For fitness enthusiasts who need a little cardio variety, HIIT (or high-intensity interval training) has long been a popular ...

From the squat, jump up, pushing off the floor to extend your legs and reaching your arms overhead. Land softly with your knees bent. That's one rep. To make the burpee exercise a low-impact move ...

But Metzl said that extreme exertion—i.e. burpees—release endorphins, which give us the boost we need to get through our day.

Discover why one high-impact exercise can worsen knee pain for retirees and explore joint-friendly alternatives that keep you ...

Jump your feet forward, in-between the dumbbells, and use your legs to stand up, performing a deadlift, holding a dumbbell in ...

Low-impact exercises are effective and are less stressful on the body ... TAKE IT EASY: Start the move standing in front of a chair; sit down instead of squatting. Stand with feet together and hands ...

Alone, each of these moves works a set group of muscles, but when strung together in one-minute intervals and broken into sets, they become a whole-body workout ... low back pain. Bodyweight Split ...

Can’t or don’t want to jump? It’s more than possible to still get a high-impact workout without putting your knees under too much pressure, as four PTs explain. A few years ago, my favourite ...

Burpees are a great bodyweight exercise that double up as cardio and strength training. But, we wouldn’t judge if they were enough to put you off a HIIT workout, as they’re not exactly the ...

As Dreiss notes, burpees are basically a combination of three individual strength moves: a plank, a push-up, and a squat. And within those three exercises, multiple muscles are activated.

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 ...