Comments on: The Burpee: The One Exercise to Rule Them All

By: Lu

Lu — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:40:48 +0000

Gymnasts , yes girls…. we have to do burpees every time we work out, that’s every morning and evening and during conditioning sessions, so man up hahah!

By: Ash

Ash — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:57:00 +0000

Do they work for girls too? Im a 12 year old girl and I am familiar with burpees. Im trying to get fit in preparation for a cross country event.

By: Shannon Macri

Shannon Macri — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:57:22 +0000

What a great article. I love body weight only exercises. Push ups,Chin ups,Lunges,Squats and Burpees are my favorites. I’ll take those over any barbell,machine or dumbbell exercises any day. I work out at home because most fitness centers are just social hang outs the past 15 years. Too many silly treadmills. When are people going to learn?

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:59:59 +0000

We used do variation when was in Para’s basically we called these Bstrds ha so start standing position,full jump knee raise to chest,from standing down to floor press up and then squat then stand up do knee raise to chest now thats counts as just 1 rep. used do x 50 as a group and if one person was not in sync with timing we go back to zero again they where evil but good give them a try. I also enjoy doing 4minute tabatas burpess in successive rounds of 3 good for metabolism.The tabata sprints are awesum for wiping the floor with you 8x 20 secs 100%/10 secs rest in between well I wouldnt call it rest ha but get idea.Great site and ideas!

By: Diego

Diego — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:58:04 +0000

Today I incorporate for the first time burpees in my routine, I did them at the end of my workout, I did 3 sets of 8 reps….it was hell, this exercise consumes out everything from you, at this moment I can’t feel my legs. I’ll continue doing it.

By: Shannon D.

Shannon D. — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:29:24 +0000

Argh Lissa – you beat me to it. Being an interloper, that is. I totally agree with your take on women’s fitness articles! Mind, I am no fan of barfing, nor of sweat dripping into my eyes after it’s saturated the headband. But I am a huge fan of the benefits that come from being willing to go there. I have a long way to go to get back to anything close to where I was as a teenager running the stadium stairs, etc. But stuff like this is what will get me back to that condition, or as close as I can 30+ years later.

Guys, thanks for the article about and variations on the Burpee. Please, carry on!

By: Lissa Harris

Lissa Harris — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:48:00 +0000

Currently working up to a 20 descending burpee ladder. (The pushup kind.) Started out at 8 a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday I did a 12 — 78 reps — in 12 minutes. Onward and upward.

Kindly pardon an interloper posting in your manly-man forum. I like the attitude here. Women’s fitness articles don’t talk enough about vim and vigor. Not to mention barfing.

By: Gery

Gery — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:11:18 +0000

Yesterday I did 90 in 7 minutes, I almost threw up so I had to stop never got to 100 unfortunately :( Today my whole body is sore!

By: Adriano

Adriano — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:36:07 +0000

Burpees(+ push up) are a total killer,one may develop a strange love&hate relationship with them.l do them ocassionally when not rope jumping but they get me so gruesomely air lacking and dizzy sometimes that l had to go and look on the internet if that was normal.Well,reading all sorts of reactions l see virtually everybody bears this cross of hardcore exhaustion.l will do them more frequently now,4 minute Tabata style or 100 burpees/ascending to 10/descending to 1 leave me like a flat pancake at the end.

By: René

René — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:23:17 +0000

The Burpee+Pull-up variation is awesome. However, finding a pull up bar you have to jump to may incur an injury to the rotator cuff. I earned mine doing that last summer. It still acts up now and then, but I work through the mild tightness and discomfort in my shoulder. I’ll do the pull up variation on a bar I can reach without jumping.