Prevent pre-diabetes with burpees

To really bulid a muscular looking upper body you need to pushups or bench presses regularly — about three days per week. I would not recommend benching three days but doing pushups is ok. In the same manner, to build you endurance, you will need to do cardio at least three or more days per week. There is one exercise that will incorporate both types of activity — you build chest muscles and at the same time build endurance.

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This Might Just Be The Best Total-Body Exercise

There are a ton of exercises that will get your blood pumping and muscles working (lookin’ at you squats and push-ups), however, one move stands out above the rest. And while for some (okay, most), it’s also one of the most dreaded.

Enter the burpee. It seems simple enough, you start in standing position, then squat down until your hands touch the floor and kick your feet back into push-up position. From there you push-up, then jump back and up into original position and repeat. Sounds doable in theory, but these babies will have you sweating. Which is exactly the point. 

Published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research the small study looked at 11 moderately-trained men and women, and aimed to compare a high-intensity calisthenics workout (burpees) against a sprint interval cardio routine (performed on a stationary bike). The workouts consisted of doing the specific activity for 30-seconds at an all-out effort level, followed by four minutes of rest, repeated a total of four times. 

What the researchers found was both exercises resulted in similar V02 max and heart rates. So, busting out as many burpees as you can in 30-seconds (aim for +8) delivers similar cardiovascular benefits to that of a more “traditional” cardio workout. The difference—burpees also count as a strength exercise, recruiting the muscles of your upper and lower body and core.

Impressed? So are we, which is why we’ll definitely be working more of this total-body exercise into our daily sweat sessions. For an added challenge, try these 5 burpee variations.

By Ravelle Worthington

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P.S.  Burpees requires balance, upper body strength and endurance. Of course the more you do and the faster you do them the quicker you will see results. Remember, plancks are one of the best exercise for your abs . . . .  pushes are a form of plancks.

P.P.S.  For more exercise tips and plans visit How to Prevent Pre-diabetes for information.