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Friends, Romans, countrymen… Christina takes her workout to the next level by reenacting a scene from Gladiator. With muscles rippling and dust swirling, it’s all about “strength and honor.” If you look closely, you can see a scowling Joaquin Phoenix just behind the punching bag. Will she triumph in the Colisseum and avenge Marcus Aurelius’ death? I think she’s got an even better chance than Russell Crowe did.
So, what movie inspires your workout?
-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
-Choke
-Million Dollar Baby
-Blue Crush (at least I’m honest)
RAD
Bloodsport
Enter the Dragon
Rocky
Body for Life
Bring It On
Kill Bill Vols. I & II, Salma Hayek’s snake dance in From Dusk Till Dawn, and even though it isn’t a movie, aerial dancers – like Cirque du Soleil.
I have to agree with Kelley H.’s choice: Kill Bill being on the top of the list, House of Flying Daggers too…and they’re not movies, but the Pride Fight and music videos (especially the Pussycat Dolls:)
Steven – you’ve got to see Stick It (gymnastics not cheer but close)
Blade: Trinity
http://www.bladetrinity.com/
300
http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/home.html?dl=undefined
Charlie’s Angels – hot plus fun plus kick ass! (oooo and I heard they are back in the gym training for a third one!)
these other ones listed are great, too.
buffy the vampire slayer, i know, it was a tv show…but hey.
girlfight
bring it on-and no, i am not copying steve.
any movie with a pissed off chick who gets revenge. except enough w/jlo, that was a bad movie.
i agree w/kerri, those charlies angels movies were great!
All great movies!
Linda Hamilton (her arms, at least) in Terminator
Here are a few more that come to mind:
- Shadow Boxers with Lucia Rijker (very inspirational)
- Ong Bak: The Thai warrior
- Alias (she does her own stunts:))
This one is for Gordon! (It’s a video on how some of the 300 guys trained):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Eyg32W4aE
Kat,
thanks for the video clip. The lead actor said they trained 6 hours per day for 7 months to get into shape. I wished I had 6 hours to train, but I could only last one hour and rest for 5 hours.
Steve,
When are we expecting a workout with that huge tire?
Juliet,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was originally a movie with Luke Perry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film)
I LOVE waiting for Guffman but not sure how it inspires my workout…
oh gordon, i know, i own the original and saw it in the theater when it came out. i also own the boxed set of every season of buffy. pee wee herman is in the original movie and is hilarious. yep, i’m a buffy nerd. i even have some comic books! oh and some novels.
Juliet,
Scary…
i know, i scare myself sometimes.
I didn’t know the Buffy series was that deep. Is there a Buffy pre-quel?
Hello,
I love this idea and I am planning my new bathroom…so this is what you might see later!!
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