The 300 Workout

I haven't seen the movie 300 and am not likely to do so (I have yet to determine if it's worth seeing. If the screenplay/story says something, if the drama is good, I am willing to sit through a moderate amount of violence, but generally speaking, I don't enjoy watching blood and guts and death all over the big screen.), but I came across the following information on what the actors did to prepare for the physicality of the role to be very interesting.  It was not an ordinary workout - the goal was to turn the actors into the physical specimens they'd need to be if they actually WERE Spartan warriors:

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This site has a good description to go along with the video.

Sadly, Sylvester Stallone seems to have used a less healthy method of body building.

Comments

[alisa]

A critique of sorts:

http://www.thestar.com/article/190493