to whoever thought up burpees....

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  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 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!

    I think I'm glad I don't know what a mountain climber is!

    There's more than one exercise called mountain climber

    Here's the most common http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8u58hPam4

    Another is standing and miming like you're on a versaclimber. I think that's from Insanity.
  • Graceious1
    Graceious1 Posts: 716 Member
    I hate them but they are so effective.:mad:
  • Ph4lanx
    Ph4lanx Posts: 213 Member
    And for those who don't like the name Burpee, the exercise is also known as a Squat Thrust, which I prefer to use. Burpee sounds too childish. The term Burpee comes from the inventor of the exercise, American physiologist Royal H. Burpee, who developed the "Burpee test".
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I hate them but they are so effective.:mad:
    Yeah at building cardio endurance.
  • jillcwhite
    jillcwhite Posts: 181 Member
    yep they are squat thrusts from high school PE
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    And for those who don't like the name Burpee, the exercise is also known as a Squat Thrust, which I prefer to use. Burpee sounds too childish.

    A squat thrust doesn't involve standing up, or jumping.

    Also, mountain climbers are known as alternate squat thrusts where I come from, for obvious reasons, you alternate your legs.
  • ravengirl1611
    ravengirl1611 Posts: 285 Member
    the only thing I've ever seen worse than burpees is when my oldest was playing football - their coach had them start at one end of the field on the goal line - run as fast as possible to the 10 yard line - drop and do 5 burpees - then sprint to the 20 yard line and drop and do 10 burpees - continuing all the way to the other end of the field adding 5 burpees every time they stopped - just about every player was tossing their lunch by the end
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    the only thing I've ever seen worse than burpees is when my oldest was playing football - their coach had them start at one end of the field on the goal line - run as fast as possible to the 10 yard line - drop and do 5 burpees - then sprint to the 20 yard line and drop and do 10 burpees - continuing all the way to the other end of the field adding 5 burpees every time they stopped - just about every player was tossing their lunch by the end

    In rugby we have M&Ms, which is essentially a shuttle runs with burpees at every turn.
  • Flame073
    Flame073 Posts: 62
    Omg I hate burpees so so much !!!!
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    For those that need a more challenging burpee

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpkFcAGCX8

    ooft - damn that's a challenge and then some!!

    but that guy is hottt :tongue:
  • jamers3111
    jamers3111 Posts: 495 Member
    bahahhaa
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    I hate you

    Agreed. Let's get em!
  • mpmama2re
    mpmama2re Posts: 212 Member
    I like them and I like to add a single push up before I jump back up... If I could do back flips I would do those too..

    :P
  • morganadk2_deleted
    morganadk2_deleted Posts: 1,696 Member
    I hate you

    ^ me too
  • x_JT_x
    x_JT_x Posts: 364
    I like them and I like to add a single push up before I jump back up... If I could do back flips I would do those too..

    :P

    I was thinking of you the whole time I was reading this post! LOL
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    They are also called log belly rolls, They do suck, I can handle doing them for 2 minutes in one workout...but twice in one workout (Tough Mudder) Sucks big time! We used to do a version called Squat Thrusts in Martial Arts...but that was back when I was YOUNG.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I'm going to have to give these a whirl.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    I like them and I like to add a single push up before I jump back up... If I could do back flips I would do those too..

    :P

    Cartwheel?
  • leodru
    leodru Posts: 321 Member
    Burpees are hard and effective - a buddy of mine that i work out with all the time find the burpee really hard on his lower back. I know one gym that has banned the burpee because it not typically done properly and then it can be an issue for your back. At 20 i would have been more of a fan of the burpee than i am at 43!
  • chsmith79
    chsmith79 Posts: 240 Member
    Being a CFer, burpees are a part of a lot of workouts so......I thank you for whoever "invented" because as bad as they make you feel during and after doing them they have helped me with other things(endurance, push-ups, air squats,etc.)
  • lesita75
    lesita75 Posts: 379 Member
    I have a love hate relationship with burpees. If you want a killer workout try doing tabata burpees.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmuSgwCNSgE
  • FuzzyPandaMan
    FuzzyPandaMan Posts: 4
    These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.


    Yeah, mix Between those and the "Up Downs" we did during football practice.
  • chrisa8170
    chrisa8170 Posts: 466 Member
    I haven't done Burpees since secondary school when our PE teacher :devil: (who was pure evil) used to make us do them after lunch :sick:

    This was the same guy that would wait for a good ground frost before getting us to play rugby and when it was hammering with rain go for a cross country run that was really 'cross country' over (or in reality through) streams etc.

    Happy Days
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Burpees are hard and effective - a buddy of mine that i work out with all the time find the burpee really hard on his lower back. I know one gym that has banned the burpee because it not typically done properly and then it can be an issue for your back. At 20 i would have been more of a fan of the burpee than i am at 43!

    They are very demanding on the lower back if you use incorrect form and sag, but how do people expect to get stronger, healthier backs if they just ban training them?
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    I hate them but they are so effective.:mad:
    Yeah at building cardio endurance.

    Which is what some people want...
  • lesita75
    lesita75 Posts: 379 Member
    For those that need a more challenging burpee

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpkFcAGCX8

    :noway: Is he crazy? LOL!
  • heidimaggott78
    heidimaggott78 Posts: 203
    For those that need a more challenging burpee

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpkFcAGCX8

    :noway: Is he crazy? LOL!

    Crazy but hot
  • rossi02
    rossi02 Posts: 549 Member
    These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.

    Yes! This is what I was thinking as well. I had always wondered what "burpees" were.
  • rossi02
    rossi02 Posts: 549 Member
    Duplicate response
  • LondonEliza
    LondonEliza Posts: 456 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.

    ROFL ..... was he friends with the Duke of Dustbin and Lord Lawnmower ? :):):)

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