Hi again O2ers!
Dave here again on the the subject of Burpees... they've been around forever it seems, and if you played sports in high school I can almost guarantee that you've done a few. There are a zillion variations (hop, star, sumo, rollover, deadman, frog, one leg, and broad-jump burpees to name a few). A standard burpee with a jump (so from Pushup Position, jump between hands and jump up, reaching up, land, reset and repeat with intensity) is shown to burn roughly 20 calories per minute. To get this burn with running or cycling you have to be at a maximal effort.
And by applying HIIT principles to your training with Burpees you are not simply burning calories in an aerobic manner but in an anaerobic mode as well. This means you burn calories at a higher rate after the workout, you activate more type 2 muscle fibers, you will drive the lactate threshold higher so you can stay aerobic at higher and higher intensities and train your body to recover quicker after intense bouts of exertion.
Another major benefit to a full burpee, with a pushup and a jump, is that you are using your largest muscle groups in an explosive way, really demanding fuel, while engaging the entire body. Through burpees you teach your self to move quickly through changing body positions and space which helps with balance and coordination as well, not to mention it's muscle building benefits.
If you've never done a burpee, try some. If you've just forgotten about them, rediscover them. Burpees are free, you can do them any where, and there's always a new version you've never heard of.
Happy Burpee-ing
-dave
Dave here again on the the subject of Burpees... they've been around forever it seems, and if you played sports in high school I can almost guarantee that you've done a few. There are a zillion variations (hop, star, sumo, rollover, deadman, frog, one leg, and broad-jump burpees to name a few). A standard burpee with a jump (so from Pushup Position, jump between hands and jump up, reaching up, land, reset and repeat with intensity) is shown to burn roughly 20 calories per minute. To get this burn with running or cycling you have to be at a maximal effort.
And by applying HIIT principles to your training with Burpees you are not simply burning calories in an aerobic manner but in an anaerobic mode as well. This means you burn calories at a higher rate after the workout, you activate more type 2 muscle fibers, you will drive the lactate threshold higher so you can stay aerobic at higher and higher intensities and train your body to recover quicker after intense bouts of exertion.
Another major benefit to a full burpee, with a pushup and a jump, is that you are using your largest muscle groups in an explosive way, really demanding fuel, while engaging the entire body. Through burpees you teach your self to move quickly through changing body positions and space which helps with balance and coordination as well, not to mention it's muscle building benefits.
If you've never done a burpee, try some. If you've just forgotten about them, rediscover them. Burpees are free, you can do them any where, and there's always a new version you've never heard of.
Happy Burpee-ing
-dave
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