As many as you can in 10 minutes - that alone is a complete workout.
Out as you jump up, in as you go down to the floor. It falls apart fast if you hold it - keep it deliberate.
Start here if you cannot do burpees with clean form yet.
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Because they use nearly every muscle and move you between standing and the floor, which your heart has to work hard to keep up with. The difficulty is cardiovascular more than muscular.
Step your feet back one at a time instead of jumping them, and stand up instead of jumping at the top. That removes both impacts and most of the difficulty while keeping the pattern.
Five, done properly, with a full rest afterwards. Everyone who starts with fifty is sore for four days and never does them again.
Which day to do Burpees, how many sets, and what to pair it with - the AI builds the whole plan. Your first one is free.
Build My Free PlanA plank and a sprint at the same time. Your abs work while your heart rate climbs.
Running on the spot, but with the knees driven high. Serious calorie burn in almost no space.
A burpee without the jump and the push up. All the heart rate, none of the pounding on your joints.
Everything on this page is worked out from a formula or from published averages. It has never met you, and it cannot see your blood pressure, your medication or an old injury.
Talk to a doctor before you start if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a heart condition, diabetes or high blood pressure, take regular medication, have or have had an eating disorder, are recovering from injury or surgery, or are under 18. Stop and get advice if any exercise causes pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.
More about where these numbers come from is on the about page.