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Anyone tried the 300 circuit?

Apparently it's the circuit that the cast of 300 did to get into shape for the film.

25 overhand pullups
50 deadlifts 60Kg
50 pressups
50 two footed jumps onto step
50 floorwipes (lie on floor holding the 60Kg bar above you. Feet to left plate, return to middle and over to right plate = 1 rep)
50 kettlebell raise from floor to full extension 16kg
25 overhand pullups

300 reps in total with as little rest between as you can manage.

It's quite hard Embarassed

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Took me a couple of hours to do it but I look nothing like them so reckon you are making it up.

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Apparently it's on t'internet so it can't be wrong.

Took me under half an hour, but I needed to stop during sets.

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"The actors trained for four months prior to the movie being made, with grueling workouts lasting for 2-3 hours a day, five days per week. They were pushed to the limit, with tire flips, jumping, sprints, kettlebells, medicine balls, pull-ups, bear crawls, tuck sits, barbell thrusters and so on.

The “300″ workout gets its name from the total number of repetitions performed through a set of different exercises. Many people believe that this workout should be done daily, something Twight rebuffs. In fact, he says it is done only as a finale – a kind of graduation test – after actors had weight lifted and trained brutally for months to prepare for it.

“300” is a one-time test, an invitation-only challenge undertaken by those deemed ready for it. By the end of our four-month project 17 people had done the workout. This constitutes about 50% of the cast and stunt crew. We supervised every test, evaluated each rep for quality and only counted those that achieved our standards for form and range of motion. Like many workouts “300” is not hard once you’ve done it but the apprehension built up ahead of it – something we encouraged – was enough to make some guys fear it to the degree that performance was compromised. This workout was a crucible that some passed through and others still have hanging over them,” said Twight.

Think about that statement. Even though it’s not supposed to be hard once done, only half the staff, having trained their butts off for four months, completed it. Here is what the 300 regimen looks like:

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 kettlebell (a weight-lifting exercise)
25 more pull-ups
Add the above reps together and you will get a total of 300 reps, which you will have to do in less than 20 minutes."

N.B.: LESS THAN 20 MINUTES

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Richard_Sideways, still would take you more than 20 mins!!! In my hay day I could kick bottom on that as a test but sadly the hay day is more than a day trip away. Sad

I think the deadlifts and pushups would prob cause me the most issues, other than getting into the gym kit which would prob be the most difficult.

The one thing that I think would kill people is the requirement to do every rep as good as the first. It's good form but the additional reps are what tend to nuke people who think they could do this sort of test. You really have to train to 120% completed then work on form to 'pass'.

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RattytheSnowRat, that would have been impressive to see.

The pullups are meant to be overhand (palm towards you with a slightly wider hold) I think, and caused me most problems. Pushups were actually the easiest.

I'll keep having a go at 'em though.

After all it is free

Always entertaining reading about Mark Twight. He is an animal:

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