Just finished the 6am training at MAFA this morning and overheard some of the ladies discussing their love and hate of burpees. A basic burpee is high cardiovascular exercise where you squat, place your hands on the ground, jump back to push up position,return to squat position and finish with a jump,repeating several times.Named after psychologist Royal Burpee this exercise was developed in 1930 to test agility and coordination. Although the burpee is ranked #1 as MAFA’s least favorite exercise, the ladies know the importance of what it does for your cardiovascular health along with overall muscular tone improvements. Burpees are often done in cross fit gyms, brazilian jiu jitsu academies, and in the training centers of some of the top UFC fighters. Over the last few months I have watched the ladies improve balance and confidence with burpees (which is why I have them do it so often) and have been able to learn and conquer so many other exercises as a result. There are hundreds of burpee varieties, many which we use as a foundational exercise for all of our classes. To come take the burpee challenge visit us Monday through Thursday for our 6am Bootcamp or our 6pm Training Camp.
Happy Training,
Coach Nyjah
P.s Dont forget to mark your calenders for the MAFA community day on Saturday, August 6th from 9am until 2pm. Enjoy Free self defense classes, fitness bootcamps, express yoga and specials on yearly memberships. See you there.
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