Spartan 300

Eventually I've got round to trying the 3rd and final Spartan challenge the Spartan 300. So after doing the 1000 and the 500 the 300 should be easy? Well this is the first one that uses more than just body weight for the exercises so it's a totally different style workout.

The format is the same as the 1000 you can't move on to the next exercise until the first one is finished, it follows a set pattern and like both the 500 and 1000 timer keeps running even during a rest.

But I couldn't care less about the time for this one as when you're lifting/holding 61kg posture is the most important thing not speed. I still took my time just to give you an idea about how long it may take.

Exercise:-

25 x Pull Up
50 x Deadlift -61kg
50 x Press Up
50 x 24 inch Box Jumps
50 x Floor Wipers -holding 61kg
25 x Clean and Press both sides - 16kg
25 x Pull Up

Done!

My time was 43 minutes.

Easiest exercise I found were the box jumps and maybe press ups. Deadlift and pull ups weren't too bad splitting it into smaller sets. The Clean and Press was actually really nice with that weight. Floor wipers were far harder than they initially felt!!! Make sure you've got a spotter for this so when you're doing the Deadlift your posture is correct, they can help with the weight on the floor wipers too.

Enjoy

Spartan 500 times/results and video

So I did the Spartan 500 once a week for three weeks to set a time and see if I could improve each week.

First week - 18 minutes 30 seconds
Second week - 16 minutes 59 seconds - beat the sub 17 minute goal that week!
Third week - 15 minutes 52 seconds - beat the sub 16 minute goal for the final week!

From 1st to 3rd week a nice 2 minutes 38 seconds cut out of 500 reps of exercise.

If you want to try this check out the little video to see the exercises and the order. See what time you set and then aim to beat it. Don't forget to warm up and cool down.

Spartan 500 Challenge

So today was the day to try the Spartan 500 challenge. Unlike the spartan 1000 this is done in a circuit style so that instantly makes it easier.

10 sets of 10 reps for 5 exercises = 500

Burpees
Squat jacks
Mountain climber
Agility dots
Jumping squats

So what you need:- yourself, water, towel and stopwatch.

I did the first 3 rounds in 3 minutes, great start but a little too fast! My final time was 18 minutes 30 seconds.

Time for you to give it a try!!

After a little walk to get the lactic acid away the rower looked like a good seat!