Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled a prank on his 24.5 million Instagram followers by pretending to do the splits. The 75-year-old actor, bodybuilder and politician fooled his fans into thinking he was doing the difficult challenge on his kitchen counter.
Arnold created a hilarious situation by putting a fake set of legs on the counter. These were prop legs, spread-eagled, dressed in black sweatpants and white sneakers. He appeared to be performing the splits with ease by standing just behind the prop.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Instagram post quickly went viral, garnering over 113,000 likes from his followers in less than an hour. With a cigar on his lips, the former California governor emphasised the necessity of flexibility along with weight training. in the video.
Schwarzenegger, dressed in a black T-shirt with a graphic of his younger self flaunting his strong body, encouraged his fans to suck it in and proudly displayed his chest.
He encouraged his virtual audience to lift their arms and gently reach sideways as he showed various stretching exercises. He continued his instructions while stretching towards one of his fake legs. The scene was accompanied by cinematic music from The Terminator, which played loudly in the background, adding to the prank’s playful atmosphere.