The Calories Burned With Burpees

It's a funny name for an exercise, but burpees are anything but funny in action. Burpees, a combination of a squat, pushup, a second squat, a leap in the air, then repeated, pack a punch because they require extreme effort to complete. You will burn calories, but you may not be able to sustain your burpee repetitions for long.

Calories

Vigorous calisthenics such as pushups, sit-ups and burpees burn 563 calories an hour for a 155 lb. person. The burn is 472 for someone weighing 130 lbs., 645 for someone at 180 lbs. and 745 for someone who weighs 205 lbs., notes the online site NutriStrategy.

Time Frame

Even a well-conditioned athlete may have difficulty completing more than two sets of 10 burpees over the course of a single minute. A minute of burpees is a more realistic goal than an hour, and would burn around 10 calories for someone in the 155-lb. weight range.

Considerations

The amount of calories burned depends not only on weight, as more weight requires more energy to move, but on the intensity of the activity, your metabolism and conditioning level.

References

• NutriStrategy: Calories Burned During Exercise, Activities, Sports and Work
• The Cheapest, Hardest, Baddest, Most Manly Exercise Nobody Ever Does
• FitClick: Bodyrock Fitness Boot Camp Workout I: Burpees