Comments on: 100 Burpee Challenge at 281 Lbs in 20 Minutes

By: MM

MM — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:09:34 +0000

As a man of 146 lbs (a scrawny, deceivingly fit 5’10″ man), I’ve gotta say, I’m pretty impressed. I started doing burpees yesterday as an interesting way to work out and get my cardio up, and they kicked me square in the ass. I did 10x9x8x7x6x5 with minor rests in between and felt like jello in between sets… and I’m hurting today.

I don’t think 100 is happening for me.

By: al

al — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:45:45 +0000

first of all good job to all those who are taking on this journey to better yourself and your health. i found that burpees are an incredible workout. I currently do them 3x a week. I started by doing 4 sets of 25 till i gradually removed sets and now reached the 100 mark. i have now switched things up a bit to continue to push myself. what i do now is run at 6mph and 6 incline for 15 min (on a treadmill). I then stop and do 20 burpees. I do 4 sets of these, i have to say i had to find every inch in my will-power to keep myself going. But this is an explosive exercise that will turn yourself into a calorie burning machine and will give you a complete body work out. the other days i do weight training with focusing on two body parts on each day.

By: Dennis Blair

Dennis Blair — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:56:30 +0000

Wow. That’s insane. Good job!

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:21:01 +0000

Oh man, this rings a few distressing bells…
“Takes me back to one day in high school when our football coach had us running plays with out a water break for hours.”
And you say…
“Obese individuals like myself should be very careful when performing such strenuous exercise.”
But, you do have a base in some form of exercise.
You know what it is to push past the pain barrier.
Still, you’re crazy.

By: Fadhli

Fadhli — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:52:21 +0000

Haha.. Your such an inpirations. I got to challenge u on this man.. I’ll start training tonight..

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:06:31 +0000

It was only a couple of months. I’ve since laid off of them, but started back up and did 50 a week or so ago. Working back up to 100.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:08:12 +0000

Wow, that would absolutely kill me! How long did you have to train until you could do 100?

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:13:14 +0000

Thanks David, Wait until you see me with less weight on doing my burpees.

By: David

David — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:49:18 +0000

I am a personal trainer and a gym owner and I see about 35 different clients a week and I have never seen a man of your size complete that many burpees. You must be or have been an athlete because that is very impressive!!! I also agree with you that burpees are a great exercise because they test your strength and stammina. At our gym burpees are a staple of our personal training. Again great job with the burpees Israel.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:54:50 +0000

Your INSANE! : ) WTG!! Talk about a warrior!

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:36:15 +0000

Ian, that isn’t anything. I’m working to 100 wih perfect form.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:41:01 +0000

Israel-

I just ran into your site, looks like you are crushing it!

Burpees are rough. Then I imagine trying to do them with an extra 80 lbs on me.

Respect to you, my friend.

I remember feeling pretty cocky after I cranked out 50 burpees in a row, pretty fast. Then I discovered that a 50 something year old woman had SMOKED my time!

Now I see that a 280 pound dude is cranking out 100, no problem.

Right on!

Thanks for the inspiration,

Ian

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:13:44 +0000

Can you elaborate on the loosing muscle comment?

I am on a mission to get to ~70 burpees and then do them for time. Currently at 48 burpees in a row, and I am increasing them by one daily. I found a trainers site that said get to 100 and do them for time, but honestly I don’t think I will get to 100 a day, due to time, (both excersise and cooldown time!).

I am 245, 5′-10″, and my goal is to get to sub 200′s, or ideally to 170′s, but small goals at first.

Keeep at it!

By: Vince

Vince — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:00:21 +0000

nice work man, burpees are a bitch

By: Dean Chandler

Dean Chandler — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:37:37 +0000

Israel, you are an animal! I’m 6′, 200 lbs. just did 10 and i’m already huffing and puffing. Keep it up my man… you’ll shed the rest of that weight in no time!

By: Almond Best

Almond Best — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:46:14 +0000

Awesome! Quite a challenging workout. Thanks for sharing.

By: Kevin Pavilonis

Kevin Pavilonis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:29:37 +0000

Nice job with those!! Man those things kill you, I consider myself to be pretty fit but I have never tried to do that many, I know how just 20 feel! Keep up the good work.

By: Craig74

Craig74 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:00:54 +0000

Man that’s a little hard to watch. Inspirational yes, but still hard to watch. Burpees are tough at any weight but I can only imagine how hard they must be for you. It’s all about progression though. Try adding a jump at the top or reduce your time.

By: Matt SF

Matt SF — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:17:58 +0000

Excellent work man! And you’re right, when I first added burpees into my workout, I thought about high school football… wind sprints to be specific.

I like to do a descending set starting at 10 burpees, rest 60 seconds, 9 burpees, rest 60 seconds, 8, rest 60, and so on.

The cool thing is that it’s a forced cool down at the end so you’re ready to move on to other things.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:04:46 +0000

wow! i just watched your video. I think im going to try that tomorrow. I doubt i will get through it though. I think i could probably do about 20 or 30 then fall over!!

how often do you do it? once a week? once a month ?

By: Wai Bahai

Wai Bahai — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:38:46 +0000

I agree with your opinion about the mind and body control is very important penting.Yang of doing things should be warming and regular practice and focus.

By: PARTHA PRATIM CHOWDHURY

PARTHA PRATIM CHOWDHURY — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:16:12 +0000

YOU HAVE DONE A MONSTROUS JOB .IT IS REALLY ASTONISHING
TO WATCH THE VIDEO.I WILL SUGGEST MY FRIENDS TO WATCH THE VIDEO AND DO BURPEE AS YOU DID.

By: Prosperity Red

Prosperity Red — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:17:06 +0000

Awesome! Congratulations! I got tired watching you. I do the Hindu squats and you do a lot more than I do. I’ll have to try your version for more cardio.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:18:59 +0000

I love and hate burpees… took me a while to work on my form.

By: Coop

Coop — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:01:29 +0000

Israel,
You are a better man than me. I dread burpees, and to see that you were on a burpee kick, wow.
Keep at it,
Coop