trying burpee challenge

Would be cool if anyone made a video of themselves doing burpees.

day three done,
6 burpies total so far.
and I decided that since I want to increase my upper body strength, that I'll add the pushups.

but it takes away from the cardio aspect since I pause for the pushup
so which variation of this do you guys prefer

Day 2 10 burpees....However I cant really take the credit since I had two shots of espresso this morning. LOL

I already fumbled. Didn't do any burpees this weekend. Didn't remember them until after I'd eaten dinner and by then I was too full to jump around. sigh. Gym tonight - I'll do more than a couple to pay for my mistake!

Would be cool if anyone made a video of themselves doing burpees.

I already fumbled. Didn't do any burpees this weekend. Didn't remember them until after I'd eaten dinner and by then I was too full to jump around. sigh. Gym tonight - I'll do more than a couple to pay for my mistake!

Totally diggin your dedication.

I already fumbled. Didn't do any burpees this weekend. Didn't remember them until after I'd eaten dinner and by then I was too full to jump around. sigh. Gym tonight - I'll do more than a couple to pay for my mistake!

Totally diggin your dedication.

Never sarcasm. You mentioned making up for the days you lost and I found that admirable. I believe no one has any right to stand in judgement of another. For me this journey is about dedication and change and I sensed that in your comment. Please forgive for any misunderstanding. I'm all about encouragement and sharing my journey with others.:flowerforyou:
Speaking of which....Its burpee time.

:huh: If that was not meant in sarcasm, you may disregard my comments below.

I have two children, both of which require full time attention with ADHD and a suspected learning disability in one. We have karate 4 nights a week. We get home from karate in time for dinner, baths, and bedtime for the kids, at which point the hubby and I do laundry, dishes, and general cleaning. Exhausted by 8p, I usually fall into bed around 10p and am still desperately trying to drag myself out of bed at 7:30a to be at work no later than 8:30a after taking aforementioned ADHD kids to school. Ever tried to get ADHD kids to dress themselves? I shouldn't stereotype all ADHD kids, so let me rephrase -- it takes one on one attention and 10 minutes to get them changed into clothes, not to mention brushing teeth and hair. One of mine has ODD (oppositional defiance disorder) and will swing into it occasionally, refusing every directive to get ready in the morning. Of course I must force the issue of putting on clothes, brushing teeth and hair, so she gets angry and then will erupt into an emotional display that I have to calm down before school, or it will snowball from there. (We've done therapy... unless you've dealt with it, you can't fully comprehend.) It's like herding cats. My husband's grandmother fell and broke her hip last week, so we've been helping take care of her. A dear friend is going through a crisis right now and needs me on the phone with her a great deal, and she deserves the time more than a burpee.

Being 65 lbs overweight with high blood pressure, my joints ache. I get migraines- drop it low or high quickly with any exercise with a migraine and deal with overwhelming pressure and pain. I am under treatment from a pain intervention clinic for muscular back pain which can lay me out for days at a time. I work a desk job which further aggravates my back.

While the kids do karate, if I've had time to get changed out for the gym (I get home with 10-15 minutes to get everyone changed and out the door to karate... and remember the 'changing clothes' issues I've already mentioned), I use the treadmill at the gym, usually followed by kickboxing (minus the kicks because I can't get the form right and I'm scared to death to mess up my back again). I never remember to do a burpee, as I'm trying to focus on my workout while keeping an eye on class to ensure the kids are paying attention and not acting out. I generally let their instructors handle issues that arise, unless the kids repeatedly disobey, at which point I walk out and quietly whisper a death threat into my child's ear, which typically works.

So my dedication is not to the burpee -- it's to my family and me simply surviving life. And given school is out for summer, my life is much easier now. Toss in homework with the two ADHD kids and it's as frustrating as trying to swat flies away from a picnic. (FYI: I did behavior modification therapy and diet changes [Feingold] with the kids. Nothing worked. One is medicated, and likely needs a higher dose as well as an anxiety medication, but it breaks my heart to do that, fearful the meds will go too far and she will be a zombie or have side effects later in life. The other is unmedicated as of yet, but as he starts kindergarten in the fall, I have a feeling medication will be necessary, since he's recently become the class bully and disruptive at preschool. We might need to add therapy in his routine. Did I mention the number of parent teacher conferences I attend?)

I read your profile and saw you are very active and seem to be very fit. I once went to the gym 5x a week during my lunch break. During that point in my life, this burpee challenge would have been easy to keep in the forefront of my mind.

Again, if no sarcasm was meant in your comment, then disregard my indignation.
If sarcasm was meant, please read above and know that I am sincere when I say Get Bent.
Everyone has a busy life. Everyone has stress. Everyone goes through periods of extreme overload.
But not everyone has compassion or the ability to bite their tongue.