A bizarre video from Liaoning Province, China of a farmer forcing his pigs to dive off a 10-foot platform into a lake and then go for a swim.

According to local reports, farmer Niu Fuquan built the ramp and diving board especially for the pigs as a way of keeping them fit.

Due to their fitness regime, the pigs fetch a higher price at market, according to Niu.

The strange clip was filmed on August 17.

Footage has emerged from China of a farmer building a 10ft-high platform for his pigs to keep fit by diving from it.

The video, filmed in Shenyang, Liaoning Province on August 17, shows two man using sticks to drive the pigs to jump off the 10ft-high platform to swim in water.

The man named Niu Fuquan was the boss of the pig farm. He built the diving platform for his pigs to do fitness training.

The pigs trained to dive every day had better taste and the price of their meat could be sold three times higher than the normal ones.