This Week Last Year: Matter over Mind

This week last year and two years ago was a busy one. This week this year I am on my way to Rhode Island to run a marathon. Have a good weekend! This week last year, I finished up the series on Mind Games by discussing how how your body controls your thoughts. In a...

How do you do the “300” workout?

I wrote a month and a half ago about the “300” workout, which was a rite of passage for actors in the movie after they got in shape. The workout consists of the following exercises done back to back to back: 25x Pull-up + 50x Deadlift @ 135lbs + 50x...

Getting in shape for the movies

I read the other day about the making of a Spartan, where Chris at Strength News pointed out some articles about how the actors trained for the movie 300. This morning, Alwyn Cosgrove wrote about the 300 Workout, which is relevant as he was one of the trainers....