Burpees

[deadshot138]

Are these the best conditioning exercise if you could just pick one thing to do? Seems to hit a bit of everything and gets the heart rate up quickly.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

The best prison workout there is.

 

[DEVILsSON]

Yes. They suck. A lot.

 

[Fahcough]

They're like shrimp and go with everything

Box jump & burpee
Sandbag & burpee
Pull up & burpee
DB Snatch & burpee
Shrimp & burpee
throw up & burpee

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I personally like the aerodyne, sprints on a hamster wheel, sled pushes, the skiier, rows, even jacobs ladder. But when you combine two of them into a set is when it gets incredibly tough.

Burpees would be some kind of finisher for me honestly

 

[gspieler]

I like burpees, but my shoulders don’t. I sometimes do those non-explosive burpees, where you don’t jump back into push-up position, bug just bring one leg back at a time.

But yeah, burpees are a great conditioning and mobility tool.

 

[deadshot138]

I personally like the aerodyne, sprints on a hamster wheel, sled pushes, the skiier, rows, even jacobs ladder. But when you combine two of them into a set is when it gets incredibly tough.

Burpees would be some kind of finisher for me honestly

You missed what I said. I meant are they the single best exercise if you could only do one. I could see the argument for the air dyne though.

 

[vision1]

You missed what I said. I meant are they the single best exercise if you could only do one. I could see the argument for the air dune though.

I would select most options on his list over burpees

 

[deadshot138]

I would select most options on his list over burpees

How come? Less muscular interference?

 

[vision1]

How come? Less muscular interference?

Conditioning is a pretty broad term. Conditioning for what?
Burpees are great because they require no equipment and little space.
There's a large muscular endurance aspect to them, which can be helpful or not helpful. I don't think many people are limited cardiovascularly doing burpees ... maybe that's just me

Maybe the best single conditioning exercise for grapplers?
Definitely not for all/other athletes.

My vote would be running

 

[deadshot138]

Conditioning is a pretty broad term. Conditioning for what?
Burpees are great because they require no equipment and little space.
There's a large muscular endurance aspect to them, which can be helpful or not helpful. I don't think many people are limited cardiovascularly doing burpees ... maybe that's just me

Maybe the best single conditioning exercise for grapplers?
Definitely not for all/other athletes.

My vote would be running

Im doing burpees at 300ishlbs bodyweight so they probably feel differently to me than others in the thread

 

[vision1]

Im doing burpees at 300ishlbs bodyweight so they probably feel differently to me than others in the thread

Props
Pushups alone at 300 would be difficult for most!

 

[biscuitsbrah]

You missed what I said. I meant are they the single best exercise if you could only do one. I could see the argument for the air dyne though.

I’d pick almost all of those before burpees for conditioning if I had to choose one.

Edit: Just saw vision say the same thing. Didn’t see his post

 

[ROcknrollracing]

No they are not the single best conditioning exercise. They are incredibly useful for lactate capacity. There is no single best exercise for conditioning.

 

[ChickenBrother]

When I used to travel a lot for work, I would do these in my hotel room for a quick cardio workout. Only takes about 2-3 minutes but very intense. Basically a burpee interval routine - it's deceptively hard to finish 100 reps.

 

[Dream Evil]

Burpees
Hill sprints
Snatches/cleans

Those 3 are my favorite. Goblet squats are up there as well, when worked into a circuit.

 

[deadshot138]

Did 140 burpees today interspersed with other bodyweight movements. Havent been this smoked in a while.

 

[ROcknrollracing]

Did 140 burpees today interspersed with other bodyweight movements. Havent been this smoked in a while.

Be careful of doing too many too often they are extremely taxing to the system.

 

[Copper Burner]

I would select most options on his list over burpees

None of those exercises would get a person into fighting shape like the burpee would.

You are misinformed, but you've been educated.

 

[Copper Burner]