Russian commuters can earn free subway ticket by doing squats
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A vending machine has been set-up at one of Moscow’s subway stations that allows people to earn a free ticket by doing squats.
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The city officials offer a free travel ticket to anyone who does thirty squats. According to Russian media, this is an effort to promote fitness and sports.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“It is exciting. I don’t do enough sports during the day, I don’t move a lot. And here you can do gymnastics,” said Liza Zheratkova who tried her hand at the squats and won a free ticket.
“If you do that (squatting) regularly, you will strengthen the musculo-skeletal system,” said twelve time Russian Olympic medal champion, Alexei Nemov who was in attendance.
“I read somewhere, every footstep gives you 2 seconds of life, so the more you go, the more you move, the more you will live. This is the fact,” he added.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This initiative is being carried out by the Russian Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and will last a month.