Burpees- The ultimate complete body exercise to lose weight

Here's a step-by-step guide to do burpees the right way. So, get cracking on it!

By: Tania Tarafdar | | Updated: March 3, 2016 10:56 am

If you are looking for that one exercise that will blast fat from your entire body, we have good news for you. Burpees is very effective to help you lose weight from entire body Not only will this move tone your shoulders, arms, abdomen, hips buttocks and legs but will also increase your heart rate and helping you burn a lot of calories. Burpees is also a strength training exercise and is perfect for improving your upper and lower body strength. Also, try these 5 best strength training exercises for weight loss. All you need to do is to squat, plank, push-up, jump and repeat. However, make sure that you do a few warm up stretches so that you do not injure yourself. Try these stretching exercises to improve your flexibility. To ensure that you have a proper form and order of moves, here s a step-by-step guide to performing burpees right. Also Read - Should you strength train or do cardio first while working out? (Query)

Stand with your spine erect and keep your hands by the sides of your body.

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Then lower your body into a squat keeping your hands on the floor.

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Next, jump step your feet back to get into a plank position.

Bend your elbows and perform one basic push-up and then get back to a plank.

Then jump back forward into a plank and come into a squat.

Then raise your hands towards the ceiling and jump straight up. Try to get as high as you can.

This completes one round of burpees. Begin with ten rounds and once you master, you can work up to 20 rounds. You can increase your pace to burn more calories. So, how many burpees do you think you can do in a minute? Image source: Shutterstock Images

Published : March 2, 2016 6:32 pm | Updated:March 3, 2016 10:56 am

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