Exercise Of the Day- Burpee Chin Up

The Burpee Chin Up is an exercise that combines a push up, explosive jump, and a chin up. This whole body movement is an excellent exercise that can be placed in a program in various stages depending on what you want your athlete to develop in that particular stage of his or her program. In the early stages of a program one can perform a higher number of repetitions and thus a conditioning effect is the outcome of enduring numerous repetitions of this wonderful exercise. If an over abundance of repetitions is not your thing and you are looking to build some explosiveness into your work out regimen, then lower repetitions with more power and quickness can be performed. This exercise is great for working the larger muscles in the chest, back, and the legs. Also with any exercise the synergy of applying a tight abdomen will help the athlete perform a proper push up and chin up! I hope that if you have not performed this exercise before you will give it a try, if you feel it is too advanced for you try using a bosu ball to jump off of. As I finish my blog I would like to say the burpee chin up is like walking along your favorite beach, while the warm wind is blowing through your hair and the sun is shining in your face!