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This Man Swims To Work Every Day To Avoid Traffic And He's Our New Hero


<p>What is the worst thing about work? The long hours, the pay, the boss, or THE COMMUTE? If you work in a metropolitan city, chances are you've spent half your life in the traffic. If someone paid us to sit in traffic, we'd be millionaires by now. Wait, why is this not a thing – paying someone to get stuck in a traffic jam on your behalf?!Β </p> <p>German citizen Benjamin David was so fed up of sitting through traffic jams on his way to work and back that he decided to swim to office.Β </p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="Man Swims To Work Every Day To Avoid Traffic" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-1-twitter-shanghaieye-1501420458.jpg" alt="Man Swims To Work Every Day To Avoid Traffic" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-1-twitter-shanghaieye-1501420458.jpg" />Β© Twitter/ Shanghai Eye</p> <p>Every day, Benjamin packs his formal suit, shoes, laptop and valuables into a waterproof bag and heads on to Isar River in Munich for a 1.2-mile swim to work. β€œThe traffic on the road next to the Isar is so wild that it is no fun,” he told BBC.</p> <p class="articleimg"><img id="ed-img" class="art-lazy imwidth-full" title="Man Swims To Work Every Day To Avoid Traffic" src="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-2-twitter-shanghaieye-1501420512.jpg" alt="Man Swims To Work Every Day To Avoid Traffic" data-original="http://media.new.mensxp.com/media/content/2017/Jul/img-2-twitter-shanghaieye-1501420512.jpg" />Β© Twitter/ Shanghai Eye</p> <p>Wearing only swimming trunks or a wetsuit and rubber sandals, Benjamin swims to work every day and invites a lot of amused looks from bystanders. β€œPeople look down from the bridges and laugh or ask what I'm doing,” he says. But Benjamin is unfazed as he loves the relaxing morning swim.Β </p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F81oG8gCTv0"></iframe> <p>We're sure he doesn't mind the laughs, considering he avoids traffic and gets a killer workout in the process. Don't be surprised if you see him sporting a sculpted bod in a few months from now! This Twitter user echoes our thoughts:Β </p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">That dude is going to be ripped in a couple of months.</p> β€” Bill Crawford (@BillCrawfordIII) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillCrawfordIII/status/890633267648450560">July 27, 2017</a> <p> </p>

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