By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 18 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:11 EST, 18 January 2013 . Retirement is meant to be about getting out the pipe and slippers. 77-year-old Gao Yinyu appears to have understood the slippers bit but there is certainly no sign of a pipe as he balances like a gymnast on the frozen parallel bars in -25°c as part of his daily exercise regime. Amazingly since starting the workout more than ten years ago, the retired teacher from Jilin, in north eastern China, says he has rarely caught a cold. Freezing: 77-year-old retired teacher Gao Yinyu from Jilin, in northeastern China, has exercised like this everyday for more than a decade. The only reason he wears gloves is to stop sticking to the frozen bars . Straighten that back: Gao Yinyu pulls his legs up to the horizontal position and crunches those abs. That back could be a bit straighter though. 7/10 . Slippers together: Gao Yinyu drops the legs and lifts them out behind him, transferring weight on to his arms. Great symmetry. 8/10 . Brain freeze:  Incredible balance shown by Gao Yinyu as he headstands on a snow covered stone. That's one way to wake you up in the morning. Those legs should really be pulled in together though. 6/10 . He starts his regime with a light jog to get the blood pumping, then he does some lifts on the parallel bars and finishes off with a dip in the frozen water. Mr Yinyu said that he does morning exercises all year round since retiringand and has never missed a day. Chinese male employees usually . retire at the age of 60. The images are reminiscent of the YouTube video and images posted online earlier this year of a 4-year Chinese boy jogging and doing press-ups in the snow. The boy's father, who was behind the exercise regime said his son was born several months premature and doctors . worried he might suffer development difficulties so came up with a harsh regime to . build the boy’s strength and mental toughness . The clip begins with a shot of the boy, named as Ho Yide, standing in the snow in clear distress. He is then shown walking, fists . clenched against the cold, past parked cars covered in several inches of . snow. At one point he begs: ‘Please give me a hug.’ Chin up: Agile Gao Yinyu swings round the bars like a 21-year-old gymnast. 9/10 . Fit as a butcher's dog: Not an ounce of fat on Gao Yinyu as he lifts himself up on the bars to display perfect symmetry. 9/10 . Headrush: Once again, Gao Yinyu goes for the headstand as the sun comes up in the distance. Legs could go a good six inches further back though. 5/10 . Clearing the path : Gao Yinyu finally gets into something a bit warmer to prepare the jetty for his final exercise of the morning . His mother can apparently be heard . laughing and encouraging him to endure the icy ordeal. One viewer wrote: . ‘The child would be better off in care. This father is a monster.’ But online comments from a woman . described as the father’s assistant said the child had agreed to run in . the snow: ‘This child has received all sorts of forms of  training since . he was small.’ She said the father ‘doesn’t care what others say’, adding: ‘The fact that the child lived shows he has tenacious vitality.’ Cooling off time: : Gao Yinyu peels off the pants and prepares to get into the frozen water, no doubt it will cool him right down after that workout . Sub-zero: Gao Yinyu finishes his routine with a quick dip in the water. Full marks. 10/10 .
Gao Yinyu exercises in his pants and slippers in -25°C .
He then goes for a dip in frozen water yet never catches a cold .
He has done same workout since retiring more than a decade ago .
By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 18 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:11 EST, 18 January 2013 . Retirement is meant to be about getting out the pipe and slippers. 77-year-old Gao Yinyu appears to have understood the slippers bit but there is certainly no sign of a pipe as he balances like a gymnast on the frozen parallel bars in -25°c as part of his daily exercise regime. Amazingly since starting the workout more than ten years ago, the retired teacher from Jilin, in north eastern China, says he has rarely caught a cold. Freezing: 77-year-old retired teacher Gao Yinyu from Jilin, in northeastern China, has exercised like this everyday for more than a decade. The only reason he wears gloves is to stop sticking to the frozen bars . Straighten that back: Gao Yinyu pulls his legs up to the horizontal position and crunches those abs. That back could be a bit straighter though. 7/10 . Slippers together: Gao Yinyu drops the legs and lifts them out behind him, transferring weight on to his arms. Great symmetry. 8/10 . Brain freeze:  Incredible balance shown by Gao Yinyu as he headstands on a snow covered stone. That's one way to wake you up in the morning. Those legs should really be pulled in together though. 6/10 . He starts his regime with a light jog to get the blood pumping, then he does some lifts on the parallel bars and finishes off with a dip in the frozen water. Mr Yinyu said that he does morning exercises all year round since retiringand and has never missed a day. Chinese male employees usually . retire at the age of 60. The images are reminiscent of the YouTube video and images posted online earlier this year of a 4-year Chinese boy jogging and doing press-ups in the snow. The boy's father, who was behind the exercise regime said his son was born several months premature and doctors . worried he might suffer development difficulties so came up with a harsh regime to . build the boy’s strength and mental toughness . The clip begins with a shot of the boy, named as Ho Yide, standing in the snow in clear distress. He is then shown walking, fists . clenched against the cold, past parked cars covered in several inches of . snow. At one point he begs: ‘Please give me a hug.’ Chin up: Agile Gao Yinyu swings round the bars like a 21-year-old gymnast. 9/10 . Fit as a butcher's dog: Not an ounce of fat on Gao Yinyu as he lifts himself up on the bars to display perfect symmetry. 9/10 . Headrush: Once again, Gao Yinyu goes for the headstand as the sun comes up in the distance. Legs could go a good six inches further back though. 5/10 . Clearing the path : Gao Yinyu finally gets into something a bit warmer to prepare the jetty for his final exercise of the morning . His mother can apparently be heard . laughing and encouraging him to endure the icy ordeal. One viewer wrote: . ‘The child would be better off in care. This father is a monster.’ But online comments from a woman . described as the father’s assistant said the child had agreed to run in . the snow: ‘This child has received all sorts of forms of  training since . he was small.’ She said the father ‘doesn’t care what others say’, adding: ‘The fact that the child lived shows he has tenacious vitality.’ Cooling off time: : Gao Yinyu peels off the pants and prepares to get into the frozen water, no doubt it will cool him right down after that workout . Sub-zero: Gao Yinyu finishes his routine with a quick dip in the water. Full marks. 10/10 .
regime. Amazingly since starting the workout more than a decade. The only reason he wears gloves is parallel bars and finishes off with a dip in the frozen water. Mr Yinyu said that he does morning goes for the headstand as the sun comes up in the off time: : Gao Yinyu peels off the pants and