Gym Training for Middle-earth

Training to assault the Tower of Cirith Ungol Training to defend Minas Tirith against the army of Mordor Training to defend the Hornburg against Saruman's army Training to not let the Balrog pass at the Bridge Khazad-Dûm Disclaimer for the haters, yes it's a 15 kg barbell Training to pull Frodo up from the fiery pits of Mount Doom Training to jump across the crumbling bridge in Moria with Merry and Pippin

A muscular man performs increasingly dramatic gym exercises—running on a curved treadmill with a weighted backpack, climbing boxes, holding a barbell like a staff, and attempting an improvised pull-up and jump. Each exercise is humorously framed as training for a different perilous mission from The Lord of the Rings, while Howard Shore’s “The Fighting Uruk-hai” makes the workout feel like an epic battle. The joke works as an exaggerated reaction to taking ordinary gym training absurdly seriously. EN: A muscular man performs increasingly dramatic gym exercises—running on a curved treadmill with a weighted backpack, climbing boxes, holding a barbell like a staff, and attempting an improvised pull-up and jump. Each exercise is humorously framed as training for a different perilous mission from The Lord of the Rings, while Howard Shore’s “The Fighting Uruk-hai” makes the workout feel like an epic battle. The joke works as an exaggerated reaction to taking ordinary gym training absurdly seriously.

♪ Howard Shore — The Fighting Uruk-hai

• @sbunem / 36406 2023-01-01