Burpees are often a move that garners grunts and groans during training sessions — and there’s a reason why people dread them. The exercise combines a series of workout moves, including the , and , into one full-body exercise. As a personal trainer, even I dread doing this exercise and many of my clients do, too.
However, they’re great for building strength, and improving cardio endurance. The good news is: If you commit to working on the move, they will get easier. Until then, they can be easily modified so that you can build up the strength and endurance needed to perform them correctly.
Burpees are often utilized in routines. They function as a full-body workout, targeting the hamstrings, quads, calves, pecs, triceps and abs along with other muscles in your . Instead of just performing a single body-weight strength exercise, you are performing three back-to back in a fast-paced move, adding a jump in between which elevates the heart rate.
Because burpees improve cardio fitness, they help improve blood flow and also lower blood pressure, both of which lead to a longer and healthier life. Plus, burpees , making them the perfect move to turn to when working out in the comfort of your own home. Because of all of these benefits, you may start to notice or improved muscle tone after consistently incorporating burpees into your workout routine.
Burpees are a complex movements, which means there is a lot of opportunity for error, so rushing through them is not the way to go..