{"id":62781,"date":"2022-10-19T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=62781"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:17:47","slug":"how-can-burpees-as-an-exercise-help-you-maintain-your-fitness-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2022\/10\/19\/how-can-burpees-as-an-exercise-help-you-maintain-your-fitness-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits Of Burpees To Maintain Your Fitness Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burpees are one of the most effective cardiovascular exercises you can add to your fitness routine to improve your fitness levels and athleticism. It is a challenging exercise that works on most of the major muscles in your body. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are burpees?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Burpees are a full-body calisthenics<\/strong><\/a> workout that uses your body weight<\/strong><\/a> for resistance. This workout helps you get down to the ground and rise again, which improves your mobility, enabling movements like bending, picking something up from the ground, or getting something from a higher shelf. Burpees can also provide strength and flexibility<\/strong><\/a> to your joints.<\/span><\/p>\n

This exercise works your arms, shoulders, chest, hips, legs, and abdomen. It strengthens your heart and lungs, lowers blood pressure levels<\/strong><\/a>, and improves brain function and blood flow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Calories burpees burn\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n

On average, you can burn 10 calories for every minute of burpees you perform. Doing 100 burpees will burn more than <\/span>50 calories.<\/span><\/p>\n

The right way to do burpees<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n

Here are the steps that you can follow to perform this exercise the right way and reap the benefits of burpees:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Start in a standing position with your back straight and your feet shoulder-width apart.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Lower your hands on the ground and drop in a squat position.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Kick your feet back to get into a pushup position while keeping your body straight from head to heel.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Do one pushup, and through a frog kick, jump on your feet to get back into the starting position.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Stand and jump quickly with your arms extended over your head.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Land with your knees bent in a squat position and repeat the exercise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Myriad benefits of burpees<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    A full-body workout\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Burpees train your body weight for resistance. It aims to build muscle strength in your upper and lower body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Burns fat<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Bupees are a part of the HIIT (high-intensity interval training) program. HIIT involves a type of workout where you do short bursts of intense exercises followed by intervals of rest. This workout type is very effective in burning fat, especially around your stomach and the abdomen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Can be done anywhere<\/b><\/h3>\n

    You don\u2019t need to go to the gym or use professional equipment to perform this exercise. All you need is some open space to perform the exercise sequence, which can be done in a park, your office, or your home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    3 burpee modifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    Here are the steps for performing three different types of burpees:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Reverse Burpee\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n