An Ode To Burpees :
A burpee, by being muscularly engaged cardio, is worth more than the sum of all it’s parts, it’s worth more than the aggregate flops, pushups, and squats.
In and of itself is a full body workout.
I’ll finish gassed, I do have a good way to go as far as jogging between reps, and picking up the pace.
Jogging in place ; that’s how I end, I jog the last minute or minute and a half in place, then hit two or three extra reps with a jump and double stomach hit on the final rep to end.
Still doing pushups additionally, the burpee has me doing bodyweight squats.
I find myself somewhat addicted to them.
Stomach hit. Toe touch. Hands up.
If I can’t come up with anything else to do, I may as well burpee.
Very few will join in on them, it’d be cool to have a crowd doing burpees, but I’m okay doing them myself.
I find them meditative, during the time I’ll go somewhere.
It’s both in and out, I notice everything, and when it’s time for another rep I do it.
An interval timer counting down works for me.
I could do them for speed, but I prefer the timer, treating it as a short work : rest sprint type conditioning.
I get why prisoners do massive amounts. I get it. I do them.
Ending with trx rows makes it a real solid workout overall.
The variant doesn’t matter.
I’ll consistently do the stomach hit, toe touch, hands up style without a jump.
Pick one.
Go burpee. Consistently.
Persistence & Tenacity