Burpee Workout Frequency?

[clayboy_123]

Can you do burpees everyday, or do you need to do them every other day so as to let your muscles recover?

Thanks.

[bango skank]

What are you doing besides burpees? You could do them everyday, and they're a great exercise, but why would you? What are your goals?

[clayboy_123]

i used to walk 20-30 mins a day. but i dont do that as much ne more. i am just looking to maintain a decent fitness level. not looking to bulk or anything. just stay toned and lean and at my current weight of 160.

[bango skank]

http://www.simplefit.org/bodyweight-exercises.html

www.crossfit.com

[clayboy_123]

thanks for the links. i will use some of those exercises as well. but specifically, related to muscle recovery, do burpees require 48 hour muscle rest, like free weights do?

[bango skank]

No you can recover from them much faster, they are a metabolic exercise not a strength exercise.... you can recover in 24 hours or less.

[clayboy_123]

thanks. i was basing that 48 hour thing on what someone that lifts weights all the time was telling me the other day. this is good info though and i will relate it back to him.
thanks.

[bango skank]

I just posted this and realized it applied to you too:

Here are some ideas:

http://skievat.blogspot.com/ Eva T's blog, posts bodyweight only daily workouts. Well, they used to be daily anyhow, but you can look at the archives for a bunch of different workouts. She's no joke.

http://www.simplefit.org/bodyweight-exercises.html has a progressive bodyweight workout program. You can follow their program or integrate it into your own.

http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=21576 has a long list of bodyweight workouts, taken from Eva T's blog.

You can rotate them like so:

Day 1: Workout
Day 2: Workout
Day 3: Workout
Day 4: Rest

and just keep rotating like that.

So here's a 8 day rotation example, to get you started:

Day 1:
20 jumping jacks, 20 burpies, 20 air squats...3 rounds

Day 2:
max rounds in 20 min of:
3 pull-ups
5 push-ups
8 squats

Day 3:
Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.

Day 4:
Rest

Day 5:
5 pushups, 5 squats, 5 sit-ups - 20 rounds

Day 6:
250 jumping jacks...for time.

Day 7:
Tabata squats and tabata pushups.
(Remember: Tabatas are 32 rounds of 20 sec. work/10 sec. rest. So 16 rounds of squats then 16 rounds of pushups in this scenario.)

Day 8:
Rest

And you'll do these workouts as fast as you can. Shoot for 20 minutes or less daily.

Also:

Check out a guy named Brad Johnson over @ dragondoor.com. He authored a book called "Bodyweight Excercises for Extraordinary Strength". This guy does 1 finger / 1 armed L-chins!

See also Ross Enamait's website http://www.rosstraining.com/ (WFS) and YouTube videos for ideas.