Photos: Hollywood's extreme makeovers
Gerard Butler
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The Scottish actor pumped up to perfection as a Spartan warrior in 300 (2007). Butler spent four months intensely training to build a fighter's chiseled bod. The actor's trainer created the "300-rep Spartan workout." It goes like this: Without resting between exercises, Butler performed 25 pull-ups, 50 dead-lifts with 135 pounds, 50 push-ups, 50 jumps on a 24-inch box, 50 floor-wipers, 50 single-arm clean-and-presses using a 36-pound kettle bell, and 25 more pull-ups.
After filming wrapped, an exhausted Butler stopped working out for eight months. He eventually returned to the gym for a more sane four-day-a-week workout schedule.
Undated film still from the movie '300' by director Zack Snyder shows actor Gerard Butler. The movie will be shown non-competitive on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 in the program of the 57th International Film Festival 'Berlinale' in Berlin. The Berlin film festival takes place from Feb. 8 to 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Berlinale)
