Farmer’s naked push-ups help raise awareness

Kenny Fraser’s stunt has important mental health message

A naked farmer doing push-ups on the back of a moving pick-up truck.

Now, that’s not a sight you see every day on the streets of Fife.

But while Kenny Fraser hopes his brave stunt will raise a laugh or two, what the 43-year-old wants is for the cause behind his efforts to gain some much-needed recognition.

Wearing only a sock to cover his modesty, Kenny stripped off to perform the daring act on the Newburgh Road through Auchtermuchty as part of the 22PushUpChallenge, which raises awareness of veterans’ mental health.

Thousands of people across the world have been taking part in the initiative to highlight the dangers of depression and suicide among service personnel.

Fearing that his social media campaign, which encourages people to do 22 press-ups a day and donate to charity, had gone slightly limp after 18 days of posting videos, the Newburgh farmer decided to outdo himself in more ways than one.

“It’s one of the biggest killers of men under 45, so I’m happy for people to laugh their heads off at me being an idiot if it means getting the message across,” he said.

“I had seen lots of people doing the same thing every day and only getting one or two ‘likes’ on their pages, so I thought this was something different.

The video has now been watched more than 34,000 times, with viewers encouraged to donate £5 to Combat Stress by texting PTSD22 to 70004.

Pictures: Mercury Media. Kenny, pictured top, performing his stunt.