Too much coffee yesterday, couldn’t get to sleep last night as a result. Woke up just half an hour before I had to leave the house for a Saturday morning mathematics in-service. No time to work out.
I endured the tedium of solving mathematics problems with my colleagues. It’s actually not tedium. It’s fun to engage in analytic processes with other practitioners of math. Given the nature of education, we seldom get shared opportunities to engage one and other in pedagogy. Needless to say, in the back of my mind for those four hours was, “When can I get home to work out and what workout will I do?”
Well, in response to question number two, I decided to do the 300 Workout. The 300 Workout gained popularity just after the movie 300 came out. It was purported that the 300 Workout was derived as a result training the actors to look fit — soldier-like, if you will — for the movie. I don’t really know the correlation of the workout’s name to the timing of the preparation of actors for their roles. What I do know, however, is that the workout doesn’t derive its name from the movie, but from the number of total repetitions of exercise done during the workout.
Having elucidated upon my reading audience the workout of choice and the derivation of its name, I must admit that I really did the “300″ workout. Note the parentheses around the number. I actually did the 325 workout because I add 5 extra reps per set of bent-over dumbbell rows.
Enough explanation? Here’s the workout:
“300″ Workout
Pull-ups X 5
Deadlifts X 10
Plyometric Push-ups X 10
Box Jumps X 10
Bent-over Dumbbell Rows X 10 (5 per side)
Floor Wipers X 10
Single-arm Clean and Press X 10 (5 per side)
Repeat the above 5 times for a total of 325 reps. Goal is to complete all reps with minimal rest, as quickly as possible. My time: 17 minutes.
I ended the workout with crunches, 4 sets of 35 reps. I can now watch UFC 104, play poker, and enjoy food and beverage with friends tonight, free of guilt. Well, almost free of guilt.