I have re-posted my first picture and exercise video has a recap of the last week, it's been interesting and painfull, but I'm getting there.
New Goal - 300 Spartan workout
Has you can see, I have set myself a new goal, to complete to 300 workout the actors did to get ready for the movie. Before I go on I want to say that it's creator, Mark Twight, has done a fantastic job and his gymjones site is great.
I will be using different methods to get ready for this protocol, including using crossfit and rosstraining methods. I will not do the 300 workout has part of my normal training, just has a test.
I aim to do it in 2 months, I will give a date in the next few days.
The 300 workout:
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
Why set a performance goal?
Good question, I believe it is important to set performance goals rather than weight, size goals, these too will come along has good side effects. Along with 300 I have also set more short term performance goals which I need to achieve along the way if I am to reach the goal of completing 300.
These mini goals are:
Do the 50 burpee challenge in 11 minutes
Be able to do 10 pullups instead of 1
Do sets of 10 burpees in magic 50 instead of 5
These goals are for the coming month, I have set an even shorter goal for the next week:
Do 2 pullups instead of 1
That is my next goal, to do 2 pullups, and I am to do this next friday, watch out for the video!
Why short term goals?
I believe it takes the pressure off from reaching long term goals, it's a sort of one step at a time type thing and thats what works for me, has I reach these small milestones I will feel on top of the world, plus the long term goals will not seem has difficult has before.
This last week has been long and hard, but I am looking forward to tomorrow has I start all over again!
Train hard.
Jamie
2 comments:
Go for it Jamie, getting a good body and getting fit is ONLY about keeping with the program - over time your body adapts and you get the look/fitness you are after.
Also the 300 workout is not all it was cracked up to be by Mens Health magazine which originally published the story.
Regardless keep up hte program, keep pushing yourself and you'll get there.
How do I know, well at 320lbs of muscle I had to go through the same thing, but for 20 years now :)
Good words.
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