Screenshot from the new film - 300. The film is a cinematic version of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300. 300 dramatizes the battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartan warriors and their Greek allies held off Xerxes' Persian army. Did you know the actors portraying Spartan warriors used CrossFit to get in shape for this film? Check out a short clip of trainer Mark Twight putting the boots to the actors. Mark of Gym Jones used to be part of the CrossFit community.We'll be doing this workout during Suffer on Saturday (1100) class.
"Gates of Fire"
For time:
GHD SU 50
Pushups 50
FS 65# 100
Pushups 50
GHD SU 50
Crank it up by subbing ring pushups or parallette pushups and 65# thrusters, scale down by doing partner situps, curlups, air squats, and knee or incline pushups.
