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Fitness & Health

30th Mar 2016

So it turns out Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has insane core strength

Declan Cashin

We already knew that Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau was a fit guy.

After all, the 44-year-old is a former bungee-jump instructor, and in 2012 took part in a charity boxing match against another Canuck politician.

But last week, Toronto-based yoga teacher David Gellineau shared an image from 2013 of Trudeau, who was then running to be leader of his party, doing the ‘mayurasana’ yoga pose on a desk.

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Also known as the ‘peacock pose’, it requires pretty damn strong core strength and biceps to pull off. Sure enough, Trudeau showed how proud he was of his feat at the time by RT-ing a Twitter fan’s support.

Wonder if David Cameron would be willing to take Trudeau on in a mayurasana-off? Come on Dave, show us your “core values”.

BLACKPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 3:  Conservative Party leader David Cameron runs along the seafront in Blackpool on May 3, 2010 in North West England. The General Election, to be held on May 6, 2010 is set to be one of the most closely fought political contests in recent times with all main party leaders embarking on a four week campaign to win the votes of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool / Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** David Cameron