Burpee's clarification

[grahamanderson]

hi guys

I need help with royal marine standard burpee's.

In australia we call this a burpee
http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/burpeeclip.htm

Notice the push up and the jump.

what does the marines call a burpee?
is it from standing to squat to legs out then squat to stand up?


I only ask because i was re reading nigel foster's making of a royal he he said for poc to ace burpee's in the fitness test the need to do 45 in 1min.
I dont think any1 could do that many the way we do them down here unless we are just soft

so any help lads

[Rogue Chef]

That's not a burpee, THIS is a burpee!

[GreyWing]

grahamanderson....

yep I think what you've posted is about right for a burpee, I surely hope the average isn't 45 in a minute!

I think your clip is right when it says 12-15 per 30 seconds as an upper average, but there will always be one or two chaps in the marines that will surprise you and probably hit that mark.

[grahamanderson]

i will keep practising the burpee then with the push up.
I only got confused because of this site
http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/acti ... st-ie4.htm

So just out of curiosity on the prmc what kind of numbers are you looking at to achive for burpee's .whats an average score and whats a good score ?


Thanks for your help

[grahamanderson]

here is another site where 41 burpees in 1min is the max
http://website.lineone.net/~wsccf_cdo/recruit.htm

cheers

[GreyWing]

you'll not find them in any tests, so a specific number isn't needed. However, you'll be given them to do in a warm up, and it will be used with other exercises, for example 10 sit ups - 10 press ups - 10 burpees

but it's not a test of numbers or technique, so no need to worry about it my friend.

[Rogue Chef]

Graham,
When Nigel Foster wrote his book the standard fitness benchmark was the USMC test, which included press ups, pull ups, sit ups, burpees and a sprint. The maximum score for burpees was 45 in a minute. However burpees for the USMC test were performed differently from your example.
From the standing position down to a squat - hands on the deck knees at the elbow, legs and feet back to the press up position - arms straight, feet return to the squat position, then recover to the standing position. No press up or jump.
The test was, as I remember:
Best effort at each discipline.
Pull ups - Max score 18 - no time limit
Situps - Max score 80 - 1 minute
Press ups - Max score 60 - 1 minute
Burpees - Max score 45 - 1 minute
Sprints 5 x 60m - Max score under 1 minute

[grahamanderson]

thanks gyus

I will just work on my burpee conditioning then



Thanks heaps


Gra

[Foxtricks]

Burpees are beef get me some Geckos...