Are burpees a strength training exercise?
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nutmegoreo wrote: »I realize that they have that pushup in there (if you are doing it), but personally, I would consider it cardio.
What pushup?
This is a burpee: From a standing position, bend down into a squat, lean over & place your hands on floor to support your torso w/your arms w/o allowing your knees to touch the floor kick your legs back so that body is in a plank position, kick off w/your feet and bring your legs back up to your chest in one movement while still supporting your torso w/your arms, lean back into the squat position and then stand up.
Repeat as much as you can or want. No pushups involved. Most of the work is done by the glutes and quads but there is some arm, shoulder, back and core involvement in supporting the torso during the exercise.
It is not considered a typical "strength" exercise but just try to do 20 in a row w/o sufficient strength snd conditioning. That's why it's so often the go-to exercise in HIIT body weight exercise routines.
There are (sloppy) pushups in my burpees.0 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »
Someone had to go there I guess lol.JustMissTracy wrote: »Burpees were created by the devil himself...to test us all.....
Trump? Haha! Jk!
It's an awesome exercise for overall conditioning. I don't know why they get so much hate.
I actually hope to be able to do one someday.
LOL..I can do ONE.
Show off!!!!
I kid I kid!
I'm actually going to be incorporating them into my routine next week. I'm going to try a personal challenge of 50 per week for starters.
If I suddenly stop posting you know they won....1 -
Squat Thrust and Burpee are always used like pretty interchangeably, but I've always known squat thrust to be what you described and a burpee to be with the pushup.
Never heard what I do called a "squat thrust" b4 but i guess that's an apt description. Always called them burpees.
I'll have to remember to distinguish them from what others consider "burpees" in the future and to ask for clarification to see if we're talking about the same thing or not.
Check the Variants section of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_(exercise); there are many variants. The one that includes one push up is noted as sometimes being called a "bastardo."2 -
Personally I would think burpees are both strength and cardio. A proper burpee does have a pushup, however, there are modified burpees.0
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Squat Thrust and Burpee are always used like pretty interchangeably, but I've always known squat thrust to be what you described and a burpee to be with the pushup.
Never heard what I do called a "squat thrust" b4 but i guess that's an apt description. Always called them burpees.
I'll have to remember to distinguish them from what others consider "burpees" in the future and to ask for clarification to see if we're talking about the same thing or not.
Check the Variants section of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_(exercise); there are many variants. The one that includes one push up is noted as sometimes being called a "bastardo."
Funny. That's what I call the people making me do them.8 -
anything can be strength training if you wear a 40 lb back pack :P0
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doing a large amount of repetitive exercises will build lean muscle mass... the question is do you want muscle strength or muscle endurance. of course the ideal is a balance of the two... BUT one will almost invariably suffer as you gravitate towards one training regime to another.0
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Joanna2012B wrote: »Personally I would think burpees are both strength and cardio. A proper burpee does have a pushup, however, there are modified burpees.
An exercise with a resistance element doesn't necessarily equate to "strength" training...strength training is a very specific type of training...not all resistance training is strength training. That's not to say you're not going to gain some measure of strength, but it would be very limited.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »Joanna2012B wrote: »Personally I would think burpees are both strength and cardio. A proper burpee does have a pushup, however, there are modified burpees.
An exercise with a resistance element doesn't necessarily equate to "strength" training...strength training is a very specific type of training...not all resistance training is strength training. That's not to say you're not going to gain some measure of strength, but it would be very limited.
Agreed - which is why it's so important to have clearly defined goals. I personally invested a lot of time and effort doing routines which benefited me quite a bit as I was going from newb status trying to reach intermediate, but it fell apart after a certain point progression wise because I simply didn't know exactly what I was working towards.
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Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.0
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I thought you were joking - Good lord no...MelanieCN77 wrote: »Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WQbkl8jk0
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nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
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LOL..I'd still roll away!
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
It wouldn't stop me from face planting though!
wait...I do that anyway
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
It wouldn't stop me from face planting though!
wait...I do that anyway
Me too..and that's my 'one' burpee!0 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
It wouldn't stop me from face planting though!
wait...I do that anyway
Me too..and that's my 'one' burpee!
LOl, well, I'm certainly glad I'm not alone there, face down on the floor 2 -
We use them as incentive do get your skills down right. Most people would rather perform in a drill than do punishment burpees
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
It wouldn't stop me from face planting though!
wait...I do that anyway
yeah well, I can do burpees and probably could do them on skates,but it wouldnt make them fun lol I hate them.0 -
I thought you were joking - Good lord no...MelanieCN77 wrote: »Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WQbkl8jk0
I love burpees AND roller skates! I have GOT to try this!
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pennystaplessnyder wrote: »
I thought you were joking - Good lord no...MelanieCN77 wrote: »Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WQbkl8jk0
I love burpees AND roller skates! I have GOT to try this!
All kidding aside I think I'll get more benefit out of doing long term burpees than any other similar exercise. I admit I don't like them at the moment, but that's only because of my current fitness level to be brutally honest. Six months from now (hopefully) an awful lot will be changed with that.
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I started my personal burpee challenge today and immediately thought of this thread. Horrible, just horrible. I wanted to do 20 a day the first week, and after 5 I was disgusted. Bad form, and felt like no endurance.
Bah - I hate these things, I'll do them though...0 -
I started my personal burpee challenge today and immediately thought of this thread. Horrible, just horrible. I wanted to do 20 a day the first week, and after 5 I was disgusted. Bad form, and felt like no endurance.
Bah - I hate these things, I'll do them though...
Keep going, It. and you, will get better.0 -
I started my personal burpee challenge today and immediately thought of this thread. Horrible, just horrible. I wanted to do 20 a day the first week, and after 5 I was disgusted. Bad form, and felt like no endurance.
Bah - I hate these things, I'll do them though...
Keep going, It. and you, will get better.
Thanks, I'm sure it will get better. I just thought I was in better shape than that lol.
The upside is no one else was awake to see the travesty.....0 -
Someone dared me a year ago to do my Birthday Burpees (48) every day for a month. I recorded my weight and my time each day. After 28 days I did them 60% faster on day 28 than day 1 (day 1 over 10 mins, day 28 just over 4 minutes), and I TRIPLED my weight loss that month than i normally did. Coincidence?
I can't say whether the tripled weight loss is a coincidence or not since I'm not sure what kind of calorie deficit you were in...BUT, I can say you were exactly right about ONLY thing that makes burpees worth it...if you do them consistently, you're progress is noticeable at almost every session. And who doesn't love progress??0
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