spartacus workout

[penguin]

anyone else tried this one? First heard of it ~year ago and now been doing it for few weeks and feels good, modified 1 of the stations little bit and replaced another station to other movement. I try to do this 2 times a week added to normal training.

http://www.menshealth.com/spartacus/
http://www.starz.com/SiteCollectionImag ... orkout.pdf

[thestoatyone]

Sounds cool, getting any results yet?

[highway_robbery]

Thanks for sharing the pdf - the cable on my rowing machine broke this weekend and left a "home workout" shaped hole in my life.

It is deceptively challenging... my knees are a bit weak so hopefully all the lunges and squats will help sort them out.

Just out of interest, what did you alter? I've replaced station 8 with regular press-ups as my dumbells are round rather than hex, and am not particularly convinced by station 2 yet.

[penguin]

Sounds cool, getting any results yet?

yeah a bit, I first started with 2 rounds and now I do all 3 rounds. Feels like my stamina has increased, though now special results on strength yet. But I'm able to push more in the final round.

Just out of interest, what did you alter? I've replaced station 8 with regular press-ups as my dumbells are round rather than hex, and am not particularly convinced by station 2 yet.

I have also round dumbells, but I manage to do station 8 still, might require bit of concentration. I think station 2 requires quite a pace to be exchausting.

I did alter station 5, instead of jumping I step back to the split position with weights on my hands (like in station 1). This isn't so heavy as the original, but I try to reduce the risk of minor injury.

And I switch the station 7 to plank on elbows and toes, station 7 just feels a bit funny and I don't have enough space to do it properly, maybe I'll give station 7 another go in near future.