Mastering YOUR Burpee Technique
Love them or hate them, burpees are a fitness staple—and for good reason. They require no equipment, spike your heart rate, and challenge your grit. But here’s the truth: they are more than just a test of mental toughness—they’re a skill. And efficiency is everything. Today, you’ll learn not only why burpee efficiency matters but also HOW to be more efficient when it comes to executing burpees in a workout!
Why Burpee Efficiency Matters
In high-volume workouts, poor burpee mechanics can lead to early fatigue, slower times, can create structural imbalances and lost reps. Efficient burpees conserve energy, keep your pace consistent, help you move fluidly and allow you to push harder when it counts.
Tips to Mastering Burpees
There are many ways this movement may be written in a workout. It could be bodyweight, bar facing burpee, lateral burpee box jump overs, and so on. Coach Nuno Costa goes over some basics about efficient bodyweight burpees and then tackles the more complex burpee movements in this video:
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We hope these tips for mastering burpees have been helpful. We know that burpees are a mental grind, but they don’t have to be a physical disaster! Moving well under fatigue is a skill and burpees are the perfect opportunity to practice it. The next time they show up in your class or on your workout program, aim not just to survive them, but to master them.
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