Defending Minas Tirith on the Treadmill

Training to defend Minas Tirith against the army of Mordor

A man in a gym walks and runs on a curved treadmill while carrying a barbell loaded with weight plates across his shoulders. The caption frames his awkward training as preparation to defend Minas Tirith from Mordor’s army, while Howard Shore’s dramatic orchestral track “The Fighting Uruk-hai” makes the workout feel like an epic battlefield charge. It works as a reaction meme for treating ordinary exercise or a difficult task with absurd heroic seriousness.

♪ Howard Shore — The Fighting Uruk-hai

• @jeppa420 / 28212 2022-10-09