Take any object that you can press above your head (Dumbells, barbell, weight plate, sandbag, rock... You get the idea) around twenty times. Place it on the floor and start a stopwatch, here's the specifics...
1) Perform a burpee with your hands on the object, concentrate on your form, the bottom end should look like a neat, controlled press up, not a WWE body slam or a six year old belly flopping into a swimming pool.
2) Stand up, and use some leg and hip drive to lift the object onto your chest (if it's a barbell or dumbells it should look like a straight power clean).
3) Press the weight above head under control but explosively. Return the object to the floor, this is one rep.
On the first minute (or zero on the stopwatch) perform one. This is it, rest for the remainder of the minute, as soon as the watch hits a new minute, perform TWO reps and rest for the remainder of the minute.
Repeat this all the way up the ladder, adding one more rep every minute until you can't get them all in within 60secs.
15 minutes worth is a good aim.
If you're feeling particularly fit or borderline suicidal, try skipping for the remainder of the minute, I've personally hit twenty minutes like this and I had to go to a very special headspace to maintain that intensity, ultimately though, it's always worth it.
Massively simple, but incredibly difficult.
The calorie burn and post exercise oxygen consumption on this one is huge, if you aim to get to the next rung of the ladder every time you perform this, it's a sure fire indicator that your conditioning and fitness is improving.
Throw this in as a finisher three-four times weekly to have a big impact on your calorie burn for the week, or just as a standalone that you can perform any where, for a bit of a cardiovascular hit.
Give this a try and let me know how you get on, I'll get a video up ASAP!
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