Saitama “One Punch Man” Training Day!

  • When:03/28/17
  • QIC: Fault Line
  • The PAX: Utah, Mermaid, PopTart, Margo, Semi-Gloss, Rachel, Alf, Turkey Leg, Fault Line (QIC)


Saitama “One Punch Man” Training Day!

By the time I pulled into an eerie empty parking lot, the rain stopped and it was a cool 58 degrees…perfect running/bootcamp weather. I was joined by 8 strong PAX who wanted to start the day off right. I attempted a quick disclaimer but had to wait on Rachel pulling in tardy and then his car alarm as he fumbled with his keys to assemble with the others. Alas, little did they know what was coming…

https://youtu.be/5tu5iNUMuc8

YHC shared the vision as we left the school toward Hwy 51, then West, then onto Carey Ridge. At that point I provided more details. Saitama, the “One Punch Man”, trains by doing 100 push ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and 10k run every day! My goal was just to get the PAX started and let them decide if they wished to complete the 3 year journey toward Anime Superhero status.

We quietly circled up at the cul-de-sac on Colburn for the “kickstart”, in cadence 50 squats, 30 merkins and 40 LBC. From there it was each man for himself running the full distance of Colburn (0.6 miles) aka “Half Pipe” back and forth, doing squats on near end, merkins at the valley, LBC at the far end. Reps per set can vary as long as you completed 100 of each exercise. And off we went with Alf, Turkey Leg and Rachel quickly jumping up front and never looking back. The rest of us spread out with PopTart reluctantly embracing his inner BRR-self, Semi-Gloss consistently kicking ass with a smile and Margo breaking in his new kicks the real man’s way…running hill repeats over 5+ miles…badass. Utah, Mermaid and YHC took our position in the back of the pack where we can talk about family flu bug and poor sleeping habits.

At 6:05 we made our way from Colburn up Rosecliff to Strawberry for the classic Indian Run back to the school. Maybe one of the toughest I’ve ever been a part of…ouch! The faster guys broke the 10k mark with everyone else just short…Saitama didn’t mention hills…ugh. And of course with a few minutes left we had to sneak in a couple parking lot sprints while Semi-Gloss toweled off by his car. He made up for it with a nice takeout though…thank you. And thanks to everyone who made it this am. Tough workout, felt good. Enjoy the video.

 

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High Tide
7 years ago

This is too funny, Fault Line!
Dare I ask why/how you are familiar with Saitama?
I would worry a little about implementing this training plan, though, as I am fond of my hair. (On that note, it is interesting that Haze wasn’t there today. Has he been using this training for long? Is he Saitama in bearded disguise?)
And, how did you link/embed the video? Is this one of the superhero powers?

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Reply to  High Tide
7 years ago

I stumbled across this “workout” on YouTube awhile ago…it cracked me up. I’m not an anime follower or anything. Great point about Haze…hmmm? Just cut and paste the link from YouTube (don’t use the “Embed link” function).

Chelms aka Tatertot
7 years ago

Tokyo proper is pretty flat so you guys can say you are training for Ninja status

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