I hate them, too!! I've been Crossfitting for months and I don't seem to get any better at burpees. I'm trying the 100 Day Burpee Challenge, because I think the only way to get better is practice. I know that isn't an answer you were looking for, but I'd love some advice too. I'll be watching the thread.

Don't hold your breath. Seriously, that is my advice. :-)

I've been crossfitting for almost 6 months now and we just the other day realized that I feel like I'm going to pass out and die doing burpees because I don't breathe. So I do like 3-5 holding my breath and stop gasping for air. That doesn't work so well!!

Burpees!!!! Burpees!!! Zombies hate Burpees and therefore burpees could save your life!!!

Seriously, you might want to learn how to fall in love with Burpees. I do 50 Burpees with high jumps before I do the WODs. Burpee, I l love you!!!

what panda says... and try to avoid "traveling" . I chalk up my hands to leave myself a target on the mat.

I was running a bit late to CrossFit and burpees was my punishment

Do a couple of Burpee Deadlifts (or do a few in a weighted vest) and THEN do some regular Burpees. Lather, rinse, repeat daily until you can do more.

Do a couple of Burpee Deadlifts (or do a few in a weighted vest) and THEN do some regular Burpees. Lather, rinse, repeat daily until you can do more.

That ?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWdZFGjRrdo

No, it works better is you have DumbBells or KettleBells. Set them on both sides of you, drop down and do your push up, when you bring your legs in (as you ride) to jump up, grab the weights and then jump (if they are light enough) or stand into a deadlift. Adding the extra weight will help you feel much lighter when you do them without

Gotcha that is what I thought at first time when you said it. I just wanted to make sure if I was on the same page with you. Anyway, I'll do that!! I'll try to pull the bells over my head then and jump high as I could.

As a very lazy, late middle aged burpee'er who smoked for 30 years, I feel qualified to answer this.

I used to hate them, and in truth, it wasn't until I had to do 7 minutes of them for the Crossfit open, that I learned I had more in me than I thought.


Here's what helps me.

1. Don't waste energy going from standing to prone, it's just falling down right? Land on your chest, don't go from plank to prone.

2. You're lying on the floor now, tense your *kitten* and back, the idea is you're a spring, push with the arms and use your stiffness to flip your hips and feet under you. (This is not the same as doing a push up, you're curving your back a bit here, more like Cobra position in yoga, but you're tensed up, and your springiness helps you get to your feet.)

3. Drive up, clap, fall down. Back to 2.

Be patient, you're already doing all the movements you need for this, i.e. squats, plank, push ups etc. Gradually it'll all come together, and you'll surprise yourself as you move up the whiteboard.

As a very lazy, late middle aged burpee'er who smoked for 30 years, I feel qualified to answer this.

I used to hate them, and in truth, it wasn't until I had to do 7 minutes of them for the Crossfit open, that I learned I had more in me than I thought.


Here's what helps me.

1. Don't waste energy going from standing to prone, it's just falling down right? Land on your chest, don't go from plank to prone.

2. You're lying on the floor now, tense your *kitten* and back, the idea is you're a spring, push with the arms and use your stiffness to flip your hips and feet under you. (This is not the same as doing a push up, you're curving your back a bit here, more like Cobra position in yoga, but you're tensed up, and your springiness helps you get to your feet.)

3. Drive up, clap, fall down. Back to 2.

Be patient, you're already doing all the movements you need for this, i.e. squats, plank, push ups etc. Gradually it'll all come together, and you'll surprise yourself as you move up the whiteboard.

I've tried doing this, but I am not coordinated enough to catch myself at all. Boobs hitting the floor at a high speed sucks, especially when all your body weight lands on em!

I just had to do 5 sets of 20 of these plus 20 KB swings and I realized that I do them ALL wrong. The key is to NOT do a pushup at all. The down should be a fall, as described above with a minor catch in your arms so you don't slam into the floor and the up should be more like a snake push-up (the Cobra was a very good description). Also the feet wider so you are jumping from a squatting position is dead on.
Worked on correcting that in set 3,4,&5 and it went much better.

This. Burpees got so much easier when I started jumping wider! Also, don't waste your energy on getting down on the ground gracefully. Flop if necessary HA!

basically, keep your feet wider!

this

A guy at my box recently did 1180 burpees in one day to raise money for a charity (one burpee per $1). I feel that I can never complain about burpees ever again.

Who gave the money? The guy did the burpees?

So the floppy snake burpee is correct? Cuz that's how I do them, and I thought it was sloppy form. I'm kinda new to this stuff, so I was imagining that I needed to work on it... I guess I don't?