This bus passenger found a unique way to keep up his exercise routine. Photo: Twitter
This bus passenger found a unique way to keep up his exercise routine. Photo: Twitter
This bus passenger found a unique way to keep up his exercise routine. Photo: Twitter
This bus passenger found a unique way to keep up his exercise routine. Photo: Twitter

UAE

Dubai's push-up bus passenger shows there is no obstacle to exercise

Commuter finds way to keep fit on bus journey in the emirate

The National

January 20, 2022

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Finding time to squeeze an exercise regime into a busy daily schedule is no easy task.

But one committed commuter has shown there is no excuse for being idle – even when sitting on a bus.

Video footage of a passenger performing push-ups on the top of the seats of a bus travelling through Dubai has charmed the internet.

Set to Eye of the Tiger, the theme song from Rocky III, footage on Twitter shows an unidentified man working up a sweat, with a passenger in front apparently oblivious to his antics.

It is not known when the recording was made nor its specific location in Dubai, but it certainly caught the attention of social media users.

One person on Twitter saw the funny side, saying the man was "bus-ting out the press-ups".

Another applauded him for giving the the motivation needed to finally kick their New Year fitness goals into action.

Others said it showed there really was no obstacle to a healthy lifestyle.

People around the world found unique ways to stay in shape in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic when stay-home orders were imposed.

Frenchman Elisha Nochomovitz even figured out a way to complete a marathon while at home in March, 2020 – running back and forth on his balcony.

He ran 42.2 kilometres straight, never leaving the seven-metre-long space.

He saw it as a physical and mental challenge, but also shared the images online “to extend my support to the entire medical personnel who are doing an exceptional job”, he said from his apartment in Balma, a suburb of the southern city of Toulouse.

Runner discovers hidden side of Dubai in challenge: in pictures

  • Yasmine Salaam is trying to run every road in Dubai. All photos: Yasmine Salaam
    Yasmine Salaam is trying to run every road in Dubai. All photos: Yasmine Salaam
  • She started her challenge three years ago and runs four times a week, covering 8 to 30 kilometres each day.
    She started her challenge three years ago and runs four times a week, covering 8 to 30 kilometres each day.
  • Ms Salaam took photos of many of the streets where she ran.
    Ms Salaam took photos of many of the streets where she ran.
  • She has run almost 60 per cent of the city’s streets.
    She has run almost 60 per cent of the city’s streets.
  • In the next four months, she expects to cover about 10 per cent of Dubai's streets.
    In the next four months, she expects to cover about 10 per cent of Dubai's streets.
  • Ms Salaam uses an app called CityStrides to track the streets she has run, rather than the total number of kilometres covered.
    Ms Salaam uses an app called CityStrides to track the streets she has run, rather than the total number of kilometres covered.
  • Ms Salaam hopes to finish her challenge within two years.
    Ms Salaam hopes to finish her challenge within two years.
Updated: January 20, 2022, 8:46 AM