The video captures Iqrar performing a standing cable chest fly, pulling a resistance cable inward across his chest with a handle in each hand.
What caught Farah’s eye was not the exercise itself but the weight stack on the cable machine, which had only a single plate loaded, estimated at somewhere between 4.5 and 7 kilograms.
The contrast between that and the intensely strained expression on Iqrar’s face as he pulled the cables was what she zeroed in on.
Reacting to the video, she said, “Either hide the weights so no one can see how light they are, or don’t make a face like you are lifting 100 kg.” The video carried a sarcastic caption reading “Working hard in gym.. just like politics!”
The internet zeroed in on her observation fast. Comments flooded in, mostly poking fun at the dramatic effort for such minimal resistance.
