to whoever thought up burpees....

heidimaggott78
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  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    Clearly I live under a rock and I'm too lazy to Google it, so what's a burpee?
  • Lindseyelizabeth87
    Lindseyelizabeth87 Posts: 151 Member
    Begin in a standing position.
    Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground. (count 1)
    Extend your feet back in one quick motion to assume the front plank position. (count 2)
    Return to the squat position in one quick motion. (count 3)
    Jump straight into the air as high as possible. (count 4)
  • GetFitCarly
    GetFitCarly Posts: 151
    Clearly I live under a rock and I'm too lazy to Google it, so what's a burpee?

    Pretty much death in a jump
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    Clearly I live under a rock and I'm too lazy to Google it, so what's a burpee?

    Pretty much death in a jump

    Sounds lovely.
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    Begin in a standing position.
    Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground. (count 1)
    Extend your feet back in one quick motion to assume the front plank position. (count 2)
    Return to the squat position in one quick motion. (count 3)
    Jump straight into the air as high as possible. (count 4)

    Thanks for the definition. I was thinking it was partially puking up a Slurpee.
  • Julescg26
    Julescg26 Posts: 260 Member
    Thanks for the definition. I was thinking it was partially puking up a Slurpee.

    That would be more enjoyable - I hate the things - how seriously messed up do you have to be to invent them!!
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    I secretly love burpees! :smokin: :smokin: :heart: :heart:
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
    Not only I dislike doing them, but I also think that they couldn't possibly find a worse name.
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    I'll have to try a few to properly determine if I like them, hate them, or they make me partially puke.
  • keenercam
    keenercam Posts: 321 Member
    These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.
  • Kristie18
    Kristie18 Posts: 332 Member
    Not my favorites either, but I still do them as hard as it is to push myself to.
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    But they do a body good :)
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    Folks sure love to come up with new names. When I was a kid that was a push-up. A four-count push-up technically. But in our gym that was the push-up expected.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Begin in a standing position.
    Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground. (count 1)
    Extend your feet back in one quick motion to assume the front plank position. (count 2)
    Return to the squat position in one quick motion. (count 3)
    Jump straight into the air as high as possible. (count 4)

    Thanks for the definition. I was thinking it was partially puking up a Slurpee.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Me too!
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.

    This is what i was thinking
  • mhankosk
    mhankosk Posts: 532 Member
    They do suck, but they are EXTREMELY effective! ie. Love/Hate relationship :love: :mad:
  • Emagali74
    Emagali74 Posts: 132 Member
    They are seriously crap...... I cant stand the things. I will do star jumps and running fast on the spot and squats and lunges and anything else all day long but burpees- I do three and thats enough.

    Avoid at all costs!! lol
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    I have to agree. Personally, I am too clumsy to do them. Plus, they make me fall out of my top.
  • BSchoberg
    BSchoberg Posts: 712 Member
    Ditto mountain climbers! Hate 'em, and if you tried to climb a mountain with that particular motion, we'd be scooping you up with a shovel!
  • chrishgt4
    chrishgt4 Posts: 1,222 Member
    These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.

    The squat thrust is a part of the burpee. From standing drop to a squat thrust then jump.
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    They should be whipped whilst doing 1000 burpees themselves!!
  • klmason1
    klmason1 Posts: 14
    I hate you

    I second that!!!!!
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    Everyone's definition is a little bit different, but it's essentially a squat thrust++. For me burpees have you either hitting the deck instead of planking (easy) or doing a pushup after getting into a plank (harder). I know one guy who does the burpee with a pushup and then jumps to a bar and does a pullup as a one count. I think that's about as much fun as eating your own regurgitated glass.
  • heidimaggott78
    heidimaggott78 Posts: 203
    Ditto mountain climbers! Hate 'em, and if you tried to climb a mountain with that particular motion, we'd be scooping you up with a shovel!

    I think I'm glad I don't know what a mountain climber is!
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    For those that need a more challenging burpee

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpkFcAGCX8
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Everyone's definition is a little bit different, but it's essentially a squat thrust++. For me burpees have you either hitting the deck instead of planking (easy) or doing a pushup after getting into a plank (harder). I know one guy who does the burpee with a pushup and then jumps to a bar and does a pullup as a one count. I think that's about as much fun as eating your own regurgitated glass.

    I've stolen one called Hanging Horror

    Burpee with pushup to pull-up with toes to bar leg raise.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I hate you
    That's a shame, because I'm sure Lieutenant William Burpee, credited with its invention in 1907, speaks very highly of you.
  • Shelbert79
    Shelbert79 Posts: 510 Member
    Ditto!!
  • alinakaras
    alinakaras Posts: 51 Member
    Pretty much death in a jump


    YES, exactly!! ;-)
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
    I hate you
    That's a shame, because I'm sure Lieutenant William Burpee, credited with its invention in 1907, speaks very highly of you.

    Wow, so the unfortunate name is actually the name of a person! Sorry for him...

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