Shovel glove, the original "Spartan Workout?"
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Shovel glove, the original "Spartan Workout?"
I just saw an ad in Men's Health.com for their Spartacus workout. Which is fine, it is another spin on the 300 Workout, Spartan Workout, etc. I'm sure we could market an Alexander the Great workout, Athenian Navy Protcol, and Hittite Health and Strength Secrets.
But, shovel glove seems to have been around long before my wife sat next to me in the Sun Valley Theatre and cried while Leonidus was pierced by Persian arrows. And what better way to train undersized infantry than with a 14 pound sledge hammer?
But, shovel glove seems to have been around long before my wife sat next to me in the Sun Valley Theatre and cried while Leonidus was pierced by Persian arrows. And what better way to train undersized infantry than with a 14 pound sledge hammer?
Bacon is the gateway meat. - Anthony Bourdain
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man
I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man
I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79
Those warrior names make me want to call one the "600 workout," remembering where their workouts took them-into many valleys of death. Leave it to Reinhard to promote a workout of unglamorous but practical daily toilers, the salt of the earth.
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Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
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If history like that interests you, I just finished The Return of a King. A nice bit of history, and a reminder of wasted lives in Afghanistan in the 1840's. Chilling in a way, the parallels.
If history like that interests you, I just finished The Return of a King. A nice bit of history, and a reminder of wasted lives in Afghanistan in the 1840's. Chilling in a way, the parallels.
Bacon is the gateway meat. - Anthony Bourdain
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man
I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man
I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79
I wonder if the Spartan diet (aka "Black Broth") will ever catch on?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_soup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_soup
According to legend, a man from Sybaris... after tasting the Spartans' black soup remarked with disgust, "Now I know why the Spartans do not fear death".