100 Burpee Challenge!

[Sohan]

Okay, let's see what kind of shape you're in!

The Challenge is simple. Do 100 burpees, and time them. It can be a broken set or straight through, whatever floats your boat. Get your 100 in and post your time, and I will update the thread as we go. Should be a fun way to motivate each other as we bring in the new year!

If you don't know what burpees are, check out this thread:

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=29002

I'll start you guys out: last Wednesday I hit 100 in 7:48. I did 10 x 10 with about ten seconds rest in between each ten. I won't lie, it was hard, and I'm in pretty good shape, though I know I can do a lot better. I hope to cut out the rest, do 'em straight, and get under 6 minutes.

Just make sure your chest hits the floor and you give each jump a decent effort. We're on the honor system here, so no cheating, please.

With respect,

Sohan

[bushido_man96]

Man, that's crazy, Sohan! I do the regular burpee; I am not too great at the push-up ones.

I will see if I can give it a whirl, after the holidays!

[Sohan]

Man, that's crazy, Sohan! I do the regular burpee; I am not too great at the push-up ones.

I will see if I can give it a whirl, after the holidays!

If you don't drop to pushup position, then it's not a burpee, it's a squat thrust. In practice, though, you don't actually do a pushup, but rather pull the legs back into a tuck position as you come up.

Good luck, my friend. Let me know how you do.

With respect,

Sohan

[Havoc88]

I will give this a try this vacation. Have never done burpees before, but it will make a very good warmup, after wich I can stretch and practice my kata's, blocks, punches and kicks.

Thanks Sohan!

Tom

[bushido_man96]

Man, that's crazy, Sohan! I do the regular burpee; I am not too great at the push-up ones.

I will see if I can give it a whirl, after the holidays!

If you don't drop to pushup position, then it's not a burpee, it's a squat thrust. In practice, though, you don't actually do a pushup, but rather pull the legs back into a tuck position as you come up.

Good luck, my friend. Let me know how you do.

With respect,

Sohan

I'll give it a go sometime this week, I think. I am going to just do as many as I can, until failure, and then take a rest, and go again. I am expecting to be in the 30 minute range!

[Havoc88]

I must admit Sohan, you're in tremendous shape. Half an hour ago, I tried burpees for the first time ever, and they are hard! May it had something to do with me only having eaten my christmas breakfast, but it wore me out. Think I will start and try them more often and start, as you suggested, with 3x10 with a minute rest between sets. Hopefully I will start making progress.

One question though.

When I have dropped down in a push up position I do a whole push up, and after that I pull my legs back. You told in your origional topic, that in practice you don't do a whole pushup but that the the upward movement is replaced my the tucking in of your legs. Is this how its supposed to go?

Thnks

Tom

[bushido_man96]

One question though.

When I have dropped down in a push up position I do a whole push up, and after that I pull my legs back. You told in your origional topic, that in practice you don't do a whole pushup but that the the upward movement is replaced my the tucking in of your legs. Is this how its supposed to go?

Thnks

Tom

Hey, Tom. If I remember right, when you drop to the push-up, you bounce off your chest, and then suck your feet back in as you push up. It is an explosive movement; very anaerobic. Sohan can throw in a fix if I am off, but I think this is right.

They are difficult. I have a tough time with them as well, but I am not is superb shape by an stretch of the imagination.

I think that I may start with trying to get in 50, and then build on that.

[Havoc88]

Thanks BM

I think I will try and learn to do them better. Two times a week or so may do the trick. Think it will be a great warmup. Like Sohan said in his former burpee topic, try doing 20 seconds of burpees, 10 seconds rest and so on. Do this 8 times, that is 4 minutes total, but I think I will be totally exhausted and completely warmed up to practice my kata/kihon/pull/pushups.

I looked burpees up at youtube, to find some video's that could be helpfull, but I found two different versions.

Version 1:

Version 2:

(The ones doing them in the back)

So I'm still wondering.

Tom

[Sohan]

One question though.

When I have dropped down in a push up position I do a whole push up, and after that I pull my legs back. You told in your origional topic, that in practice you don't do a whole pushup but that the the upward movement is replaced my the tucking in of your legs. Is this how its supposed to go?

Yes. Instead of doing a full pushup, you simply combine the two movements, so as you come back up, you bring the legs back into the tuck position for the jump up. Just make sure you touch the torso to the floor on the bottom position. Otherwise, it's not a burpee.

And you're right. Burpees aren't as easy as they look!

With respect,

Sohan

[Sohan]

Thanks BM

I think I will try and learn to do them better. Two times a week or so may do the trick. Think it will be a great warmup. Like Sohan said in his former burpee topic, try doing 20 seconds of burpees, 10 seconds rest and so on. Do this 8 times, that is 4 minutes total, but I think I will be totally exhausted and completely warmed up to practice my kata/kihon/pull/pushups.

I looked burpees up at youtube, to find some video's that could be helpfull, but I found two different versions.

Version 1:

Version 2:

(The ones doing them in the back)

So I'm still wondering.

Tom

I've seen those videos before. He teaches burpees a little differently from the traditionally accepted form (though most of the people in the second video were struggling to maintain any semblence of proper form regardless). I've tried them his way, and they may be a little faster, but I wouldn't say they're any easier. Try both and see which floats your boat.

As far as the 4-minute "Tabata" drill, you should probably save that for the end of your workout. As you can see, it's definitely high-octane training. But keep at it---it'll get easier soon, and you'll be surprised what a difference it will make with the rest of your training.

With respect,

Sohan