The 3-Minute Burpee Test: A Minimalistic Alternative to the Conventional Estimated Oxygen Uptake [VO2max] Test

[eyebrowup]

@ctay6318 Oh that is where the name comes from. learn something new.

 

[kns87111]

@ctay6318 Do you jump into and out of plank, or do you step?

 

[ctay6318]

@kns87111 The man is long dead and the only copy of his original exercise is sitting on a shelf of his grand daughter home, so we have to guess. But I wager it's to measure heart rate change and return to baseline so you should do it as fast as you could, in this case squat thrust and do frog leap out of plank.

 

[fbgah]

@ctay6318

the only copy of his original exercise is sitting on a shelf of his grand daughter home

Seriously!!??

 

[ctay6318]

@fbgah According to her his original thesis and the only copy is in her possession. He wrote another book though.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20...l-story-behind-exercise-you-love-hate-burpee/

 

[fbgah]

@ctay6318

The lone remaining copy of his published thesis, which details how and why he devised the unique and powerful combination of movements, sits on a shelf at Generations Fitness, my health and fitness studio.

And she hasn't scanned it and put it online. smh

 

[butler]

@justabirdwatcher They state in the article

Although the burpee is essentially a push-up and jump-up exercise in a series of movements, it was excluded for three reasons: first, as a result of a 3MBT in a preliminary experiment, a number of push-ups could not be performed due to differences in the push-up technique (upper limb lowering) or after a number of times The second reason was that the jump height of the jump-up was not specified and there were large individual differences, and the third reason was to make the method consistent with the methods of previous studies

 

[projecthomecoming]

@justabirdwatcher I’d argue a burpee doesn’t need a jump. A navy seal burpee doesn’t have it.

 

[meganrijkers]

@projecthomecoming Facts, the busydad rotation of the 6 count on 1 day, rest, 10 count navy on day 3, rest, rinse repeat; is gnarly.

I've more than doubled my navy seal count over the past month. It's noob gains, but they have me thrilled.

 

[susannah63]

@meganrijkers Can you please explain or translate to layman

 

[paedoinneed]

@susannah63 https://busydadtraining.com/the-two-sacred-movements/

 

[meganrijkers]

@susannah63 The person who responded earlier to you with the link is correct, that's the spot.

 

[myfaithislost]

@fbgah Where do I compare my results?

I was able to complete 52. I then multiplied by .2 and then added 36 and got 46.4. where does my weight, height and age come into play?

Hope to get a response as I want to know where I'm at.

 

[fbgah]

@myfaithislost You could just trace up from 52 on the chart (Fig 4) to get a VO2max estimate on the vertical axis, then use a VO2max ranker.

But it may not be v accurate if you're over about 1.75m tall or ~70kg (see 'edit' in OP).

 

[myfaithislost]

@fbgah Ah man I'm over it!

The page isn't there weirdly enough. I tried googling a random chart but don't know how reliable it is. I appreciate the effort you put into this so I wanna see where I rank

 

[fbgah]

@myfaithislost

Ah man I'm over it!

They're not hard limits, but the research subjects (Japanese students) were mostly quite small/slight.

idk what's wrong with that link, but if you google 'v02ma ranker' you'll find some alternatives.

 

[myfaithislost]

@fbgah so I'm guess I'm around the 75th percentile? thought height and weight would be different being I'm over 200lbs

Im concerned on my health really.

 

[fbgah]

@myfaithislost Probably above 75th; this method likely underestimates for larger, heavier people...

 

[myfaithislost]

@fbgah I am a heavy boy but active for sure. Thank you. Guess I'll make burpees a part of my routine

 

[fbgah]

@myfaithislost

I am a heavy boy

Well the research subjects weren't huge....

Guess I'll make burpees a part of my routine

They're just another option, but pretty versatile. Some people find they cause lower back pain tho, so take care