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Articles on all aspects of health & fitness, working out, training plans and more.
Explore ways to get fit and lead a healthy lifestyle or find a workout.
The burpee is probably one of the most well-known exercises, it’s popular with personal trainers as much as their clients hate it, very few actually like the burpee exercise however it’s widely used for a reason. It’s very effective! At what? At raising your heart rate, utilising multiple muscle groups, it’s functional and metabolic. It’s an excellent exercise for burning calories and It’s for these reasons we dislike it, it’s hard. It’s a difficult and demanding exercise.
You should not hate the Burpee, you might not be able to do one yet but that’s OK, you can work towards being able to perform a burpee in a safe and progressive way. If you can’t yet do a Burpee or want to find out how it can benefit your exercise programme, read on. I’ll show you how almost anyone can get to grips with the Burpee.
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