ONE WORD SERVES as a shorthand for punishment and pain for exercisers across gyms and many fitness disciplines. When a trainer says the word, you'll know that your workout will likely leave you ...

Few fitness moves elicit as many ~feelings~ as the burpee. Whether you love them, love to hate them...or just hate them, it's hard to argue with the fact that they are one of the most effective ways ...

The first variation is the broad-jump burpee: It takes the hardest part of the burpee (in my opinion), the jump, and adds another one. It's your basic burpee, except you're starting and ending the ...

Things that you always dread at first, but are always thankful for afterward: Going to the dentist, networking with sisters best friends cousin, churning out 30 seconds of burpees (no, just me?). We ...

When I first saw "prisoner burpees" programmed in a CrossFit workout, I took a deep breath and prepared for the worst. But while it is a burpee variation, and by nature, burpees are hard as hell, I ...

Burpees may not be fun in the moment, but all that jumping, pressing, and sweating isn’t for nothing. Burpees are an awesome functional exercise, meaning that in addition to getting your heart rate up ...

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You might think if you've done one excruciating burpee workout, you've done them all, but there are more than likely a few variations you've yet to try. Guys will never stop chasing that elusive goal ...

Before we answer the question of should you do burpees every day, let's have a quick (promise!) history lesson. Exercise physiologist Royal Burpee coined the move back in the late 1930s. In an ...