100 Day Burpee Challenge. Beginning Fri August 15th , we are going to do one burpee on day one and add one each day until we get to 100 burpees on the 100th day!
The Rules:
1. Use Burgener’s burpee standards for form (see examples below)
2. You can complete each day’s burpees all at once, or broken up and done at different times throughout the day
3. If for some reason you miss a day, you have to make up all the missed burpees the following day
4. If you don’t start the challenge with us today, you can “buy-in” at any time by doing ALL the missed day’s burpees on your first day
5. Any burpees you complete during your regular workout can count towards that day’s Challenge burpees, if you want them to
5. Have fun doing burpees and getting stronger doing it!
The following form standards and photos are courtesy of CrossFit Santa Cruz:
Step 1: Start with hands on the ground in front of your feet. Keep your back straight.
Step 2: Kick feet out behind you into the top of the push-up portion of the burpee. Your body should be straight and tight in a flat plank.
Step 3: Lower your body into the lowest part of a push-up. Your chest and thighs should ultimately touch the ground at the same time. Remember to keep your whole body, especially your midline, tight. While throwing your body on the ground and therefore touching both chest and thighs to the ground is acceptable by some standards, we feel that more is to be gained from doing a strict push-up in this Challenge.
Step 4: Push up into the top of the push-up position again.
Step 5: Jump your feet up to your hands into your starting position.
Step 6: Jump into the air and clap your hands overhead so that your ear is exposed in front of your arms. Your feet should leave the ground.
Hmm… that is 5,050 burpees in a 100 day span! My head is spinning… math hurts.
Come on everyone!…………..Put your name down and make the commitment! You can do it no excesses.
I just remembered I will be on the road to Laughlin, Nv. We will be doing ours on the side of the road…………..SIGN UP!!!!!
Dude, I’m so in! And I’m making Karen do it too! ;P
Im in………………………….cant wait
Sounds great, lets rock this….
Hey I’m IN. I just want you all to know that even though you can’t see me, I will be doing proper burpees and not just lying on the floor napping. Sure, sure I will. Perhaps Day 100 should be the final workout with Pizza afterward – have you calculated what day that is???
Hey Karen – how do I get a better pic for my icon??? No fair!
Steve
Hey, Steve!
I think that you need to have your own wordpress blog/profile in order to have a picture. It’s free if you just want to sign up to make a profile in order to have a picture. You will just have to sign in before you comment. Also, Kevin wants Day 100 to be a special work out and he thinks it falls on a Saturday, Nov 22. I will double check on that date though.
-K
Hey everyone……when you sign up could you give everyone one some background info (example)
Kevin 182lbs 5’8″ san jacinto …….or what ever….mainly for the new people Thanks Stay Strong!
This sounds like finance. Can I deposit 50 Burpees/day early on and have a reverse mortgage for the remaining 70+ burpee days?
Jim Junio: USA Triathlon Coach; Shorter than Kevin @ 155. Goal: Berlin Marathon 2009 under 3:30 for 55th B-Day. There. I told the world & I committed!
Kevin sorry, not big on posting the weight info. Although, will say I’m 5’7″ and 34 years old from San Jacinto. Lost 80lbs from my highest weight proud of that part.
I’m in! Always up for a challenge that sounds a little crazy. I’m doing 100 on Saturday just to see how long it takes. It’ll be fun to compare.
You know us… we HAVE to be in! I can just see us doing burpees at the river! oh yaah!
What the hell, my knee is feeling better. I will give this a try.
I’m in too.. even if it figures out to be like 5,000 burpees. I’m ready for the challenge… grrrr!!!
Hey……..if some of you plan to do a hundred burpees before the challenge….can you post your time here ? I’m sure everyone will want to see how much you improve ! Thanks….STAY STRONG
i’m in….. was Steve implying that he’ll be doing his burpees in front of a webcam so we can count and judge form ???? Ht. 5′ 4 11/16″ wt. 145 lbs. 47yrs menifee… proud to be associated with ” Team Bodyfit”. My goal : to beat Brent or Lynay at anything ……… Weakness is not an option .
I’ll trade icons with you Steve ..
Tim………I like the 11/16″ Haha……….Steve said he will beat everyone @ the last day 100 burpees so no need to worry………..Hey Tim I guess Jens not in i don’t see her Log in…….see you tomorrow @ 8am sharp…STAY STRONG
I’ll setup a webcam. Try and see if you can tell where I splice the loop – and note how my outfit and surroundings never change. Oh, and this isn’t the place to post your height, weight – it’ll get lost in the shuffle. We need a profile for that – and mine is still a bit round in the middle.
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Hey Everyone!
Today is the Day 1 of the challenge! I can see the excitement on your faces. I started a new thread HERE that I would like everyone to use to keep us updated on your progress. This thread can still be used to sign up for those of you who have not yet… there’s still time.
I look forward to everyone’s comments throughout the challenge!
-Karen
I’m in! I hope I feel this upbeat on the 100th burpee!
Day one!
Okay, I’m in, a late-comer, but thanks to Steve, I’m in.
Hope everyone’s doing great on their burpees- by the way, anyone know why they call them burpees and/or who invented them?
Hey, Dion!
Thanks for checking in with us! We moved the discussion to this thread though:
http://bodyfit4everybody.com/2008/08/15/100-day-burpee-challenge-updates/
That is a great question though! I wiki’ed it and it didn’t give any history or the reasoning behind the name. Hmm… maybe Kevin knows! I will go ahead and post your question at the other thread. Check back there to see if anyone knows. =)