To become King Leonidas, Butler, who by his own admission was in less- than-ideal shape when he was tapped for the starring role in 300 , spent 4 months transforming both his body and his mind. Early on, it became an all-consuming task. That’s because the intense training required to build a warrior’s physique — aesthetically and functionally — simultaneously cultivated a warrior’s mentality. Or maybe it was vice versa. Spartans Workout Secrets Menshealth

“300”
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

Craig Ballantyne is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and contributor to Men’s Health Magazine. That’s on the Inside Fitness training advisory board as well as Oxygen magazine training advisory board and has a background as a personal trainer in the Toronto Canada area.

“The 300 workout, the story goes, is simply a single challenge workout to be done after you’ve trained with these types of exercises for a while. I’m not impressed when some guy emails me to say he’s been doing the 300 workout 3 times per week. That’s not the point. It’s like doing a max squat, bench, and deadlift 3 times per week. You just don’t do that.“

Craig is the creator of Turbulence Training and I’m glad to have him here today to discuss his program and how it can help you achieve your ultimate physique. Turbulence Training is a fat burning workout system built for men and women that don’t have a lot of time, and who generally exercise in a home gym with minimal equipment. The traditional TT workouts go like this…

Bodyweight Circuit
This takes about 3-5 minutes and replaces the traditional “5 minutes on the treadmill” which I find inefficient and irrelevant.

Then we move to Strength Training Supersets
This takes 20 minutes, and we’ll pair “non-competing” exercises together in the supersets. Often this means upper and lower body exercises, or pushing and pulling exercises. Non-competing supersets allow us to get more work done than traditional supersets. We most often use dumbbell and bodyweight exercises for our strength training segments, and can easily customize this for men or women, building muscle or burning fat.

Craig Ballantyne, the creator of Turbulence Training, is sometimes credited with the workout because of his work with Mens Health magazine. He put together the 300 workout video and now gets credited for the actual workout.