Crush Your Week: Project 300 Week 21 Workouts

BY The Spartan Editors

Welcome to Week 21 of our 28-week Project 300 bodyweight training program, designed to build strength, endurance, and overall athleticism while prioritizing recovery and injury prevention.

By strategically blending running, strength, and conditioning sessions, our Project 300 program will help you develop a well-rounded fitness foundation for long-term performance and health. Each week for 28 weeks, you'll have five days of work, one day of active recovery of choice, and one rest day. Each day, your workouts will be one of the following (except for Sunday, which will always be your rest day):

  • Running and Strength: steady runs with targeted strength training

  • Conditioning: high-intensity, full-body sessions

  • Strength: focused strength training

  • Long Run

Your running distance will begin at 3 miles and you'll work up to a max distance of 13.1 miles. This program will be released on a weekly basis.

Welcome to Week 21 of Project 300. You've made it nearly 75% of the way through this simple, yet incredibly tough, program. We've been tapped into the Pods, and the vast majority of you have reported becoming better versions of yourselves, managing your stress better, quitting lifelong unhealthy habits and – this one goes without saying – following through on commitments you once thought were impossible. You've built unbreakable muscle memory now, and this week is nothing new. Continue focusing on form over speed of reps, respecting your mobility sessions and treating your long runs as much-needed meditation sessions.

If you're just joining us and want to start at Week 1, find that here to get started.

Ready to crush the rest of your week? Find the rest of this week's workouts and finish strong! Our expert Spartan trainers are dropping new workouts every month to get you race ready with Spartan EDGE.

What are the benefits of adding mobility exercises to your workouts?

Each week throughout the Project 300 program, you'll have an active recovery day that's engineered to focus in on controlled transitions and/or deep stretches, refresh your body, refocus your mind, and tap into the enthusiasm that will keep you going for 28 weeks strong. In addition to this week's 20-minute walk, we recommend adding in some box breathing, plus a dose of hip, hamstring and shoulder mobility movements.

Here's why adding a mobility workout to your weekly programming is always a good idea:

  1. Relieves muscle and joint stiffness

  2. Increases range of motion

  3. Improves functional movement and ability to do everyday tasks

  4. Improves mental focus

  5. Preserves joint health

01

Monday: Running and Strength

This running and strength day pairs a focused run with targeted strength work to continue building endurance, power, and durability.

Warm-Up (2 sets, 30 seconds each):

  • Alternating knee hug

  • Alternating figure-4 hip hinge

  • Alternating hamstring sweep

  • Alternating World's greatest stretch

  • High knees

Run:

Run for 5.5 miles at an easy pace and aim to maintain the same pace throughout the run. Remember to keep it conversational: If you can't hold a full conversation, you're probably going too fast. And if you're feeling any aches or pains – or just need a low-impact substitution for now – we recommend cycling for 16.5 miles instead.

Strength (3 sets):

Complete the reps and rounds for quality at your own pace and watch the clock for your timed movements.

  • 12 hand-release push-ups

  • 20 commandos

  • 25 alternating bear plank shoulder taps

  • 45-second low plank hold

Cool Down (1 set, 60 seconds each):

  • Scorpion hold (right)

  • Scorpion hold (left)

  • Tabletop thread-the-needle hold (right)

  • Tabletop thread-the-needle hold (left)

02

Tuesday: Conditioning

This bodyweight conditioning day emphasizes continuous, controlled movement to continue building your endurance, coordination and full-body strength.

Warm-Up (2 sets, 30 seconds each):

  • Alternating iron cross

  • Straight-leg sit-up

  • Shin box to hip extension

  • Squat

  • Up-down

Conditioning (15-minute EMOM):

Every minute for 15 minutes, alternate the movements, aiming to finish with at least 10-15 seconds of rest before the next interval. Adjust the reps as needed if the prescribed amount feels too challenging or too easy.

  • 10 jump squats

  • 12 no-jump up-downs

  • 40 mountain climbers

Cool Down (1 set, 60 seconds each):

  • Half-saddle twist (right)

  • Half-saddle twist (left)

  • Happy baby hold

Feeling amped up, inspired, and ready to crush the rest of your week? Find the rest of this week's workouts in the app and finish on a high note this Friday.

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