Aaah, the dreaded burpee - the love & hate of fitness enthusiasts world-wide! Who even came up with the idea of a burpee anyway? According to wikipedia, an American physiologist (Royal H Burpee) developed the "Burpee test" as part of his PhD thesis, and thus the burpee was born. I have a feeling that Dr. Burpee and I would have been good friends.
For those of you that join me for my Monday night Body Blitz class at Pottruck, you know the Body Blitz Burpee Challenge well - we do it EVERY class! But, for those of you who can't attend my class, you can now do the Body Blitz Burpee Challenge AT HOME!
A "standard" burpee involves:
For those of you that join me for my Monday night Body Blitz class at Pottruck, you know the Body Blitz Burpee Challenge well - we do it EVERY class! But, for those of you who can't attend my class, you can now do the Body Blitz Burpee Challenge AT HOME!
A "standard" burpee involves:
- Start in the standing position
- Squat down so that hands are on the floor and heels lift off the floor
- Jump back into plank position (straight line from your shoulders to your heels, neck in line with your spine)
- Jump back in to squat position
- Stand up and jump up off the floor
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However, in my class, we do the burpee pushup:
- Start in the standing position
- Squat down so that hands are on the floor and heels lift off the floor
- Jump back into plank position (straight line from your shoulders to your heels, neck in line with your spine)
- Do 1 pushup
- Jump back in to squat position
- Stand up and jump up off the floor
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So now that you know how to do the pushup burpee, you're ready for the Body Blitz Burpee Challenge! Each time you do a burpee, you're going to increase the amount of pushups you do by one, so that your first pushup burpee will have one pushup, your second will have two, etc. Increase your pushups all the way to EIGHT! Take the BONUS challenge and go back down to one.
Not quite ready for the Burpee Challenge? Try the pushups on your knees (make sure you have a mat or you're on a carpeted surface):
Not quite ready for the Burpee Challenge? Try the pushups on your knees (make sure you have a mat or you're on a carpeted surface):
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OR, just hold the plank position while you count. See how many weeks it takes you to progress from counting to knee pushups to full burpee pushups!
Post below how long it takes you to complete the challenge & do it once/week to see how much you can improve your time!
Post below how long it takes you to complete the challenge & do it once/week to see how much you can improve your time!
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