With the intention to join an obstacle race this June, I made a spontaneous decision to do the 30 burpees for 30 days challenge by Joe De Sena (founder of Spartan Race); the penalty for not being able to complete an obstacle are burpees! I began this morning, doing the burpees in succession (with 30 seconds break between sets of 10). It certainly got me out of my groggy state of mind.
Would you like to join us (Andrea and Jules) in taking up the challenge? I will be resetting my own counter to zero, and shall restart the challenge tomorrow with them and several friends. So, let’s use this opportunity to get started on making fitness a habit together.
How to do burpees?
Why Should You Take Up The Challenge?
- This is a simple way to make fitness workouts into a habit and routine
- It takes no more than 5 minutes to complete 30 burpees (no excuses about have no time)
- It will be ‘fun’ to do torturous burpees together (those taking the challenge are your training buddies and we will accountable to each other.)
- This is a great movement snack to get your blood pumping when feeling fatigued
Burpees Challenge Guidelines
- Complete 30 burpees daily for 30 days
- The burpee variation used can be seen in the above chart
- The quality of your burpees matter (i.e. Keep your core tight when doing the pushup and be mindful of your back)
- You don’t have to do 30 burpees in one go (i.e. Break it up into smaller sets and do it throughout the day. But you need to do at least 5 burpees in one set)
- On the last day, you should be at least be able to do 20 burpees at one go, before proceeding to the last 10.
Up For It?
I will be doing the 30 burpees in addition to my workouts and runs. We shall begin the challenge on 7 March 2014 and end on 5 April 2014 (use your local time zone and dates). Let me know in the comments section below, Twitter or Google+ if you will be doing the challenge.
