Working Toward the 500
A really intense exercise plan was developed for the actors in the movie 300 which allowed them to be just about the only thing in the movie that wasn’t a special effect. The 300 workout is pretty intense, a total of 300 moves consisting of:
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 (a weight-lifting exercise)
25 more pull-ups — for a total of 300 reps
As I mentioned last week, I’m currently doing about 250 repetitions of six different exercises with each workout. Not all of my sledgehammer exercises are as intense as those listed above, although some are pretty much the same — push-ups, for example. All that’s to say, when I hit the 500 mark on reps later this year, I’ll be doing a total of 3000 moves with each workout. But again, my moves aren’t quite as intense.
So, no, I won’t be in ten times better shape than the actors in 300.
Maybe just four or five.