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How to Do a BOSU Burpee
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Bump It Up a Notch With the BOSU Burpee

Just when you thought burpees couldn't get any better, we're here to show you a new variation using one of our favorite fitness tools, the BOSU.
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Just when you thought burpees couldn't get any better, we're here to show you a new variation using one of our favorite fitness tools, the BOSU. Check out this variation of the classic exercise from Equinox trainer Lauren Fairbanks. Adding a little instability to the push-up forces the core to work more, as does lifting the unwieldy BOSU overhead. To work the middle even more, Lauren adds in a twist after the push-up. Feel your heart rate rise as you challenge every body part with this move.

1. Come into a deep squat holding the BOSU at chest level.

2. Place the ball side of the BOSU on the ground, then jump or walk your legs back to a plank position.

Learn how to do the rest of the exercise.

One-Minute Burpee Exercise
healthy living tips

Try This One-Minute Challenge For 2013: Burpees

Burpees may be an exercise everyone loves to hate, but they are certainly effective.
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Burpees may be an exercise everyone loves to hate, but they are certainly effective. This move works your entire body as you jump, squat, plank, push-up, and repeat. How many burpees do you think you can do in a minute? Take our fitness challenge and see. Press play and follow along as we count down the seconds along with your reps.

Let us know how you do in the comments section below.

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Kristin McGee's Yoga Burpee
Yoga

Yoga Burpee Time: Kristin McGee Adds Strength Training to Yoga Flow

At the Wanderlust Yoga in the City event in San Francisco, yogini and emcee Kristin McGee stopped by the Health Pavilion to share some tips, tricks, and moves from her new DVD: S3: Strong, Sexy, and Svelte ($17).
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Kristin McGee's Yoga Burpee

At the Wanderlust Yoga in the City event in San Francisco, yogini and emcee Kristin McGee stopped by the Health Pavilion to share some tips, tricks, and moves from her new DVD: S3: Strong, Sexy, and Svelte ($17). There was lots to learn, but everyone was particularly excited by Kristin's featured exercise, which she named the "yoga burpee." On her DVD, you can learn how to do the sequence using dumbbells, but at the event, she moved through a variation without any equipment. Click through to get these step-by-step instructions, and get ready to flow.

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3 Ways to Do a Burpee, aka Squat Thrust
Strength Training

The Classic Burpee 3 Ways

Burpees, the classic exercise everyone loves to hate, is also known as a squat thrust.
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Burpees, the classic exercise everyone loves to hate, is also known as a squat thrust. No matter what you call it, this full-body move will work you. But, we know burpees can be intimidating, so we've broken the exercise down into three variations: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Beginner: Walk Out
Aside from introducing your body to the basic mechanics of a burpee, this version makes for a great active warm-up exercise. Going from standing to the plank gets your heart pumping and wakes up your core.

  • Start standing, bend your knees and bring your hands to the floor just in front of your feet.
  • Walk your hands out into a plank position, then walk yourself back to a low squat and stand up. This complete one rep.
  • Do 15 reps for a set.

Intermediate: Push-ups and Plyometrics
Adding a push-up at the bottom of the move and jump at the top increases the difficulty level and your heart rate.

  • Begin standing. Bring your hands to the floor just in front of your feet; jump your feet into a plank position.
  • Do one push-up.
  • Jump your feet back to your hands, and from this crouched position jump up, similar to a squat jump. Do jump as high up as you can. This completes one rep. (Here's a detailed description of the classic Burpee with photos illustrating each move.)
  • 15 reps completes a set.

Learn the advanced version after the break.

A Week In Review: FitSugar roundup
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A Week In Review: FitSugar roundup

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Learn to Love: Burpees
How To

Learn to Love: Burpees

I hadn't done a burpee since high school basketball practice (when you missed your free throw shots, you had to do accumulative burpees) and I can't really say I missed them.
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I hadn't done a burpee since high school basketball practice (when you missed your free throw shots, you had to do accumulative burpees) and I can't really say I missed them. Well, luckily I was reintroduced to them by my pals at Fitness Fixation and the Ice Chamber and I have once again grown fond of this crazy full body exercise.

If you have never done a burpee, read this little tutorial and then pound out 10 or 20 of them. Hopefully you will grow to love them too. This wonderful combination of moves works your arms, legs and core. Burpees also provide some cardio action, since if you are doing them correctly your heart should start pounding too.

Here's what you do:

MOVE 1
Jump! Straight up — see how much air you can catch.


MOVE 2
Land with control and continue into a crouching squat.



MOVE 3
Jump back into a plank position. If you're a yogi this is exactly like chaturanga.




MOVE 4
Do one basic push up — I like to keep my elbows close to my sides to work my triceps a little more.




MOVE 5
Jump forward into a crouching squat.



MOVE 6
Stand up and prepare to jump!!!




That's it. Just keep repeating the cycle. Start with 10 and work yourself up to 20 continuous burpees. They are a great addition to any workout.