27 but I've never done this exercise before so my form was likely poor. Are you guys doing this with or without pushup?
Also, fuck this exercise, my heart and lungs are still crazy 3 minutes later.
I think without the push-up - and I wonder why?
As long as people on the forum might not like debt, HIIT gets one's body into an oxygen debt territory. That is why the heart and lungs go hard for a while after the exercise is done.
Also, one's body is still in the 'workout' mode while one is already writing a post on ERE forum :] And at least for me, I can concentrate better after it. I guess some permaculture principles are at play?
With the pushup and without trying particularly hard, today I did 12 in 42 s = 17.14/min.
The OCD part of me wants to standardize this. I like the idea of what iDave mentioned, where you have to touch a marker 6 inches above your standing reach for it to count. Not very practical though.
What if we stipulate you need to jump as high as you can each time? I think that might bring down some of the high scorers, but who knows, maybe mountainFrugal is just that much of a beast
The OCD part of me wants to standardize this. I like the idea of what iDave mentioned, where you have to touch a marker 6 inches above your standing reach for it to count. Not very practical though.
I followed this form and height (3-4 inches) for the jump. I would be happy to retest if a consensus is made.
I am happy to use that as the standard so that even the 8-foot ceiling crew can participate.
I don't want to sound like a braggart, but it was actually hard to get myself to stick with such a short hop. I apparently have some deep urge to do explosive jumps from my decades of basketball playing/training.
I think burpees are too far too subjective and variable to use to compare different people who are not doing them right in front of each other. Pull ups, push ups, etc: same.
IMO the only truly comparable methods are the simplest things like running a certain distance on a standard size running track, or using power meters (but only if using reliably accurate meter types, which only works for people participating in the same specific sport - bicycle racing is a good example and power numbers are very comparable)
33 with smaller jumps, but I had a slippery floor that made me slower. I’m also on the “this might have too much variability to be a useful measurement” argument. I didn’t put my hands above my head though with the jump, is that an important part of form?
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I think burpees are too far too subjective and variable to use to compare different people who are not doing them right in front of each other. Pull ups, push ups, etc: same.
IMO the only truly comparable methods are the simplest things like running a certain distance on a standard size running track, or using power meters (but only if using reliably accurate meter types, which only works for people participating in the same specific sport - bicycle racing is a good example and power numbers are very comparable)
If we assume that a horse can be described as a sphere, the burpee exercise boils down to moving one's center of mass up and down through gravitational resistance. So,
Total power = reps * mass * g * delta h / one minute, where delta h is the range of center mass,
and specific power (watts/kg) is total power divided by mass.
The delta h range is the critical aspect of a "fair comparison". It increases if
You're taller
You jump higher
You raise your arms higher during the jump
You go lower in the plank, e.g. your arms are shorter
You do chest to deck (which we don't do in this thread)
Probably some other stuff I didn't think of
I'm currently suffering from a sore arch from walking too much (damn pokemon challenge), but I do remember last time I did a timed effort was that I had an even split after 30 seconds. So there's definitely some technique/physical limits to the absolute max it as well.
Thanks Jacob; I’ll edit my existing post and repost on Monday with full arm above head extensions in the jump when I’m recovered from my strength training last night.