Let’s be honest; few people enjoy doing burpees. They are a full body exercise that will quickly have your heart pounding, your lungs burning, and your sweat dripping. Though arguably unpleasant, they are an extremely functional exercise. We all need to be capable of getting up from the floor, and burpees allow us to practice this movement over and over again.
Not everyone is ready to do a full burpee, though, and that is okay. Burpees are easy to modify. A complete beginner can do elevated, step-back, no push-up burpees as shown at 0:15 in the video below. To add intensity without going all the way down to the floor, you can do elevated, jumping, no push-up burpees as shown at 0:30. If you are ready to go all the way down to the floor but aren’t ready to do a full burpee try doing a step-back, no push-up burpee as shown at 0:42 or a jumping, no push-up burpee as shown at 0:50.
There are other ways to personalize the burpee as well. Try adding a box push-up to the elevated burpee or a worm push-up to the floor, step-back burpee. Mix it up. If you normally do step-back burpees to the floor, try doing elevated, jumping burpees instead. Listen to your body, and find the modifications that allow you to hate burpees along with the rest of us!
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