burpee hell....

Do you mean you cannot get the technique right or you gas out very quickly doing them?

Don't worry, burpees hate you too.

The only answer here is to slow it down. I'm a very big guy and burpees are a dreadful experience. I always just try and focus on moving well and consistently through each one.

Burpees are a crude test of many different things so they'll get easier as numerous things change and improve - i.e. you get lighter, you get fitter, you get stronger. Just keep it to a pace that allows you to do one good one, then the next one, etc. If this means you're slower than the rest of the class so be it. There's nothing to be embarassed about on that score.

I'm sure since it's a Crossfit gym your trainer has noticed you struggling and will alter your program accordingly...



But in all seriousness burpees are only popular because they're really tortuous and people associate this with results. This is a mistake. Asking someone that overweight to do them even though she can't is ridiculous.

I started with a trainer recently - february, in a small class situation, for the first few weeks i did mountain climbers instead of burpees, then a mix of the two, with me managing less burpees than everybody else, now two months later, one stone down, and a dress size down, I can do as many burpees as the rest of the class.


I spent a lot of the first month in the class, going much slower than everybody else but working on my technique. I had only ever exercised at home before so I was doing a lot of things incorrectly, lunges for example.