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Do this circuit 3 days a week. Perform stations, and rest for 2 minutes after
1 set of each exercise (or “station”) in you’ve completed 1 circuit of all 10
succession. Each station lasts 60 exercises. Then repeat twice. If you
seconds. Do as many reps as you can can’t go the entire minute, rest a few
(with perfect form) in that time, and seconds and then resume until your
then move on to the next station. Give time at that station is up. Use a weight
yourself 15 seconds to move between that’s challenging for 15 to 20 reps.
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Station 3 Station 4
Single-arm dumbbell swing T-pushup
Hold a dumbbell (or a kettlebell) at Grab a pair of hex dumbbells and assume a pushup position, your arms straight [A].
arm’s length in front of your waist. Bend your elbows and lower your body until your chest nearly touches the floor [B].
Without rounding your lower back, As you push yourself back up, lift your right hand and rotate the right side of your body
bend at your hips and knees and Use momentum
as you raise the dumbbell straight up over your shoulder until your body forms a T [C].
swing the dumbbell between your to swing Reverse the move and repeat, this time rotating your left side.
legs [A]. Keeping your arm straight, your arm up.
thrust your hips forward and swing
the dumbbell to shoulder level as A B C
you rise to a standing position [B].
A B
Swing the weight back and forth. At
the 30-second mark, switch arms.
Station 5 Station 6
Split jump Dumbbell row
Stand in a staggered stance with your Grab a pair of dumbbells, bend at
feet 2 to 3 feet apart, your right foot in your hips (don’t round your lower
front of your left. Keeping your torso back), and lower your torso until it’s
A B
upright, bend your legs and lower nearly parallel to the floor. Let the
your body into a lunge [A]. Now jump dumbbells hang at arm’s length [A].
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with enough force to propel both feet Without moving your torso, row the Pull the weights
off the floor [B]. While you’re in the air, weights upward by raising your to your sides.
scissor-kick your legs so you land upper arms, bending your elbows,
with your left leg forward. Repeat, and squeezing your shoulder
B E T H B I S C HO F F,
alternating your forward leg for the blades together [B]. Pause, lower
duration of the set. the dumbbells, and repeat. A B
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Station 7 Station 8
Don’t allow your
Dumbbell side lunge and touch Your toes Pushup-position row torso to rotate
Hold a pair of dumbbells at arm’s length should point Grab a pair of hex dumbbells as you row.
forward.
at your sides [A]. Take a big step to your and assume a pushup
left and lower your body by pushing position, your arms straight
your hips backward and bending your [A]. Keeping your core stiff,
left knee. As you lower your body, bend row the dumbbell in your
forward at your hips and touch the right hand to the side of your
dumbbells to the floor [B]. Repeat for chest, bending your arm as A B
30 seconds, and then switch to your A B you pull it upward [B]. Pause,
right leg. If the exercise is too hard, do and then quickly lower the
the move without the dumbbells; just dumbbell. Repeat with your
reach for the floor with your hands. left arm.
Station 9 Station 10
Dumbbell lunge and rotation A Dumbbell push press
Grab a dumbbell and hold it Stand holding a pair of dumbbells
horizontally by its ends, just under just outside your shoulders, with
your chin [A]. Step forward with your your arms bent and palms facing
right foot and lower your body into a B each other. Stand with your feet
A B c
lunge. As you lunge, rotate your upper shoulder-width apart and knees
body to the right [B]. Return to the slightly bent [A]. Dip your knees [B],
starting position, and repeat with your and then explosively push up with
left leg. Alternate left and right until Keep your
your legs as you press the weights
your 60 seconds are up. If the elbows close straight over your shoulders [C].
exercise is too hard, perform the to your torso. Lower the dumbbells back to the
movement without the dumbbell. starting position and repeat.
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excerpted from The Men’s Health
Big Book of Exercises, which has see the show’s cast members as they perform the Spartacus Workout,
hundreds more workouts and go to MensHealth.com/Spartacus. For more motivation, sign up for
Numbers Number of minutes the Spartacus
Workout takes to complete,
Number of calories the
average guy could burn using
useful tips—along with complete
instructions and photos of over
the Spartacus Challenge. The producers of Spartacus: Blood and Sand
and the editors of Men’s Health will choose one sculpted contestant
600 exercises. Order your copy at
including time for rest and transition the Spartacus Workout. (The mhbigbookofexercises.com. for a walk-on role in a future episode of the Starz original series.
between stations range is 596 to 866 calories.)