Comments on: The Cheapest, Hardest, Baddest, Most Manly Exercise Nobody Ever Does

By: spence

spence — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:15:00 +0000

I love burpees! I do them in between sets of weight training so that I am still working hard. After a grueling workout, I have probobly done in the range of 80+ burpees. I acctually dont do any running any more, and I feel that I am in better shape now than before.

By: dom

dom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000

Squat thrusts are not the same as burpees.

A squat thrust involves crouching/squatting with your hands on the floor in front of you & thrusting back & forth with your legs in a crouched position.

Burpees involve moving from a standing position, squatting into a press up then jumping in the air, all in one motion.

By: Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Decent post.

Being a former professional athlete (2 sports), thought I’d correct you a bit.
But as you might have found out many elite athletes actually participate in Pilates as a way to make the body function in a natural form. By this I mean real Pilates as in Joseph Pilates (ex boxer, gymnast ect). Not some crap at the YMCA or Stott Pilates.
For those of you who want to really get after, add chin ups, muscle ups, hand stand pushups.

Also, check DA Bartendaz. That is the real deal people.
Movement is medicine, health is wealth.

The revolution of the mind, body and spirit doesn’t limit itself by the confines of what someone else says to do or not to do. Try it yourself!!!

By: Mak's practical advice and opinions: Prison workout - strength training without weights

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:23:40 +0000

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By: Mak

Mak — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:32:01 +0000

Back when I played football (middle school!) we did an exercise like this… we called it an “up down”. I completely forgot about this since then, so thanks!

I also read on another site that when you do burpees you should do descending sets to increase the total amount you can do. So do 20, 19…,1, take a 30 second rest between each set. Today i tried doing them, i could only do 12 my first set. But did 78 total.

You can use this formula to quickly figure out how many you did total using descending sets:
(((Sets + 1)^2)-(Sets – 1)) / 2) – 1
for example if you start at 20 sets it would be (((20 + 1)^2 – (20 – 1))/2) – 1 = 210 total!
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By: Cranky’s Burpee Plan « Proverbs 32 Woman

Cranky’s Burpee Plan « Proverbs 32 Woman — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:06 +0000

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By: Cranky’s Burpee Plan « indigoecho

Cranky’s Burpee Plan « indigoecho — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:49:55 +0000

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By: www.laserpics.co.uk

www.laserpics.co.uk — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:16:46 +0000

This is definitely the best exercise, something I was shown by a squash professional a number of years ago. Finished of with a jump intensifies it even more.

By: Mike Bates

Mike Bates — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:53:02 +0000

So, um, the burpees I do while I watch a ball game and drink beer don't count then? I seem to be on the wrong track. Great post! Mike Batess last blog post..Big Fish

By: Strong One

Strong One — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:10:04 +0000

‘Burpees’ were referred to as “Oh What a Feeling” in boot camp (oh so many years ago)
It mimicked the movement of the Toyota commercial… remember? ‘Oh what a feeling … Toyota’
Now picture 60 Marine recruits doing that movement.. and screaming at the top of their lung “OH WHAT A FEELING”.
Yep. Been there. Done that.
Heh heh.

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