Spartans Use Crossfit to Prepare for the Movie “300″

Actually, that’s not CrossFit. That’s Mark Twight (Gym Jones). The basic theories of his work are similar and often over-lap, but I believe strong differences exist. Differences that led to him being chosen to train these actors over the better-known CrossFit.

Actually, that’s not CrossFit. That’s Mark Twight (Gym Jones). The basic theories of his work are similar and often over-lap, but I believe strong differences exist. Differences that led to him being chosen to train these actors over the better-known CrossFit.

I realize that Mark Twight (Gym Jones) is not a crossfit afiliate, but, how he trained the 300 actors was using the crossfit methodology and what is shown in the video is all part of crossfit, so regardless if the actors trained at a crossfit affiliate or not, they used crossfit exercises and philosophies to prepare for the movie.

Whether it is done at Gym Jones, your own garage, or a crossfit gym is not important to me, what is important is that it is being done and works!

I realize that Mark Twight (Gym Jones) is not a crossfit afiliate, but, how he trained the 300 actors was using the crossfit methodology and what is shown in the video is all part of crossfit, so regardless if the actors trained at a crossfit affiliate or not, they used crossfit exercises and philosophies to prepare for the movie.

Whether it is done at Gym Jones, your own garage, or a crossfit gym is not important to me, what is important is that it is being done and works!

I see what you mean, I just disagree with the idea of one “doing crossfit”. Crossfit is a brand name that represents a collection of fitness theories organized into a business platform. No one owns a workout but the athlete doing it. From what we can see the methodology was similar to Crossfit’s in this video, but to say that anyone is “doing” crossfit (unless they are following the prescribed WOD, which they obviously weren’t) is literally like saying I’ve been “doing” Christianity.

(obviously this is a pretty petty thing to argue over, I just think Mark Twight deserves more personal credit.)

I see what you mean, I just disagree with the idea of one “doing crossfit”. Crossfit is a brand name that represents a collection of fitness theories organized into a business platform. No one owns a workout but the athlete doing it. From what we can see the methodology was similar to Crossfit’s in this video, but to say that anyone is “doing” crossfit (unless they are following the prescribed WOD, which they obviously weren’t) is literally like saying I’ve been “doing” Christianity.

(obviously this is a pretty petty thing to argue over, I just think Mark Twight deserves more personal credit.)

Understood. We just have different ideas of what “Doing Crossfit” means. For instance, at crossfit Vancouver we do not follow the prescribed WOD, each instructor makes up there own workouts, however they are creating their own workouts with the Crossfit principles in mind which to me means that they are “doing Crossfit”.

But I’ll give Twight credit for finding something that works and using it in his own way to become very successful in his own right.

Understood. We just have different ideas of what “Doing Crossfit” means. For instance, at crossfit Vancouver we do not follow the prescribed WOD, each instructor makes up there own workouts, however they are creating their own workouts with the Crossfit principles in mind which to me means that they are “doing Crossfit”.

But I’ll give Twight credit for finding something that works and using it in his own way to become very successful in his own right.

the “something that works” that Twight found, was Crossfit, in the true specific Greg Glassman sense. Gym Jones was an official listed Crossfit affiliate. Mark Twight was a moderator on the Crossfit forum, guest at the certifications, and contributor to the Journal. If you want to know what Mark’s fitness training regime was prior to his involvement with Crossfit, it is very clearly outlined in his book “Extreme Alpinism” (I specifically refer to the original 1999 edition) – mentions of lat pulls and bicep curls, bent-over dumbbell rows etc .

the “something that works” that Twight found, was Crossfit, in the true specific Greg Glassman sense. Gym Jones was an official listed Crossfit affiliate. Mark Twight was a moderator on the Crossfit forum, guest at the certifications, and contributor to the Journal. If you want to know what Mark’s fitness training regime was prior to his involvement with Crossfit, it is very clearly outlined in his book “Extreme Alpinism” (I specifically refer to the original 1999 edition) – mentions of lat pulls and bicep curls, bent-over dumbbell rows etc .

The same information is free in the “knowledge” section of his website. I’m not in disagreement with anything you’ve said.

The same information is free in the “knowledge” section of his website. I’m not in disagreement with anything you’ve said.

Mark Twight was a crossfit affiliate owner. Then deaffiliated. Then plagiarized the CrossFit manual and sold it to the department of defense. What the cast did for “300″ was crossfit, no matter which way mark twight tries to spin it to make money, plain and simple. He is a spineless, plagiarizing douchebag, in my humble opinion.