I don’t know anyone who feels particularly happy when asked to do any number of burpees during a workout. Personally, I don’t mind them (I know, don’t judge me), but then again, I don’t usually do 50 ...

Put simply, compound exercises are moves that recruit large muscle groups and use multiple joints. "You're activating several muscles or muscle groups at one time," Brooke Taylor, NASM- and ...

Just as we eat certain healthy foods even when they’re not our favorites, the same applies to workouts—we do them because we know they're good for us. And when we think of not-so-enjoyable exercises, ...

Use this 2-minute burpee test to see where you rank after 45, plus tips to improve technique, power, and conditioning.

The fitness phenom and social media star has created the burpee-push-up-squat-jump hybrid of your dreams (or nightmares). And you don't need equipment to do it. Thankfully, you don’t need any machines ...

Finding the motivation workout is one thing, but finding the time is another. Luckily you don't need to be at the gym or in Spin class to get a great workout. You don't even need anything but your ...

Before we answer the question of should you do burpees every day, let's have a quick (promise!) history lesson. Exercise physiologist Royal Burpee coined the move back in the late 1930s. In an ...

Looking for the exercise equivalent of a magic bullet? That one perfect move that delivers maximum results in minimum time? While fitness infomercials have been promising such miracles for decades, ...

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The reverse pyramid is a highly versatile method of creating a full-body workout plan. Here is another arrangement of exercises using the reverse pyramid from 20-1. This is a fairly advanced workout ...