Man dies after exercising while hanging by his neck in China

A man suspends himself in mid-air by the neck during a workout in Shenyang in China's north-east Liaoning province in this file photo from 2021. -SCREENGRAB FROM CCTV VIDEO

BEIJING: A 57-year-old man died after hanging by the neck on fitness equipment in Chongqing in south-western China on Wednesday (May 15).

According to an eyewitness, the man was likely performing an exercise which involves the person swinging his body while hanging from a rope by the neck.