So, 300Â opened this weekend in the US, garnering a huge take ($70 million) for its opening weekend; we’ll see how it holds up after next weekend. Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing it when it comes out in the UK (March 22nd), should be a blast.
If you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last couple of months, 300 tells the story of the battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans (plus maybe some other helpers 
) held of Xerxes advancing army. How big an army? Well, let’s just say the odds weren’t even, as estimates for the attacking army range between 100,000 and one meeeellleeeeon. Shot Sin City style (blue screen, digital effects), the look of the film is very stylised.
Anyhoo, the point of this post is to direct you to a vid of the training regime followed by the actors to get in shape. It looks rather punishing, and probably is, but it’s rather inspirational 
I’m off for a run tomorrow morning, honest! The link takes you to Josh Hillis’ Fat Loss and Fitness Articles (something that’s just made it onto my del.icio.us links), I’ll be looking round the rest of the site later.
Edit: Josh has more on the “300 workout”, basically how to do it. Enjoy!
