:Quadrobics

The word "quadrobics" is a portmanteau of the words "quattuor" (Latin for "four") and "aerobics". Quadrobics began as a sports hobby and over time turned into a trend that started to take over social networks.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlg.ru/blog/viral_smm/issledovanie-chem-otlichayutsya-kvadrobery-ot-furri-i-kak-oni-vzorvali-sotsseti/|title=Исследование: чем отличаются квадроберы от фурри, и как они взорвали соцсети|publisher=RBK|date=10 October 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}} It is said to have been invented by Japanese sprinter Kenichi Ito, who in 2008 set the world record for running the 100-m track on all four limbs. Four years later, he beat his own record and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.{{refn|{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20241021/kvadrobery-1977472996.html|title=Квадроберы: кто это простыми словами, что такое квадробика, откуда пошло движение, запрет|website=RIA Novosti|date=21 October 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}}} As of 2025, the record is 15.66 seconds, set by American Collin McClure in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/664e35529a79474cead17153|title=Квадробика: что такое, кто придумал, запретят ли в России|website=RBC Life|date=2024-05-23|access-date=2025-03-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/88771-fastest-100-m-running-on-all-fours|title=Fastest 100 m running on all fours|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=2025-03-03}}

Quadrobics is not yet officially recognised as a sport,{{refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/workouts/a63361884/quadrobics/|title=Horsing around: what is quadrobics and how do you do it?|website=Women Health Magazine|date=2025-01-08|access-date=2025-03-03}}}} but its enthusiasts organise competitions within their communities.{{cite web|url=https://hi-tech.mail.ru/review/112779-kvadrobika/#anchor172191746697279272|title=Квадробика: суть тренда, что это такое, для чего нужны маски, фото и видео необычного спорта, запрещено ли заниматься в России, как научиться квадробике|publisher=Hi-Tech Mail (Mail.ru)|date=2024-08-05|accessdate=2025-03-03}} As a sport, quadrobics is close to parkour.{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/lifestyle/article-5749572-kvadrobika-chto-eto-sport-ili-net-kto-sozdal-kogda-poyavilas-zapretyat-li-v-rossii-foto-video.html|title=Квадробика: что это, спорт или нет, кто создал, когда появилась, запретят ли в России, фото, видео|website={{interlanguage link|Championat.ru|ru|Чемпионат (сайт)}}|date=2024-10-18|access-date=2025-03-03}} As a fitness activity, it, according to Vogue, "combines elements of aerobics and callisthenics" and, having been designed to "engage all four limbs simultaneously", provides an "effective full-body workout". As fitness expert Tomi Akande explained to the magazine, a quadrobic workout routine trains several major muscle groups, improving strength, agility, and coordination.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/quadrobics|title=Quadrobics Is The Fitness Trend That Improves All-Over Strength (And Your Abs)|website=British Vogue|date=2024-07-05|accessdate=2025-03-03|author=Hannah Coates}}

The basic quadrobics movements include:

• running or walking on all fours / trotting (e.g. crab walks, lizard walks);
• crawling (e.g. bear crawls);
• leaping;
• balancing;
• high jumps;
• {{interlanguage link|mountain climber (exercise)|wikt|mountain climber|lt=mountain climbers}};
• the {{interlanguage link|renegade row|wikt|renegade row}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/quadrobics-full-body-workout-surging-133028772.html|title=Quadrobics is a full-body workout surging in popularity — Here's what to know|author=Steph Green|publisher=The Manual|via=Yahoo! Life|date=2024-12-10|access-date=2025-03-03}}

In 2015, a fitness activity called "crunning" became popular in Australia. Crunning is running on all four limbs, the term is a portmanteau of "crawling" and "running".{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/health/see-new-fitness-craze-crunning-has-internet-buzzing-t56171|title='Crunning' is the Internet's new favorite fitness craze|publisher=Today|date=2015-11-16}}

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In Russia, the quadrobers (or quadrobists) youth subculture combining cosplay (dressing up as animals) with quadrobics (like running around on all fours){{refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-teenagers-dressed-furry-animals-105653645.html|title=Teenagers dressed as furry animals attack people in new craze|work=The Telegraph|date=15 October 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://wciom.ru/analytical-reviews/analiticheskii-obzor/kvadrobery-kto-ehto-takie-i-nuzhno-li-s-nimi-borotsja|title=ВЦИОМ. Новости: Квадроберы: кто это такие и нужно ли с ними бороться?|publisher=VCIOM|date=16 October 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/articles/2024/09/25/1064246-kvadroberi|title=Кто такие квадроберы|work=Vedomosti|date=29 September 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/lifestyle/article-5718570-kvadrobery-kto-eto-prostymi-slovami-otkuda-poyavilis-chem-zanimayutsya-opasno-li.html|title=Квадроберы: кто это простыми словами, откуда появились, чем занимаются, опасно ли|website=Championat|date=23 September 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/social/kto-takie-kvadrobery.shtml?updated|title=Кто такие квадроберы простыми словами: внешний вид, поведение, почему их хотят запретить в России|publisher=Gazeta.ru|date=10 October 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}}} drew public attention in the spring of 2024. On 16 April, the head of the League for Safe Internet, Ekaterina Mizulina, drew attention to Internet hate messages that called for beating up people named "quadrobers". A week later, the commissioner for children's rights of the Republic of Tatarstan, Irina Volynets, spoke alarmedly about children in animal costumes and the necessity to define the line between play and deviation.Почему квадроберов хотят запретить в России, Украине, кто такие квадроберы: Прибалтика: Бывший СССР: Lenta.ru" In September, a viral video featuring singer Mia Boyka who, in front of a concert audience, ridicules an 8-year-old female fan wearing cat ears and a tail caused a scandal{{refn|{{cite web | title=What is quadrobics, Russia's viral but divisive youth subculture? |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/13/what-is-quadrobics-russias-viral-but-divisive-youth-subculture-a86370 |date=2024-09-13 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Nekasrov |first=Ivan |title=«Позор тебе и твоим фанатам»: Миа Бойка унизила ребенка со сцены — теперь ее требуют отменить. |url=https://www.chita.ru/text/culture/2024/09/03/74039252/ |date=2024-09-03 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Chita.ru |language=ru}}}} and led to a discussion of the new quadrober phenomenon on the Russian 1st Channel talk show Let Them Talk, spanning several episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/pust-govoryat/vypuski-i-dramatichnye-momenty/o-divnyy-novyy-mir-epizod-3-kvadrobery-pust-govoryat-vypusk-ot-20-11-2024|title=О дивный новый мир. Эпизод 3. Квадроберы. Пусть говорят. Выпуск от 20.11.2024|publisher=Channel One Russia|date=20 November 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/pust-govoryat/vypuski-i-dramatichnye-momenty/o-divnyy-novyy-mir-epizod-4-rebenok-po-imeni-gav-pust-govoryat-vypusk-ot-21-11-2024|title=О дивный новый мир. Эпизод 4. Ребенок по имени «Гав». Пусть говорят. Выпуск от 21.11.2024"|publisher=Channel One Russia|date=21 November 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}}

The subculture is popular mainly among children and adolescents aged 8 to 14.{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/664e35529a79474cead17153|title=Квадробика: что такое, кто придумал, запретят ли в России|website=RBK Life|date=23 May 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024|language=ru}} Quadrobists wear animal costumes and also imitate animal movements and behavior: walk on all fours, growl, bark and meow, climb trees and interact with fellow quadrobists as if they all were animals.{{cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2024-10-13/489300-kvadrobery_novaya_subkultura_odnih_raduet_a_drugih_pugaet|title=Квадроберы: новая субкультура одних радует, а других пугает|work=Channel One (Russia) News|date=13 October 2024|language=ru}} The species of animals most popular among quadrobists are cats, foxes, dogs, and wolves.{{cite web|url=https://iz.ru/1729910/naina-kurbanova/zhivotnyi-sport-pochemu-kvadrobiku-khotiat-zapretit-v-rossii|title=Что такое квадробика и почему ее хотят запретить|publisher=Izvestiya|date=2024-07-19|access-date=2025-03-03}}

Quadrobists are often confused with furries, but there are differences. Quadrobists focus on imitating real animals, while furries role-play anthropomorphic animal characters (thus creating so-called fursonas, a portmanteau of "fur" and "persona").

The difference between quadrobists and therians is that therians truly get into the role of an animal (the one they feel spiritually connected to) and identify as such,{{cite web|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/what-is-a-therian/|title=What is a Therian? And why do children identify as animals?|date=2024-10-10|access-date=2025-03-03}} while quadrobists see quadrobics as a physical activity and a sport. Neither quadrobists nor furries consider themselves animals.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/health/blogs/3262714.html|title=Квадробика: что это и опасна ли для детей, комментарий психолога|website={{interlanguage link|Sports.ru|ru|Sports.ru}}|date=2024-09-06|accessdate=2025-03-03}}

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