Walking on all fours: Campus crawlers spark China-wide fitness craze as 4 million tap into primal movement fad online

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People across China are engaging in a strange form of exercise which is turning human evolutionary theory on its head - walking on all fours. The craze - which has spread like wildfire with the help of social media - was born when a group of university students in Beijing were caught on camera crawling around in circles in a...

Walking on all fours is the latest exercise craze among university students in China. Believed to improve whole-body strength, the fitness fad is spreading nationwide.People across China are engaging in a strange form of exercise which is turning human evolutionary theory on its head - walking on all fours.

However, the growing number of people doing or taking an interest in it, are tapping into a deeply primal form of human movement, and the return to a time before we walked upright is not only fun, it is good for your health. As well as being a good way to keep fit, it is also helping large numbers of college students relieve the stress and boredom of lockdown under China’s ongoing zero-Covid policy.

“Through crawling I find self-fulfillment, wildness, the calling of ancient times, and unexpectedly, firm abs,” said another.

 

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