Shawn Arent, the director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at Rutgers University and a fellow at the American College of Sports Medicine, demonstrates the proper form for the burpee.

Try to take your hands away as you progress. The reverse burpee uses an entirely different technique than standard burpees ...

If there’s a workout that requires just your bodyweight and promises to burn a lot of calories there’s a 99% chance it’ll consist of burpees. Why? Because—whether we like it or not— the ...