Spartan 300 Workout In GulfPort Mississippi August 2nd 2014

August 2nd was the first time I participated in and really did not know what to expect.  I’ve done many Spartan Races already, but I’ve never done the Spartan 300 Workout.

Before I continue and let you know how it went, I just wanted to let you know that the workouts are totally free.  You can join by preregistering online or show up and register an hour before the workout.  The workout is about 2 hours long including a few breaks.  You get a free T-Shirt and a Spartan Race wrist band(at least I did).

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We all were given a number.  Everyone with the same number got in the same line.  I believe there was 12 lines total.  We started with the warm-up which was running in place, jumping jacks, and high knees.  We did each exercise and then did a couple more rounds after.  After the warm-up we did a bit of stretching.

JUMPING JACKS

Spartan 300 Workout Interval Training

After the stretch, the workout instructor Andi demonstrated some exercises that would be great to practice to complete a Spartan Race.  These exercises consisted of Squats, Running In Place, Lunges, Push-ups, and BURPEES!

LUNGES

SQUATS

BURPEES

PUSH-UPS

RUNNING IN PLACE

Once Andi was finished demonstrating and making sure we had the exercises down ourselves.  We took a 5 minute break and then got into the real exercise.  We did the exercises each for a minute one right after the other.  The goal was do to as many as we could in the minutes that were given. We then took a short break and then did another round.  The goal the second time around was to see if we could do more than we did the first time.  Andi gave us another break before we got into the next exercise.

Spartan 300 Workout Team Work Exercise

The next exercise was an exercise that took teamwork.  We were broken into 12 teams for a reason.  Andi explained that each team would try to build the biggest sand castle using the wet sand by the water which was at least fifty yards away.  We had to run to the water,grab as much sand as possible and run it back until it was time.  I thought this was a great exercise and helpful for those planning on doing a Spartan Race.

Overall it was a great workout and a great experience.  It had a bit of the Spartan Race feel to the whole event as well.  Everyone was pretty much friendly and had a great attitude about the workout.  It was a nice day and pretty hot.  We had to drink a lot of water which we had to bring ourselves.  All the exercises I could see would benefit those going into a Spartan Race in the future.  Andi did recommend using these exercises daily to prepare these races.  The only thing we didn't do during the exercise, which Andi recommended to prepare for Spartan Races was Pull-ups.  I agree with the recommendation.  If you want to be able to climb ropes, walls, and complete some other obstacles during these races, pull-ups are very important to work on.

I hope this was helpful to people.  If you haven't already done one of these workouts.  I do recommend it, even if you do not plan on doing a Spartan Race. Either way, I hope to see you at a race one day.

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