Man trains abdominal muscles on electricity pole: tens of thousands without electricity | Abroad

Video images show the man doing his exercises about ten meters above the ground. It is unclear why he chose the electricity pole for the city of Chengdu. Police took the man, but have not yet divulged his identity or motivation.

People responded en masse to the incident on Chinese social media. “I was annoyed because there was no power. And then I saw the news and the reason, ”wrote a user of the Weibo platform, the Chinese counterpart of Twitter. “I am both angry and amused now.”

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