The muscular maths teacher who rose to fame for his good looks has come under fire for his latest work-out video.

In it, Pietro Boselli, who has modeled for Abercrombie and Fitch, he lifts a local Filipino man while on holiday in the Phillipines.

He posted the video on Facebook, where it managed to attract 28,000 likes.

In it, he treats the local man like an object. “I’m left here alone with no way to exercise, so I need to work it out,” he says. “I need something I can actually lift repeatedly.”

"I need to be careful in case he sees me, because he may get scared and start running,” he says. He then chases the man and lifts him as if he is a weight, referring to him throughout as “that” and “my weight”.