim low and be half a spartan until I can get my endurance up....but my plan is to be able to do the SPARTAN program by the time I get out of here....down to 74 days.....just keeping my head down and hoping we don't fall victim to chance.....

Thanks!!!

reneGade20 said:

i want to learn how to make my nipples glow in the dark like the guys in that movie.