The Burpee
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the exercise was named in the 1930s for American physiologist Royal H. Burpee, who developed the Burpee test. He earned a PhD in Applied Physiology from Columbia University in 1940 and created the "Burpee" exercise as part of his PhD thesis as a quick and simple way to assess fitness. The exercise was popularized when the United States Armed Services adopted it as a way to assess the fitness level of recruits when the US entered WWII. Consisting of a series of the exercises performed in rapid succession, the test was meant to be a quick measure of agility, coordination and strength.
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JonnyLCash 12 years, 9 months ago
Correction. Those things were actually invented by the Devil.
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BenEspen 12 years, 9 months ago
Too true, sir.
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hokies9402 12 years, 9 months ago
love the burpee...so effective and so easy/hard to do
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