Just went to go see "300" last night. Pretty intense battle scenes. I've been looking forward to this movie because I workout out according to the Crossfit principle (www.crossfit.com). Focuses mainly on athletic training and getting stronger. Different workout everyday focused on basics. Pullups, pushups, dips, deads, overhead press and squats. For you strength guys, Mark Rippetoe strongly pushes Crossfit.

Anyway. The 300 guys have amazing physiques and trained with Mark Twight. A former Crossfit coach that started his own gym, Gym Jones or something like that. If you are interested scroll down to Video Journal 3 "Spartan Training"

http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/video_journals.html

It's especially good if you bore easily at the gym. I hate it but I have to fit in a day of the big three.

Anyone else train like this? Mark Twight has a lot of cool equipment (tires, kettle bells) but you can improvise.

All posts not dealing with the H&F aspect of the thread (all of those discussing how great/bad the movie was) have been moved into "300 - The Movie" located in Anything Else. You can find it here:

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I bet a very few people have that kind of dedication to training and strict diet unless they're getting paid to do so.