Why do people hate burpees so much?
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My trainer just introduced me to burpees. They are challenging, and I'm not very good at them. Yet. I like that they are hard, and want to get better at them! What a great addition to my workout!0
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I love burpees....especially with a BOSU ball!0
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burpee pull ups, burpees Toes to bar., 100 of them, for time.
I'd do thrusters, wall balls, walking lunges... anything but burpees0 -
For me it kills my wrists (which are very weak)
I have wrist issues too...try turning them out slightly when you get into the plank position. That helps A LOT!
You can do them with dumbells too until you work on your strength and flexibility. I had wrists issues when doing them months ago but I don't even feel anything now. That's after almost half a year of compound lifts and other workouts too. Clean grip front squats are pretty good for this.0 -
I have a love/hate relationship with them...I love to hate them! My trainer likes to inflict this torture on me.0
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burpee pull ups, burpees Toes to bar., 100 of them, for time.
I'd do thrusters, wall balls, walking lunges... anything but burpees
Burpee to pullup is one of my favorite exercises, no sorry *kitten* kipping pullup though.0 -
I have a love/hate relationship with them...I love to hate them! My trainer likes to inflict this torture on me.
Your trainer and I have something in common. I love to have my clients do 100 for warmup LOL!0 -
Love me some burpees!!! My son and I will even do them at the most random places just to be goofy. It's kinda like a challenge between the two of us. Although, I will say they are kinda funky in an elevator.0
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I love burpees!0
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I like this video of Nia Shanks doing advanced burpees with pull ups!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9YGD3f1CNE0
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i hate the name... ´burpees´, makes me think of someone burping, YUK :sick:
Agreed. I love burpees but why do they have to be called that? I always do mine with a push up. But there are worse exerciSes than burpees such as pull ups and jump lunges...0 -
They are a challenging exercise. It depends on how many you do. If I do like 10, I'm okay with that. Beyond that, it tries my patience.0
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Clean and press, deadlift, thrusters and power jumps for example, make me want to vomit and pass out much worse than burpees.
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.
Yup it's th pushing as hard as you can in a limited time burpee that is hard - great but bloody hard0 -
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.
because they fuc*ing suck. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU FORCES YOU TO DO THEM WITH A WEIGHT VEST ON! Oh did I shout? my apologies. haha.They suck. badly.0 -
i hate the name... ´burpees´, makes me think of someone burping, YUK :sick:
Agreed. I love burpees but why do they have to be called that? I always do mine with a push up. But there are worse exerciSes than burpees such as pull ups and jump lunges...
i F-ING hate jumping lunges too. those are EVVVVVIIIIL!0 -
If you love them, you're not doing enough.0
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Burpees are mother ****ers lol0
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I don't' like them because in middle school and high school my coaches used burpees as punishment. Hated them then and hate them now. But I hate jumping jacks more though0
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I think burpees look cool if someone's watching, but I'd rather focus on whatever muscles I want to target. But if I want a cardio workout, then sure, they're awesome.0
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Back when I was in school many years ago they were called Up and Downs0
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