People with masks of all kinds of animals parading on all fours, perhaps you have seen such videos playing on TikTok. These Internet users are “quadrobers”, they practice “quadrobics” and play sports while imitating the movements and gaits of animals.
“Quadrobers” share their videos practicing the sport, some even give advice on how to successfully perform the different movements. Among the most popular, the bear walk which consists of moving on all fours, the crab walk which involves moving on the hands and feet while being in a plank position on the back or the lizard walk which is very difficult according to Vogue magazine.
Use the whole body
If at first glance this seems like a rather absurd practice, performing these different movements allows you to use several muscles including the shoulders, buttocks, legs. Quadrobics also makes it possible to work on coordination, agility and balance.
Quadrobics is a completely free and easy-to-access sport. Tomi Akande, a professional fitness trainer states in Vogue that “ that’s why it became popular. You can adapt the movements according to your level and your goals ».
A practice little appreciated in Russia
The leisure seems to be growing, particularly in Russia where the government has seized on the trend and is almost making it a state affair, according to franceinfo. A deputy of the Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, announced that she wanted file a law banning the trend.
Sergei Mikheev, a Russian Orthodox philosopher, believes that “quadrobics” is “ directly linked to the spread of various perversions in modern Western society ». The Russian government has been increasing its anti-LGBT laws recently and quadrobics seems to be a new area for justifying homophobic remarks. On this subject, propagandist Nikita Mikhalkov believes that “ quadrobers and the LGBT community, in this rejection of the naturalness of human life, are absolutely identical ».