WMOW: Burpees
Hey guys! Happy Friday! What do you have planned this weekend??
I’ve got a couple of parties, Dance Trance and yoga in store- it should be glorious 
For work today, I packed up a breakfast cookie dough cereal with almond milk on the side:
and lunch, courtesy of Infusion Tea. I had to have it again before I leave! (Plus I have no groceries, haha)
My fave Concorde Wrap on gluten-free brown bread: tabbouli, greens, hummus and balsamic with a bean salad on the side. I might have to re-create this one in the near future- the combo is amazing 
<—- of course I say this every time, but end up just going back to purchase one anyway.
They packed it the sandwich parts separately for me so it won’t get soggy today
Work eats:
In order to start the Friday party off right, how about some burpees?
Burpees are one of my favorite workout moves. Not only is the name goofy to say, they get your heart rate up quickly and are great to incorporate into track cardio workouts, weight routines or boot camp classes.
Some tips:
-As always, honor your body and your injuries. If it hurts, don’t do it!
-Check with a doc before making any nutrition or fitness changes
Per the usual WMOW style, I included 3 variations of burpees for different fitness levels.
Enjoy!!
(Thank you YouTube for the awesome screen shot haha)
Have you done burpees before?? Any fun variations I should know about?
Have a happy Friday and I’ll see ya later today!
xoxo,
Gina
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no sunwarrior promo?? ive waited all morning 🙁
i haven’t gotten the email with the link! let me me call and i’ll post it right now
ok, so i called my opensky contact and she isn’t in today. i emailed her and when she replies, i’ll be sure to post the link in there asap. i want to order some too!!
ok i talked to them and they said they had to push it back until early next week. i’m sorry- i wanted to order some today, too!
Burpees are great! Nice explaination. I like to add push ups too. 🙂
Me too! I always do a pushup when I’m in plank position.
Oh man, burpees are definitely an a$$-whooping move! My old trainer used to make me do them all the time, but I’ll confess and say I don’t really do them on my own time… maybe I’ll change that! 🙂
I adore burpees. It seems like they never get any easier no matter how long using them in workouts.
i totally agree- they’re always challenging
Haha I like the end credits 🙂
Thanks for doing this video… I had no idea what they were!!
I love burpies!!! I have been doing them since high school (part of volleyball training) but they work wonders for sure! I have done them that when you get down in the plank you do pushups while pulling one knee to the elbow, then the next push-up the other knee to the elbow (working the obliques as well) then jump back, jump up and repeat….love it!! I really enjoy those videos!
ill have to watch this again later with sound. i’m at work and dont’ want to disturb anyone. But maaan burpees would kill me! haha
as for my weekend plans, it is supper tonight with my bfs brother and his gf. and then a christmas party tomorrow night. thats about all i have planned, because i need to finish writing my one exam.
Haha “filmed by not so seksi tripod”- too funny! Hopefully, Seksi Pilot Medias will be back soon to take over filming duties 🙂 I have a love/hate relationship with Burpees- I hate doing them, but they’re effective!
Burpees give me such a great workout – I love to hate ’em! Sometimes between my weight sets I’ll do 3x30s of cardio moves, which include things like plyo jumps, then half burpees, where you only do the leg part of the burpee (no jump upwards), then put them both together for 30s of full burpees. Have a great day Gina! 🙂
I love burpees & you took it to a diff level! The advanced move is crazy, I’ve never seen that variation before. love it!
you have great burpee form Gina! I always add pushups to my burpees…. love it! check out this HIIT video…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpvr5cLWhw
I’ve done something similar called frog jumps and they wear a girl out!
The traveling burpee! Instead of jumping up, you jump out and start your burpee movement again. Or, Furpees, which change your normal squat jump into a frog jump with toes turned out.
burpees and I have a love/hate relationship. I kinda hate them but I love how effective they are. After months of doing endless amounts of them with my trainer, they are kinda growing on me 🙂
Agh, burpees are killer, I love them! I have two variations my trainer taught me- the first is when you are in plank position to do 5 push ups before you jump up. The other is when you are in plank position to do mountain climbers for 35-45 seconds before you jump up.
My favorite (aka. deadly) variations of doing a burpee include going into a plank holding onto both ends of a BOSU or having one hand on a med ball so you have to work on balance!
Its such a great move but its a killer!
yes!! I love BOSU burpees:)
Burpees are a great move! Another variation is to add mountain climbers (drawing the knees into the chest while in the push up position) before coming back up out of the squat. Those are great and really get the core and shoulders. Happy Weekend 🙂
haha-this is such a great video…my fav. part “this is filmed by my no-so-seski tripod” cute!
great tips, Gina.
hahaha “filmed by not so seksi tripod”.
I’m happy for your upcoming move, and that you’re seizing life and making it the best you can, but I’m bummed I’m not going to see you before you move! 🙁
You make burpees seem so effortless! 😀 Thanks for this video!!
not-so-seksi tripod hahahah. Nice burpees! I like to throw in pushups too, killerrrr
Oh my gosh. That power burpie looks impossible! THAT’S how you’re in such great shape! Gotta make myself try it
I hate burpees. 🙁 I know they do my body good, but ohhhh do I hate them.
Burpees are brutal! I’ve never seen the power ones before. We do them in crossfit (which I think you’d love) and add a push-up.
I LOVE burpees!!! and I am totally going to do your power burpee now… LOVE it!
<3 have a great weekend, girl!
I do burpees all the time and I love them. Thanks for the hard-core burpee suggestion. Also, I’m glad you reminded us to protect our neck. I had never thought of that. Next time, I’ll be sure to keep my spine neutral. Thanks!
Miss Fitnessista, I hardly comment but just wanted to say thank you to you today. You are inspiring and positive (but also real when you need to be and I love that) and your blog is so fun, I never miss a day of posts! So, thank you 🙂 (And by any chance will there be a promo on the glass dharma straws before Christmas??-Thanks 🙂
OK I feel like my comment sounds like I am trying to butter you up for a promo on straws!! I didn’t mean it to sound that way at all!! :-/ -Just wanted to say thanks and then remembered that I want to get those straws for my sister in law for Christmas!
sure i’ll send an email and see if we can do it
I’m totally a burbee fan! I have my vball team do them when we’re conditioning, they hate them haha Oh well, its good for them! Thanks for the variations.
I love that you included the easy-on-your-knees burpees…I can never do them because I’m so scared of re-injuring myself! Hope you have a great day at work 🙂
So how long are you going to keep us in suspense on where your going??
going to tucson but the whole story will be up tues am
I’ve never even heard of a burpee, but I’m very tempted to try one right now. Hopefully no one in the library will look at me to weird.
they did 🙁 it did get my heart rate up though.
LOL! 🙂
hahah! awesome
I’ve never even heard of burpees! Cute name, though 🙂
Did you ever announce where you’re moving and why?
theres a whole post to come on tuesday morning, but im moving to tucson
Burpees remind me of basketball practice. I hated them! Haha
Love the WMOW video! 🙂
only you could look so cute doing burpees… 🙂
thank you! 🙂
WOW!!!!!! Great job!!!
I HATE BURPEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
But the video was pretty awesome. I hate burpees so much that I have to force myself to do them all the time. It makes me sweat (like a beast as you would say) and my heart race like crazy!
I also hate planks.
But I love star jump squats, curtsy lunges, etc!
I have a love-hate relationship with burpees (and mountain-climbers). They’re so hard but so awesome!
Burpees are killer- a la Insanity, I like to add push ups and floor sprints to them. Talk about getting your heart rate up!
Burpees remind me of grade school! I went to Catholic grade school and this one nun, Sister Mary, we were in 1st grade and this woman LOVED to make us to burpees. Seriously, they are such a childhood memory and watching Sister Mary do burpees in her full veil and long dress…well, guess you had to be there 🙂
Love the video and have a great day!!
🙂
okay, that is hysterical!!
You make burpees look so easy! 🙂 I do burpees in my workout routine, but I can never seem to do it right! I always struggle with bringing both my feet back, out into a plank position. I can bring them both in at the same time fine, but it’s the throwing them out into a plank that I struggle with. Any tips on mastering that portion of the exercise?
try doing two hops to make it back (like a little one halfway and one all the way back)?? when that gets easy, switch it to one hop
I have a love/hate relationship with burpees too(didn’t know they were callead burpees though!!). I do them with the insanity workout…and man it never fails, they are still hard!! And you looked like it was effortless! I can’t say a word or barely breath while I am doing them!!
Great video, thank you!
Cool – I’ve done these before, but I never knew they were called “burpees” – that’s too funny! Love the video (even though it’s filmed by the tripod instead of the pilot) ; )
Aw, I loved the video! I actually never knew that’s what burpees were, even though I’ve done them before. Whoops!
Man those are killer!
Ahhh burpees remind me of grade 9 gym! That class was torture because back then I could barely even finish one lap around the track. Oh how things have changed. 😀
I use these in the kickboxing class I teach and never knew what they were called! I feel so enlightened now.
My variation is doing them across the room. So you actually jump forward when you jump. When you get to the wall you sprint back, fast as you can, and do it again. So hard! Thanks for the new vocal!
As you say “I miss your face”. Love the video.