Parkour/Exercises/The Burpee

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The Burpee is rumored to have developed in maximum security prisons. In such facilities, inmates are not allowed exercise equipment, so the burpee was developed by the prisoners to keep themselves in good physical condition.

To perform a burpee:

1. Stand in a normal position, hands at your sides.

2. Hop your feet backwards, and fall forwards into a push-up position.

3. Perform a push-up

4. At the highest extent of the push-up, hop your feet back towards your hands.

5. Explode upwards in a jump with your legs powering you. Clap your hands together over your head at the highest extent of your jump.