ONE WORD SERVES as a shorthand for punishment and pain for exercisers across gyms and many fitness disciplines. When a trainer says the word, you'll know that your workout will likely leave you ...

FOR MOST GYM-GOERS, there's one word that serves as a shorthand for painful, difficult workouts that will likely leave them doubled-over and heaving to catch their breath: burpee. The burpee is one of ...

ONE WORD SERVES as a shorthand for punishment and pain for exercisers across gyms and many fitness disciplines. When a trainer says the word, you'll know that your workout will likely leave you ...

Few exercises have developed such a fearsome reputation as the ‘humble’ burpee. It’s a movement that requires no weights, no specialist equipment and very little in the way of skill, yet possesses the ...

Shawn Arent, the director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at Rutgers University and a fellow at the American College of Sports Medicine, demonstrates the proper form for the burpee.

There's no denying it's pretty dang empowering to stop, drop, and push your way through a few rounds of burpees. But this move isn't exactly easy, so it must be doing SOMETHING amazing for your body.