Are burpees a strength training exercise?

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  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.
    I thought you were joking - Good lord no...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WQbkl8jk0
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    nah the stopper would help you from rolling away lol
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
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    LOL..I'd still roll away!
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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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 :#
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
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    Cylphin60 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!
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    Cylphin60 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 :D
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
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    We use them as incentive do get your skills down right. Most people would rather perform in a drill than do punishment burpees :wink:
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    Cylphin60 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 :#

    yeah well, I can do burpees and probably could do them on skates,but it wouldnt make them fun lol I hate them.
  • Ocrgrrrl
    Ocrgrrrl Posts: 189 Member
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    Cylphin60 wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.
    I thought you were joking - Good lord no...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WQbkl8jk0

    I love burpees AND roller skates! I have GOT to try this!

  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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    pennystaplessnyder wrote: »
    Cylphin60 wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Burpees are a punishment exercise it's true. Doing them on skates is the worst.
    I thought you were joking - Good lord no...

    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. :)
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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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...
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
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    Cylphin60 wrote: »
    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.
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
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    pondee629 wrote: »
    Cylphin60 wrote: »
    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.....
  • jaedwa1
    jaedwa1 Posts: 114 Member
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    hallesy wrote: »
    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??

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