Odd new exercise trend emerges in China as residents crawl on all fours

AN odd new trend has recently emerged in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, where citizens of all ages are... well... the picture says it all.

China’s bizarre new fitness trend

AN odd new trend has recently emerged in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, in which fitness fanatics take to all fours to crawl around parks.

According to reports, the participants include both the young and the elderly, and they claim that the light exercise does wonders for their backs and spines.

Some believe that the practice has its source in ancient Chinese medical practice and dates back nearly 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty.

Here are some photos of the crawling craze, some of which may be scrapes.

郑州市民公园爬行晨练引热议 医生称有用 爬着晨练 本报讯 现在的晨练方式可谓五花八门，有打太极的，有舞剑甩鞭的，有扭秧歌、跳广 https://t.co/hKvdJKY4Ds pic.twitter.com/drbXebr4g0

— 世界杂闻 (@shijiezawen) October 20, 2015

Didn't believe it when I saw the pix in state media, but it's true: crawling on all fours is all the rage in Beijing pic.twitter.com/7NTbH77hqE

— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) November 2, 2015

Ce sport apparu à Zhengzhou, pourrait guérir les pbms de vertèbres cervicales, selon des pratiqts. 1 peu gênant non? pic.twitter.com/xos2NQAHbM

— Zhulin Zhang (@ZhangZhulin) October 22, 2015