I get asked all the time by my clients about the guys in the movie "300", so I did a bit of research and came up with this, sorry if it was allready posted
When I watched the 300 movie, I was amazed(spell bound might be the right word) by the cast. Their bodies were like perfection. I had to go and find out more about these guys (Mark twight from Gym gones). As I read and watched their videos, I realized how these guys got their bodies. And first words from my mouth were "No wonder".
Their workouts were incredible. For example, this is the workout that made the news. This is the ultimate challenge in the 300 workout. You are supposed to do it once. So this is not a workout in a sense to get stronger. Out of those who tried only 17 people passed this benchmark (with Mark twight and other instructor as 2 of them).
25x Pull-up +
50x Deadlift @ 135# +
50x Push-up +
50x Box Jump @ 24" box +
50x Floor Wiper @ 135# (one-count) +
50x KB Clean and Press @ 36# (KB must touch floor between reps) +
25x Pull-up
300 reps total
Being a fitness enthusiast and trainer, this was a challenge for me... I have to confess, I couldn't finish it the first time around. But after this experience I know how to build upto this program.
How to get body like 300 movie guys
First of all, I noticed around in forums, how most people were like "There's no way these guys can get bodies like this in 4 months". You know if you are one of those nay-sayers, you'd never achieve this kind of result. As a trainer I have seen crazy transformation. Unfortunately I can't tell others about it, because they are nothing short of miracles. People often look at miracle and forget about the hard work that gets put behind the miracle.
So anyways here's few ideas about getting ripped and still retaining functional strength.
1. Calorie restriction : Specially carb restriction is must if you want to get ripped. You have to restrict your carbs, starch. It's pretty delicate balance for restriction. If you do it too much, you'll gas out in workout and if you do it too less, no results. I found you can restrict carbs upto 100 gm per day and get same results as low carb diets.
2. Challenging your body : If you want to change your body chape, you have to attack and train your body from different angles. Weight lifthing, powerlifting, bodyweight, odd objects (i.e. strong man training), you have to challenge your body everytime you train. There is no other way around it.
3. Recovery : In carb restricted phase, you can't just go out daily and workout like mad. You have to employ proper recovery strategies. Of course mark twight has physiologist work on these guy everyday. So you have to be more careful if you can't afford a physiologist every day.
As you can see, I am not giving you program in any sense. In fact its hard for me to give because thing kind of training program can only be uniquely designed for you. The basic premise behind working out like 300 movie cast is strength training. As you can see, Vincent reagent took his deadlift from less than bodyweight (205) to more than double-bodyweight (355) and consequently lost 40 pounds in 4 months.
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