ONE WORD SERVES as a shorthand for punishment and pain for exercisers across gyms and many fitness disciplines. When a trainer says the word, you'll know that your workout will likely leave you ...

Burpees are often a move that garners grunts and groans during training sessions — and there’s a reason why people dread them. The exercise combines a series of workout moves, including the squat, ...

Nothing incites a class-wide groan quite like a trainer announcing that it’s time for burpees. The move requires you to work your core, upper body, and lower body at the same time, all while moving at ...

Just as we eat certain healthy foods even when they’re not our favorites, the same applies to workouts—we do them because we know they're good for us. And when we think of not-so-enjoyable exercises, ...

Before we answer the question of should you do burpees every day, let's have a quick (promise!) history lesson. Exercise physiologist Royal Burpee coined the move back in the late 1930s. In an ...

In what might just be the wildest fitness news ever, trainers apparently hate burpees just as much as you do. Here, three share burpee modifications. I try to refrain from groaning aloud in group ...

Burpees are common in workouts, but most people can't do them safely, a celebrity trainer told Insider. Patrick Murphy, who trained Zac Efron for "Baywatch," said he never programs them. They were ...