If you want to see a man casually lifting a motorbike, or even a tractor as part of his daily workout, you must head to Asola-Fatehpur Beri.

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All the men of this town on the outskirts of New Delhi are obsessed with bodybuilding. After all, the biggest export of this farming village isn’t agriculture, but bouncers and security guards to nightclubs and offices across India! And how many men is that? Surprisingly, 90% of them!

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Salaries go as high as Rs. 50,000 a month, but these men aren’t literal dumbbells. It is compulsory to get a minimum class 12 education.

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These guys don’t believe in whey protein; they’ve been on a diet of milk, bananas, eggs and curd since they were 14 to bulk up. The young men here can down 12 bananas, half a kilo of fruit, 2 kg of yogurt, and 1.5 litres of badaam (almond-infused) milk in a day! For the non-vegetarians, add an entire boiled chicken and 10 egg whites to the mix!

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No one smokes or drinks, and after six hours a day of lifting the heaviest things they can get their hands on, they chill out with some yoga.

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Everyday, they wrestle in mud, climb ropes and bang out hundreds of sit-ups and push-ups. It is not hard for them to lift a 350 kg motorcycle up to their chest, or lift a tractor using their feet.

Check out a video about them here!