Burpees are considered as the top notch exercise all around the world. Burpees didn't get this title in gratuitous. There's a reason why burpees are considered as the number 1 exercise of all. Burpees are considered to be the beast exercise and that's why they have been implemented in a lot of training programs of athletes and fitness enthusiasts.
A lot of athletes include burpees into their training or exercise routine as it poses a number of benefits to help them perform better at the sports they are playing.
Well You don't have to be an athlete in order to do or learn a burpee. You may also reap out numerous health benefits by doing this simple exercise. Remember I said simple and not easy. Burpees could be very simple to learn as there are no complexity involve in this exercise, but they are very challenging and quite demanding on your body, that you could easily get on to your knees after couple of rounds.
In this post we are going to look into some health benefits that burpees provide.
Let's Begin
BURPEES BENEFITS AND WHY BURPEE IS A NUMBER 1 EXERCISE
1. They Require No Equipment
Burpees are one of those exercise which requires no equipment at all. You could do them in a small space, in your hotel room, in a park or wherever you want to.
All you need is your body and a flat ground that's it. You don't need much space to perform burpees, your own body is the equipment.
2. Burpees Burn more Calories
You must have heard it many times and saw so many transformation videos or workout videos of celebrities and they all attribute their fat loss or leaning down to a godly looking physique to burpees. Why so? because burpees is an exercise which requires many muscles and muscle groups to be performed.
The more muscle you use, the more calories you will burn.. burpees basically make you a fat burning machine.
3. Burpees helps you Burn more Fat
As we have already learned that burpees burns more calories. Therefore burpees are great for burning fat from your body as it burn a ton of calories.
Researches shows that people doing high intensity exercise like burpees burns 50% more fat then those doing regular, more moderate exercises.
So if you want to lose belly fat then ditch the treadmill and get on to doing reps on burpees.
4. They make you Stronger and Build Muscles
Burpees are a compound exercise, meaning they require so many muscles working in a synergy to complete a single repetition. Burpees train your Quads, Hamstrings, Arms, Shoulders, Chest, Core and makes all these muscles stronger.
It builds total body strength. Some people misjudge burpees as a cardio only exercise, that's not completely true. Well yes it has some cardiovascular aspects to it but if you program burpees into your routine in proper way then you will reap out so many muscle and strength building benefits out of it.
Try Doing: Burpee with a 2 pump pushups or Burpee with mountain climber, Navy seals Burpee, Burpee Box Jumps etc. I mean the possibilities are endless.
In all these above exercises you spend your time down in a burpee position more, so the more time you spend down there the more muscles you will use, which is conducive for muscle gains and strength building.
5. Burpees are Versatile
Burpees are the kind of exercise which you could fit into any workout routine, weather be it in a fat loss or muscle gain, conditioning or endure based workout.
They could be pile up with some pushups or pull ups or squats. You basically could fit them in between any exercise or exercise programs.
6. Burpees are great for Conditioning and Building Stamina
Ever wondered why burpees are embraced in the hardest workouts or training style like cross fit? The reason behind this is because burpees are great for conditioning and building endurance of a person. They get your heart rate up very quickly.
Burpees help you build up the stamina, do them in a row, rep after rep and you will increase your stamina.
7. They Improve Metabolism
Aerobic exercises help improves metabolism as they get your heart rate up very quickly and easily. Strength Training Builds up muscles and the more muscles you build, the more calories they will require and eventually burn more fat.
Sound like something has the ability to do this all... and yeah! it's the burpee. Burpee is an aerobic exercise which surges our heart rate, furthermore it is an muscle building exercise also, hence you get the best of both worlds. Doing Burpees are the most efficient way to improve your metabolism.
8. They Build Mental Toughness
Burpees are a very demanding exercise, they require every inch of your muscle. You would have to keep pushing harder and harder as you progress in reps. Staying on your ground and keep going keep prevailing requires mental toughness and resilience.
9. Burpees will Make you happy
Burpees can help increase the happiness inducing chemicals, i.e. Endorphins in your body.
Just start doing burpees and you will feel the rush of endorphins to your brain from the get go.
Endorphins make you enlighten your mood and help you keep away from the stress.
10. Burpees Saves your Time
A 30 minute running would be all caught up by a 10 minute burpee workout. So you will do more work in less amount of time hence saving up your precious time and get a good workout done which will help you lose fat, reduce waistline and simultaneously builds muscle.
Ditch the treadmill and save up your time by doing burpees for a great workout.
After Knowing all theses benefits you must be getting exciting to learn the burpees. We don't want you to injure yourself by doing burpees in the wrong manner.
Here's how you do it
HOW TO DO A BURPEE
Step 1: First, stand up straight, with regular stance. Then get into a squat position.
Step 2: Now place your hands on the floor in front of you.
Step 3: Now get into a pushup position by kicking your feet back to the ground.
Step 4: Drop your chest down to the ground and bow your chest up.
Step 5: Get up and return back to your squat position as fast as possible.
Step 6: Now stand back up straight as you were initially in the starting step furthermore jump into the air as high as you can.
THE BOTTOM LINE
If you want the best and fast results, then Burpees are a great way to get into shape quickly period. Doesn't matter what your goal is- maybe you want to learn a new sport or improve your athletic performance, or train for a triathlon, build up you stamina or endurance, put up great lean muscle mass on your body, or just to simply look good, burpees are always a way to go.
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