The 300 Routine

[billfred]

Forgive me if this is a repost

This is supposedly the routine use for the Movie 300.

http://www.gimme20.com/node/3331

For a little taste, here's the circuit that they do to measure performance:


"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"

....in less than 20 minutes.


Has anyone tried this? I am not sure I can even do 25 pullups - well I am sure I can't but may be able to pull off the rest.

Tips, hints, comments etc???

 

[Elementality]

Forgive me if this is a repost

This is supposedly the routine use for the Movie 300.

http://www.gimme20.com/node/3331

For a little taste, here's the circuit that they do to measure performance:


"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"

....in less than 20 minutes.


Has anyone tried this? I am not sure I can even do 25 pullups - well I am sure I can't but may be able to pull off the rest.

Tips, hints, comments etc???

Thats all they did? Doesnt seem like that kind of routine is going to get you as big as the guys were in 300. Weren't most of them already huge body builders and maybe just did that for a month or something to get cut?

 

[deathdroprob]

I have read about this several times. This suposedly was not the routine the actors followed. If you look at the main charcter, he was deffinatly on gear. Having seen him in a movie before 300, there is noooo way he could have gotten that big natty.
And also I dont think many people would beable to complete that routine, let alone in 20 minutes.

 

[NJL52]

Ehh...they weren't anything special, it was all CGI(Computer generated graphics)

What he really looked like;
http://www.magmozine.com/300.jpg

What he looked like in the movie.
http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20070309ho_spartafilm_450.jpg



Just stick with a normal routine and buy a 20,000 dollar computer and you can look just like him.

 

[billfred]

I have read about this several times. This suposedly was not the routine the actors followed. If you look at the main charcter, he was deffinatly on gear. Having seen him in a movie before 300, there is noooo way he could have gotten that big natty.
And also I dont think many people would beable to complete that routine, let alone in 20 minutes.

I will tell you that is a tough Mofo workout. I am going to have to change it from 300 now to about 75 (I am a pussy I guess)

 

[deathdroprob]

I will tell you that is a tough Mofo workout. I am going to have to change it from 300 now to about 75 (I am a pussy I guess)

LOL!! I cant even do 5 Pull ups, how the hell am I meant to do 25 or whatever it is?

 

[tk7209]

A lot of the actors muscularity was down to clever makeup and lighting (their abs were airburshed to make them look more defined)

 

[nimbus]

the LEONIDAS project: cumming soon to EF

 

[Crox]

I saw a behinds the scenes for 300, half those guys had no abs at all they where just airbrushed on. Might have to throw out the foam muscle suit and start doing that myself.

 

[SouthernLord]

You might as well join Crossfit........

 

[lacoste]

I read an article about that guy Gerald butler. He just said he followed a good diet to get as lean as possible and the the computers and cameras took care of the rest. It was supposed to look like a comic book. Its funny have you seen the new pizza commercial with the 30 min abs. The kid gets abs while he is waiting for his pizza. He has no abs and then they use the same techniques to give him some ripped up abs.

 

[abolish the weak]

first off, the camera throws 20 lbs on you automatically and I thought he looked small on film, so in person I bet he was nothing.

 

[parameathead]

I work as a firefighter and all of the guys at the station have been doing this workout for a couple of months now.The workout is tough and most of us had a hard time even finishing it at first.The guys from the movie did this workout,weight training,tons of cardio and had someone telling them exactly what to eat and when to eat it.They basically got paid to do nothing but workout hard for six months.I'm sure that they had lots of help from the almighty syringe as well.As far as the workout, it is an ass kicker.It will burn fat and build muscle at the same time and make your core strong as fuck.

 

[silverskyline]

Dude most Marines cant do 25 pullups and its in our PFT and done almost weekly for us.

Depends on your body type I guess if it will work well for you and your goals.

It's obviously a great work out if you have the potential and the need for that it.

You have to find your own roitine to get the results you want. Years back after basic I shed tons of weight, some staied the same, and some got leaner hard to say.

 

[highlander555]

Dude, most marines and soldiers lack a lot of upper body strength. Plus, in the 300 workouts (also with Crossfit) they allow kipping in your pullups, which the marines definitely wouldn't allow.

 

[keasbey]

i did alot of reading up on this work once mens health issued the article. from what i gathered it wasnt so much a work out but a test for the characters to compete with eachother for like fastest time completing it. but in reality if u could do that as one single circuit you'd have to be ripped to complete it

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

LMAO...i cant believe this is back. They also admitted to photoshopping All of the actors and painting shadows to define muscles lol.

Everytime a new movie comes out, so does some CRAZY workout and diet plan.

-Legacy

 

[keasbey]

yeah but even if it is crazy to be able to accomplish the routine in the time allowed has to be impressive in itself. youd still have to be pretty fit. im in no way saying someone should take this routine as what they plan to do when they goto the gym but for kicks and giggles it would be fun to try

 

[BigboyAl]

some of you guys sound lost. who ever said you cant look like the main actor unless your on roids doesnt know how to train.

anyone complaining that they could never do 25 pull ups doesnt know how to tailor routines to there specfic needs and shouldnt give much advise. 1st off the man in the video notes to do 25 pull ups in as few sets as possible, not to do 25 consecutive reps. so common sense will tell us that if i cant get a good 10-12 reps with body pull ups on my 1st set, then i should be doing pull downs untill i get strong enough to do pull ups.

this routine seems like a good cardio/endurance routine but thats about it. now if you want to look as skinny and small as the guys in the movie. by all means do this routine and starve yourself. you will build allittle muscle and if you 6% body fat then what you do have will show, but you will only wieght 150lbs.

Commen sense will also lead us to wonder how can a man build a good chest with nothing but push ups? you cant! there is not enough resistance to build a good amount of muscle from push ups. same for deadlifts whta type of back can you buld with 135lbs? not a good one, thats for sure.

another guy was right in noting the camera adds 20lbs to a person, so imagine seeing these guys in person, they are basicly brad pit type bodies, small low body fat and to little muscle. nice for a 16y.o. not for a man.

 

[splperformance]

the 300 routine is a challenge routine that most of us fire fighters do...now obviously, this isn't the only type of working out that is done because again, it is a challenge workout...most normal people can not do this routine as it is EXTREMELY strenuous in a time framed pattern but there are small guys in their 40s who can complete this while big buffed guys in their 20s cant...completion of this routine is simply based on your strength in certain areas...alot of guys can do 25 pullups but cant bench their own bodyweight...so please dont look at this as some sort of training guide but if you feel like challenging the shit out of yourself, enjoy!!!