Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Mini Spartan

So most of you who watched the movie 300 probably walked out of the theater wanting to either
A) stab something with a spear.
B) do every kind of abdominal workout possible or
C) If you're a woman find a guy who had a body that looked like any of the characters in the movie. (even the old dude that followed around the queen was ripped) No excuse about age guys

Guys if you are worried that your wife/girlfriend happened to agree with choice C then I have something that can get you feeling great and eventually looking better.

Right now I am working on a bum ankle and have been really itching to do the whole 300 workout. (Note: I have a link under the Men's Health tabs with a complete explanation of the 300 workout. Do not try it if you aren't already in good-amazing shape, you will throw up.)

I came up with a preparation routine that will eventually get you into the ball field that is the 300 workout. My roommate and I did it in the gym the other day and didn't have much of a problem with it. It consists of 150 repetitions done consecutively with five different moderately easy to medium skilled lifts.

Here is the complete routine we completed.

Bench Press: 25 reps at 135 pounds
Chin ups: 25 reps
Sit Ups: 50 reps
Barbell Curls: 25 reps at 65 pounds
Push ups: 25 reps

Total Reps: 150
Total time to complete: 6 minutes 54 seconds

Today's new time 1st set 6 minutes 26 seconds 7/11/07
Todays 2nd set 8 minutes 16 seconds 7/11/07

It looks easy on paper but if you do it fast enough it will get you dizzy, so if you really are out of shape I suggest taking your time and splitting up some of the reps on the harder lifts. Also feel free to manipulate this workout. It's fun to do, easy to track your performance. Perform this workout twice a week and bring a stop watch with you. You can also make this a complete workout if you perform it twice. Take a 10 minute break between sets. Or just continue with a different routine of your choice, or go home.

5 comments:

Sean said...

Tom- 28 minutes.(pause for laughter)...
25 bench press- 3 sets: 13,8,4
25 Chin UP- roughly ten sets...HA!
25 Barbell Curl- 3 sets: 12,8,5
Crunches- 1 set
Push ups- 1 set
Consensus: I need to improve.

Tom said...

Hey you have a lot of room for improvement. Now that you know it next time you will probably cut it in half.

Sean said...

tom- just under 15 minutes this time. Im catching up.

Tom said...

See I said you would cut it in half. Once you get down to 8 minutes. Try the new one I posted. I'm sore as hell after it.

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