The Burpee:
The Burpee is an intense yet fantastic exercise to perform, targeting not only strength but cardio as well, the exercise consists of a Squat, Push-up and a Vertical Jump, the more you do in a row the harder in gets!
Starting from the stood position, squat down, place your hands flat on the floor, kick both legs back so your nearly horizontal, do the push-up, spring your legs back in toward the body so you end in the bottom of the squat, then spring upwards using legs and arms to go into the Vertical Jump.
This whole process should be fluid, not jumpy between the different exercise components.
You can make this beauty harder or easier depending on your abilities, to make it easier you can perform the exercise without the push-up or the vertical jump, or both if your new to this kind of thing.
To make it harder you could do a tuck jump, so bring your knees to the chest during the vertical jump, just think how you would make each component harder and see if you can adapt it to the Burpee, take a look at the wickapedia link I've added here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burpee_(exercise)
Enjoy
Chris Nash
Personal Trainer
PT Fitness
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