Been working out 3 days a week at a local Crossfit in Texas since Feb 2014. I have ALWAYS had trouble with Burpees, I blamed it on my size and did the walk down and walk up and that used alot of energy. The day after I saw this I went to the box and did ALL my burpees correct for the very first time since I started. I kept it simple visualized this vid and BAM I did it! THANK u so much.
The way he explains how to do it is completely different than how he demonstrates it. Lol The "skill" he keeps referring to basically means "use you hip/ glutes to do all of the work- not the extremities." That's sound advice. However, the way he describes the how-to will get you injured because you should never lose a neutral spine, especially on loaded movements. He has so much core strength that when he naturally does a rep, his spine stays in neutral and it's his hip mobility that creates the flexion/ extension. He uses hip extension, not back extension. Funny that he's so strong that he can't do it with the wrong form.
I was thinking the same, with his technique the average individual would have a lower back injury. Putting weight on your spine and whipping it can’t be healthy
But like... that wasn’t a burpee. 🤦🏻♀️ You’re teaching people how to do a burpee and have zero results lol. Yea sure, like that you can do a thousand, but 100 correct burpees will achieve more than a thousand of those fucking things.
CrossFit® Please, compare what Carl says here to the form you present here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TU8QYVW0gDU.html Why such difference in the form comparing to what Carl is presenting at 2:45 "I hit the bottom. I'm in neutral position. I come up and I extend..." To me, the two are very different forms.
Hi there! Great video, but I'm a little confused. Your video taught me that I should bend my back forward while I go to the floor, and backward as I get stand up again... using my back as a spring. Another video says that I should go to the floor doing a squat keeping my back straight so that I don't get injured... and the same while I stand up. It also says that I should keep my knees open as I go down, to protect them and that my elbows have to be next to my body while I do the push up.
So, if I'm not mistaken, this is all about number of reps, right? I IMHO prefer doing burpees the right way. Yes, they suck, and they are supposed to. It's more beneficial and less dangerous to my body doing 20 pushup burpees than doing 100 of this snakey get ups.
It's about movement efficiency. Everybody feels there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things, and if it isn't how you like it then it is wrong. If you CrossFit and follow the methodology you'd understand the point he's making. Yeah, it is kind of about volume, because most CF workouts are volume based paired with other exercises. So by using pre-loading and "snapping" up you're saving your chest and shoulders for other portions of your workout. Doing it this way is hardly dangerous.
I wish he would have emphasized this concept more but you need to keep in mind that the 'global extension/ flexion" that he mentions is braced. Meaning it isn't some loose position that will wreck your back. Butt on, abs tight and then you brace into that position. Much like a kip in a pull up.
No in my opinion you got it wrong. It is about the use of body physics and efficient movement to just make it right and not losing energy on the 'wrong' place. Making a push-up burpee is good too but then the cardio aspect gets pushed beside by a strength aspect. You move the target of Burpees which would be okay but not like Burpees are meant.
good video. just missing some cues. e.g. instead of saying "globally flexed" and referring to the upper body like a solid peace of meat with no features, you could give cues like we do in Feldenkrais classes e.g. the chin is close to the breastbone, the breastbone is pointing downwards and backwards, the belly is in, the back rounded, the hip tilted backwards etc. greetings ! :)
this greatest thing about crossfit is that the physics or mechanics of how the body works is TAUGHT through the social media to help us better. Other professional sports teach these areas to their athletes, but aren't exposed as much as CrossFit has with said topic.
This is a completely new way to do burpess. Even different from other videos shown here at the crossfit youtube channel. So I'm confused, I think that movement with the spine is wrong. You need to actually jump from the pushup position, and not bend your back.
Nice explanation, I have seen this kind off working in Yoga, some yoga practisiners do suryanamaskar, when they exactly do the same thing to finish one particular siryanamskar ,
Lovely! Lovely! ❤🙂🙏 I love this way of teaching like a 5 year old, because it delivers what it promises 5 year old level agility and FUN!!! Who says training is boring??? 😅didn't have this teacher, clearly!!!
I thought the purpose of an exercise was to maximize resistance to make you stronger? Silly me... but seriously, there is no practical use for a burpee so using "skill" to make it easier seems to defeat the purpose entirely. The rope climbing trick is useful though, I'll give you that.
The flop burpee brought to you by Crossfit. There's no real push-up here. Being that he really never demonstrated a full set of burpees, that's what it looks like. Kind of like the kip pull up. No real pull-up necessary.
Lots of potentially useful explanation yet he never did more than one burpee in sequence. So, lots of theory and no practice. It helps seeing the instructor do “the thing” for a say, 10-12 rep set, otherwise how do we actually get a sense of the motion.
This is the way I have been teaching the Burpee since I first watched this video in 2014. Thank you Carl for helping so many to do a more efficient Burpee. I've had people in the gym tell me that it changed their life!
HELLO AMIGO, I HAVE A QUESTION, YOU SAY THE BETTER WAY TO DO A BURPEE IS WHIT CLOSE LEGS, BUT I CONFUSE, PLEASE SEE THIS VIDEO, AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK, Crossfit Burpee Tutorial: Burpees 101 efficiency PLEASE HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT WAY. GRACIAS SALUDOS DESDE CANCUN.
After 3 years of squatting and deadlifing, converting to burpees wasn't a problem. My body has been taught to do anything with good form and a tight core. But while I may be interested in performing a burpee in a safe fashion, I'm not interested in maiking it easier, short cutting my way to a burpee. I'll do a correct push up thank you very much and a high jump as well. It's not about how many burpees you can do but about gradually doing more with the exact same difficulty. Then you know you are progressing and by how much. If I were to now go and cut a few corners here and there I'd do a new PB. You could call that skill but I wouldn't call it progression in my fitness goals.
Christos Segkounas It always depends on the goals that you want to achieve. For just improving your strength and specific muscles, you're right. But if you just want to become more sporty, flexible and strong too, the burpee shown in the video might be better. And there are probably a lot of people out there, who wouldn't be able to do 30 burpees with stric pushups and who need this technique and this skill to develop their abilities..
jsjuhbdn I dunno man, it's a burpee. You want to be athletic and can't handle push ups? Athletes are supposed to push their physical abilities to the maximum, not just perfect their technique. If athleticism is just talent and not improving on one's strength,cardio and endurance then it isn't worth much, is it? It's like becoming better at picking a lock through practice, there isn't any performance involved, just improving on skill. If I had to chose between having great body performance and having great burpee performance I'd go for the former and I could be as inefficient executing a burpee as can be, I wouldn't mind. There is no end goal in how many burpees one has to do, only the improvement on being able to perform more and more because you are stronger and fitter by the day. I understand what you are saying about athletes but I feel as though the vast majority of people watching this are everyday people trying to become fitter,healthier.
Christos Segkounas Yes I get you're point and I kinda agree. Because when you're able to do burpees - no matter with which technique - you will probably not turn out as a super strong guy who has no control over his body (you know, the guys you typically meet in a gym). That's kind of my fear... But Nevertheless, i would still argue that the burpees as shown in the video are helpful in certain circumstances. For cardio training purposes for example. I saw the video about a year ago and kind of stuck to it's technique. When i want to do a strict pushup I just do a pushup, but that doesn't mean, that I don't agree with you
So why aren't the feet allowed outside the hands so that the squat happens more naturally. Animals make this feet outside movement when booking all the time and the bakc snap seems to be the same.
I have been trying to ignore all the crossfit hating trend and i want everyone's opinion. This guy has AMAZING tutorials! But the purpose of all these movements seem to be so much different that bodybuilding that i am familiar with. Muscle coordination and overall strength look like ley points. But how can someone begin with these without having some good power foundation? E.g. i have weak shoulders and even normal training was hard at first. Crossfit would have made my deltoid flee.. am i wrong?? are there progression stages ?
crossfit contains a lot of phony physiological claims about attaining strength. Activities like Kipping, and this guy's version of Burpees, do nothing to improve on traditional Burpees or authentic Pull Ups. Then there's this ridiculous hand stand push up where the crossfitter is balancing his weight on his/her own head (hello spine damage!). He claims to train athletes but what are his credentials and what athletes from what particular sport? If you want to attain core strength like a professional athlete then pick a sport and train to be one. Crossfit doesn't match any professional sport activity regimen. It tries to incorporate different work out methods by finding easier ways to do them. That defeats the purpose but I guess it makes people who do Crossfit feel like they're in the same league as a professional athlete. They AREN'T.
www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-burpee-the-one-exercise-to-rule-them-all/ Just for you people who want to be able to do a real burpee, not this flamboyant whatever-the-fuck that is.
The technique looks awesome...I have started trying it. But I end up landing on my toes. But better than earlier times. Hope it will improve over the period?. Btw...iam 42..it comes with it's own flexibility issues😊.
not doing the push up in the burpee seems like it would create the same torsion or back and forth movement on the spinal column that caused us to abandon the sit up.
I used to like laurel and hardy, Monty python , other comedy greats, however, CrossFit has changed my life........ watching these videos is comedy gold.........
mixing in words like "skill" doesnt fool me into doing your "easy" version of a burpee lmao this is why crossfit deserves all the hate that comes its way
i just did 2,000 burpees by following this video and taking the pushup, the plank, and the jump out of the burpee. dunno why i didnt think of that sooner!
I saw Mat Fraser doing that same Snake extension on crossfit open 2016. He beat Froning that day. If It's allowed and to save time, muscle and energy on a competition, I would do that way the whole day, but on my personal training I do a full push-up, squats AND jumps.
This was helpful when I first saw it. But RE-watching this video now after 5 years of doing CF, I realize that Paoli never uses the word "core" but the "skill" he talks about is core strength and its application/use in these various movements.
Love it Man, great instruction video! I’m new to CrossFit and always feel I work too hard at burpees and I burn out to soon. I think I am incorporating a full push-up into the burpee, which is using up my arm strength. I will focus more on the flex and snap movement and see if this works better for me :-)
wonderful application of biomechanics/physics to something that is often debated in the fitness community. This easily explains the purpose of kipping and efficiency movements that many "haters" use as critical fodder. Thank you, Carl.
People don´t like the coaching about burpees here. Who are you? And what are your achievements? so if you are a wonderful coach with all the knowledege about all disciplines in earth, ok say whatever you want with respect. If not be a little bit smart and do research about new aproach to body movement and physycal fitness. Don´t be that close minded.
wooo all this is so helpful it make so much sense now, maybe it bc i live in mexico and theres not many good coches to tell you all this man i hope this youtube chanel never ever changes thank a lot
