Burpee: The All-In-One Exercise

Looking for an all-in-one exercise? You may have done this exercise in high, middle, or even grammar school. It’s the Burpee. The Burpee provides outstanding fitness benefits including:

• Strengthens and tones upper body muscles
• Tones and builds lower body muscles
• Develops cardio
• Burns calories

Here is how you do a Burpee:

1. Stand with feet at shoulders width and contract abs.
2. Crouch down and place the palms of hands on the floor.
3. Kick feet out behind you.
4. Perform a standard push-up
5. Return to the crouch position.
6. Jump up.

That is one rep. Do three sets ( i.e. 1st set- 4 reps., 2nd set- 3 reps, etc.). Between each set take a 30-60 second active rest ( i.e. any movement such as marching in place, jumping jacks, dancing, etc.). Keep abs contracted throughout exercise. Though women can do standard push-ups, doing the push-up portion of Burpee from a knee position is a great alternative. Check out video of Burpee exercise.

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