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    • Posts: 3,908 Member
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      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.
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      I hate them but they are so effective.:mad:
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      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".
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      I hate them but they are so effective.:mad:
      Yeah at building cardio endurance.
    • Posts: 181 Member
      yep they are squat thrusts from high school PE
    • 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.
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      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
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      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.
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      Omg I hate burpees so so much !!!!
    • 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:
    • Posts: 495 Member
      bahahhaa
    • Posts: 936 Member
      I hate you

      Agreed. Let's get em!
    • 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
    • Posts: 1,696 Member
      I hate you

      ^ me too
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      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
    • 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.
    • Posts: 7,646 Member
      I'm going to have to give these a whirl.
    • 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?
    • 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!
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      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.)
    • 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
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      These sound like the "squat thrusts" we did in high school.


      Yeah, mix Between those and the "Up Downs" we did during football practice.
    • 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
    • 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?
    • Posts: 4,375 Member
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      Yeah at building cardio endurance.

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

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

      :noway: Is he crazy? LOL!
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      :noway: Is he crazy? LOL!

      Crazy but hot
    • 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.
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      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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