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Burpees don’t have to be the exercise you dread. Try these low-impact variations which will help make the full-body movement more achievable.
Just the word burpee is enough to make most people want to hide. The full-body cardio move is physically and mentally challenging – involving throwing your entire body weight to the floor and jumping up and down. We’re knackered just thinking about it.
Nevertheless, the burpee is one of the best full-body movements out there. The compound movement simultaneously improves strength and endurance, targeting the quads, hamstrings, glutes, abs, biceps, chest and shoulder muscles. A 2019 study found that burpees are even more difficult than sprinting, and they also have the added benefit of working your upper body as well as your lower body.
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