Burpees - WTH

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  • NavyKnightAh13
    NavyKnightAh13 Posts: 1,394 Member
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    I would have to get the second one....but honestly, burpees, alternating jump lunges (or even lunges with weights) and squats kill me, but I do them and feel great for every time i manage to do it properly!!!!
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    so i read how much burpess suck and decided to incorporate them into my work out last night.

    Sorry.

    After having done bear complexes and 20/20/20, I find burpees to be a walk in the park. Maybe it's an idiosyncracy.
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    Is nobody going to address the "kettlebell kegals" comment? Seiously. I need to know!
  • erinsueburns
    erinsueburns Posts: 865 Member
    Perhaps showing my age, but we called them "squat thrusts" back in my junior high days. Maybe they just realized that sounded terrible? haha

    The difference, as far as I know, between a squat thrust and a burpee is the vertical leap at the end of the burpee which the squat thrust doesn't require.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    I don't think I've tried that for at least a decade. I don't know if I want to. I might hurt myself.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Is nobody going to address the "kettlebell kegals" comment? Seiously. I need to know!

    Unfortunately, I just googled that at work.

    SMH.

    Now I remember why the word "kegels" sounded so familiar! Context! I was thinking it must be some xfit workout thingy.... oh no. of course not!
  • akaMrsmojo
    akaMrsmojo Posts: 762 Member
    Is nobody going to address the "kettlebell kegals" comment? Seiously. I need to know!

    This^^^ Tried to Google it and google did not seem to know either.
  • mlm821
    mlm821 Posts: 8
    bumping to read more later.
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
    I don't care for burpees but they do wrk out the whole body so they are worth it. I hate lunge switch jumps. Lunge's are hard enough but adding a jump as you switch really makes you feel the burn!

    I refuse to do jumping lunges...that's just asking for a knee injury!
    Burbees I love....ONE LEGGED burbees are even better!
  • TheRealPDouble
    TheRealPDouble Posts: 153
    Ummmm...what's a burpee?

    This move:

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    I've been doing them wrong, lol. I go from standing to push up position without the squat in the middle.

    Not wrong... efficient.
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    Wait till you try all the variations of a burpee MUAHAHAHA!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_(exercise)

    I hate doing them but they really are a good exercise move.
  • meredith1123
    meredith1123 Posts: 843 Member
    I love burpees and planks.

    total body work outs in minutes.
  • MissKalhan
    MissKalhan Posts: 2,282 Member
    I love burpees! Burpees with a bosu ball, now that is pure torture. I agree with everyone else here lunges suck! I always seem to nearly fall over at least once when I do a set. Stupid stupid lunges.
  • NChiz
    NChiz Posts: 15 Member
    fabulous exercise but with my vertigo they don't happen too often or I'll be tossing my cookies all over the place while walking in circles. Once in a while I'll be able to get a few done.
  • thegreatestlove
    thegreatestlove Posts: 63 Member
    Ummmm...what's a burpee?

    This move:

    marines_burpee.jpg

    Thank you for posting this because I was CLUELESS!!!
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Try burping after a flaming taco at taco bell - burns like herr
  • hellobritney
    hellobritney Posts: 4
    I have a love/hate relationship with burpees and squats. They hurt but you know, they work!!
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
    Ummmm...what's a burpee?

    This move:

    marines_burpee.jpg

    I've been doing them wrong, lol. I go from standing to push up position without the squat in the middle.

    Not wrong... efficient.

    I go from standing to push up position too....
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Is nobody going to address the "kettlebell kegals" comment? Seiously. I need to know!

    This^^^ Tried to Google it and google did not seem to know either.
    Google knew...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0jalJ-3e7U It's simply a kettlebell swing... it's called a variety of names..
  • JAllen32
    JAllen32 Posts: 991 Member
    Ummmm...what's a burpee?
    Pure evil.
  • akaMrsmojo
    akaMrsmojo Posts: 762 Member
    Is nobody going to address the "kettlebell kegals" comment? Seiously. I need to know!

    This^^^ Tried to Google it and google did not seem to know either.
    Google knew...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0jalJ-3e7U It's simply a kettlebell swing... it's called a variety of names..

    Yeah, that is a recipe for disaster. I am pretty sure there would be a whole new thread dedicated to that torture.
  • ChristinaBarnhouse
    ChristinaBarnhouse Posts: 274 Member
    Bump!! :)
  • roseed7
    roseed7 Posts: 2
    I absolutely hate burpees but after reading all of these post's makes me want to master them. When I do them I feel I'm doing them in slow motion. They are the most difficult exercise I have ever done
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    You never did a burpee or a suicide jump in Phys ed? Seriously?

    They are hell ... on earth created to destroy you mentally and physically.
  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    Ummmm...what's a burpee?

    This move:

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    but you should really do a legit (chest to deck) push up in the middle there!
  • TBirdColorado
    TBirdColorado Posts: 18 Member
    My daughter sent me this EVIL article, and it includes, I kid you not, BACKFLIP BURPEES.

    I think she's trying to off me for the inheritance.

    Enjoy!

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151393440761294
  • crazyellybean
    crazyellybean Posts: 999 Member
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  • SunshineKisses_2012
    SunshineKisses_2012 Posts: 471 Member
    One time when my son and I were watching a friend's dog at their place on a canal, as we were on our way back from our walk, there were a couple of girls doing burpees along the canal. My son asked me, "What is she doing?" (He's 6 and I have always reserved doing burpees for when he is not around due to the colorful language in which might or might not be emitted...) So as we were walking by her, I explained, "Son, those are straight from the devil." She heard me and nearly landed on her face. She laughed so I felt okay with laughing as well. LOL
  • Ender126
    Ender126 Posts: 44
    Burpees are the ultimate workout!!!

    That's why they are so EVIL!!!!

    Great way to trim down and tone up for Navy PFA weigh-ins though!!!
  • katanga65
    katanga65 Posts: 18 Member
    LOL, LOL

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