Why do people hate burpees so much?

Lift_hard_eat_big
Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Seriously, why do burpees have such a bad rep? I can think of several other exercises and lifts that are worse.
Clean and press, deadlift, thrusters and power jumps for example, make me want to vomit and pass out much worse than burpees.
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  • jppd47
    jppd47 Posts: 737 Member
    burpee to tuck jump
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    burpee to tuck jump

    I do pushup to power jump/High knee tuck jump. Those are badass. I've also done pushup to pullup variation.
  • kathers01
    kathers01 Posts: 164 Member
    I like burpees :)
  • staceysmyname
    staceysmyname Posts: 20 Member
    Because some think they are too difficult?

    I like the extra challenge (burpees) up until last week when I heard an "POP" in my lower back and wanted to throw up from the pain.

    I don't like them anymore because of injury.
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    i hate the name... ´burpees´, makes me think of someone burping, YUK :sick:
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    Because some think they are too difficult?

    I like the extra challenge (burpees) up until last week when I heard an "POP" in my lower back and wanted to throw up from the pain.

    I don't like them anymore because of injury.

    Ouch, did you slip a disc?
  • staceysmyname
    staceysmyname Posts: 20 Member
    Luckily no. It was in the middle of my kickboxing class and I continued on in pain. I sat for a moment after class and thats when I seized up. It was my biggest fear until I was able to see the doctor. It was a really nasty muscle strain.

    For now, burpees are not on my list of things to do. However with more conditioning I will look forward to doing them. And generally there are only 4 of us in a class of 25 that will do them.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    Luckily no. It was in the middle of my kickboxing class and I continued on in pain. I sat for a moment after class and thats when I seized up. It was my biggest fear until I was able to see the doctor. It was a really nasty muscle strain.

    For now, burpees are not on my list of things to do. However with more conditioning I will look forward to doing them. And generally there are only 4 of us in a class of 25 that will do them.

    Glad to hear it wasnt a major injury. Heal up and get back to training hard.
  • Charmed285
    Charmed285 Posts: 189 Member
    I have problems with my knees, so I can't' do it.
  • NuggetLovesEdie
    NuggetLovesEdie Posts: 477 Member
    Agreeing with above...

    They hurt my knees.

    That, and I'm the kind of person who could walk all day, every day... but ask me to do explosive exercise or run for 10 minutes and I would feel like hurling.

    Maybe that will change as I shift some of the extra weight back out of me in the form of sweat.

    But definitely hard on my knees.
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    Clean and press, deadlift, thrusters and power jumps for example, make me want to vomit and pass out much worse than burpees.
    Well, depends on the weight for those lifts and the length of the sets.
    Heavy lifts hurt worse for each rep, but usually I'm not doing more than 5 if it's super heavy for me.
    Burpees, generally come up in my workouts in the form of "do as many as you can in X minutes" or "do 50 as fast as you can", so it's sort of a prolonged awfulness.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I hate them (and don't do them) because they aggrivate my heart condition- but otther than that they would be fine, they are kinda fun- (till I nearly black out at the 3rd)
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    i hate the name... ´burpees´, makes me think of someone burping, YUK :sick:

    makes me think of that fllower/garden catalog my dad always ordered out of.
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    Cuz.
  • Spanntastic12
    Spanntastic12 Posts: 181
    Takes me back to high school where we'd have to do burpees for messing up in practice lol I have PTBD (post traumatic burpee disorder).
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    I don't like them because they hurt my bad knee, loose shoulder, and crackly hips. None of those are the technical terms but burpees find all the pain. I'd rather torturous heavy lifting than burpees. My body handles running better now than it used to so it may be better... I guess I'm a little afraid to try again.
  • carrietehbear
    carrietehbear Posts: 384 Member
    I hate burpees... and just about every exercise my trainer makes me do. It's a love/hate relationship. I hate doing them but I love the results.
  • subcult
    subcult Posts: 262 Member
    Never did them but I have drank several orange and grape Burples as a kid.
  • drgndancer
    drgndancer Posts: 426 Member
    I think most people hate them because somehow you always have to do a ton of reps. No one ever says "I did ten burpees". It's always a part of a fit test, or the punishment for something in sports, or an obstacle penalty in a race... You always have to either do a ton of them or do them when you're already really tired, or both.
  • ellyloo
    ellyloo Posts: 49
    cuz they're frikken hard!!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I love/hate them. :bigsmile:
  • Andi_Mo
    Andi_Mo Posts: 243
    cuz they're frikken hard!!

    THIS!! lol :)
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    cuz when I'm on the floor doing sumpin' I wanna finish and not have to jump up and do sumpon' else. lol!!!


    I guess in a way, I'm lazy when I exercise. I like to sweat but in an orderly fashion. lol!!! jumping up and down quickly is not my forte.
  • awesomek001
    awesomek001 Posts: 167 Member
    Seriously, why do burpees have such a bad rep? I can think of several other exercises and lifts that are worse.
    Clean and press, deadlift, thrusters and power jumps for example, make me want to vomit and pass out much worse than burpees.

    I always head rush when I do them - - even when I pause before the jump up. I have no idea why - but my trainer keeps making me do them (in small sets, since he doesn't really "like" it when I pass out LOL)
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    They are just really hard. But, I like 'em because they help with my surfing. I mean, that's pretty much what you do when you surf. Except, you do a lot more than that. Paddle, then burpee, then paddle more, then burpee, then paddle, then burpee. LOL.
  • Starla_
    Starla_ Posts: 349
    i like them :)
  • AmyBecky74
    AmyBecky74 Posts: 437 Member
    For me it kills my wrists (which are very weak)
  • Merci444
    Merci444 Posts: 222 Member
    I love burpees! I especially love it when I am forced to do more of them than I think I can.
  • kimberliiw
    kimberliiw Posts: 242 Member
    I have Morton's Neuroma in my feet and I can barely walk if I do them. But I actually like them and am sad I can't do them anymore.
  • escape4asecond
    escape4asecond Posts: 40
    They used to be almost impossible for me, but they are bearable now (at 30 second intervals). Someday I might learn to love them. <3

    Okay, I just watched a youtube video showing burpees...and I obviously am doing a "modified" version!!! Guess I can see why they aren't most people's favorite!!!!

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