We once lived in a simpler time, where fitness videos came on VHS tapes and featured people in brightly-coloured spandex performing elaborate dance routines.

You might remember this one as possibly the most famous / outlandish of them all.

If it fails to bring a smile to your face then I fear we might have lost you:

Magic.

This brings us to the modern-day Instagram workout videos, which have morphed into something quite different.

Mashable below:

A supercut of workout videos went viral for being — for lack of a better description — absolutely wild.

The screen recording posted to Twitter shows a trio of unsettlingly buff guys lifting weights while getting kicked in the abs, doing crunches while getting hit by medicine balls to the abs, and doing sick  crunches underwater to strengthen the abs. At one point, one of the unsettlingly buff men sprint-flails on a treadmill, while the other two unsettlingly buff men hold him back with a resistance band.

For real, it’s wild:

who wants to see some shit that is dumb as hell pic.twitter.com/APosPTsw6E

— jake (@callmeshitto) December 6, 2018

The man behind these mad workouts is Instagram trainer Devon Lévesque, and he loves a rather over the top video.

Running on all fours? We got this:

 

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12.5 MPH bear crawls….immediately after thanksgiving dinner . . . Happy Thanksgiving . . . @dontbeapig_ @gymshark @performix @evanfitness_nyc #dbap #Dontbeapig #gymshark #gymsharktrain #menshealth #performix #performixDriven #DBAPwellness __________________________________________________

A post shared by Devon Lévesque (@devonlevesque) on Nov 22, 2018 at 11:07am PST

Because two feet is for WIMPS.

This guy is a hoot – here’s another:

 

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Raw @demibagby @scott_mathison_ . . . . . @jpark_fit @performixdriven #performix #performixdriven #gymshark #gymsharkwomen #mondayblues #mondaze @gymshark @gymsharktrain @super_athletes @menshealthmag @womenshealthmag @menwithhealth _______________________________________________________

A post shared by Devon Lévesque (@devonlevesque) on Apr 30, 2018 at 4:09am PDT

10 points for choreography all around.

I feel like these videos should come with that ‘don’t try this at home’ warning prominently displayed.

It’s all good, guys. I know you’re being healthy, I know you’re getting ripped, and I know it’s just, like, a lifestyle choice.

Running on all fours on a treadmill isn’t how I get my kicks, but you go right ahead.

[source:mashable]