What's the "shared gym" in Beijing?

Speakers: Sam Duckett and Lu Sirui

A shared gym is spotted in the street of Beijing. [Photo: from Baidu.com]

Xiao Su, a workout fanatic, was surprised to find out that the nondescript booth he spotted on his way to the gym was also a gym.

The booths only have enough space to hold two people at once, but only one of them can exercise as the gym's sole piece of equipment is a treadmill.

The gym booth is also equipped with an air conditioner, a mini-television and fan.

The gym booth app, "Mipao," only showed five booths available for users' to make appointment in Beijing on recently. After users make an appointment, they can access the booth by scanning a code on its exterior, according to the description on the app's iTunes download page.

The description explains that the application can record a user's movement and offer workout guidance afterward to "create a brand new, healthy and smart way of exercise."

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.