100 Day Burpee Challenge: Week 1 Check-in

On January 10, 2012 at 5:30 pm in Reader Challenge

You’ve survived week one, my fellow Burpee Challengers! Are y’all still going strong? I have a confession to make: I’ve had to make up a day already. It was Saturday, my Day 7, and I found myself with a tooth/gum issue that warranted a visit to one of the many urgent care facilities in my area. But as much as it kicked my butt to do so, I made them up on Sunday, my Day 8 (a steady stream of pain medication may have aided in that).

What have your challenges been this week? Are you incorporating your burpees into your daily routine, or just doing them when you find time? Are you finding the movement itself any easier? Any tricks that you want to let us know about?

Let us know your triumphs and tribulations in the comments and I’ll see you next week!

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27 responses to 100 Day Burpee Challenge: Week 1 Check-in

CorinaDee said on January 16, 2012 at 4:25 am

What happens if we miss more than one day in a row? Do I have to do double the factorial? I had some trouble these last couple days (have been dealing with depression and just getting out bed on Saturday and Sunday was pretty much a success), but I don’t want to cheat in order to get back into it.
[E] pileofmonkeys said on January 14, 2012 at 10:15 am

OK, Day 12 is done, but I’m having a bit of a challenge. Maybe someone can help me (paging @queSarahSarah): I’m doing about half modified push-ups, and as I mentioned, walking back to plank instead of jumping. But the movement I’m having the most trouble with is plank-to-squat. I find myself rocking back a bit (almost like a very slight Child’s Pose, if that makes sense?) so I can get back up from the plank. Any ideas? Am I just not capable of doing a proper Burpee?
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 14, 2012 at 10:23 am
  
  I struggle with this as well. I’ve been told that if you need to, you can bring your legs back to center one at a time. Does that help at all?
  - [E] pileofmonkeys said on January 14, 2012 at 10:30 am
    
    I just tried it, and it definitely helps. Does this mean I’m one ahead for tomorrow? (Don’t answer that; I already know what you’re going to say.)
  - [E] pileofmonkeys said on January 15, 2012 at 4:16 pm
    
    My friend made me a video of some modifications. I’ll forward it to you.
Fleursdelysa said on January 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm

I am hopping on the burpee bandwagon very late but posting here for accountability. So I can’t tell myself in a week that I’m not really doing the challenge, it’s fine if I stop, blah blah blah. There will be none of that namby-pamby copping out, I say. None!
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 13, 2012 at 6:47 pm
  
  There will be no namby-pambynrss here!!!
Crystal Coleman said on January 12, 2012 at 11:09 am

I failed miserably after Day Four. I’m calling a do-over and starting again tonight.
[E] pileofmonkeys said on January 11, 2012 at 7:14 am

Also, this post is tagged “fitness can be fun!”? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 12, 2012 at 10:51 am
  
  I tagged it like that mostly for kicks. To see who would respond that this was most certainly not fun. Because burpees aren’t really fun. They’re fairly awful, I’ll be the first to admit that. There are pages and pages of items on CafePress that say nothing but “Burpees Suck.” Don’t be surprised if you see one on your doorstep someday.
sequined said on January 11, 2012 at 2:31 am

I did 10 today (I started at 3 on the 3rd, for countability). I don’t stress when I get tired/my form gets bad, because every day I’ll have more chances to do them! I’m not sure how I’m going to manage, time-wise, after like… 15. We’ll see!
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 12, 2012 at 10:47 am
  
  I’m on 12 today, and I agree, once I get to 15 or maybe push it to 20, I’m going to need to break it up. But that’s the awesome thing about this… you can do it throughout the day!
marthamydear said on January 11, 2012 at 12:02 am

Thread for people who haven’t started yet begins here! *raises hand*
- [M] QoB said on January 11, 2012 at 8:06 am
  
  *raises hand* I did one, and then my gammy foot staged a (hopefully unrelated) protest. Will try again this evening…
- Kiisu said on January 11, 2012 at 1:01 pm
  
  *raises hand* I can’t watch the instructional video at work and keep forgetting to do it when I get home. This may or may not be a subconscious defense mechanism.
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 12, 2012 at 10:45 am
  
  It’s never too late to start!
CorinaDee said on January 10, 2012 at 7:16 pm

I feel myself adjusting to working out again, which I’m enjoying. It makes me happier. I’m on Day 8, so far no hiccups. Since I’m super busy, I’ve found myself at a quarter to midnight, jamming in the burpees. I need to work on my push-ups since I find as I approach the end of the set, I tend to arch my back instead of pushing straight up. I also need to work on the height of my jumps; I barely make it an inch even when I’m trying hard. No basketball for me.

I’m enjoying this though!
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 10, 2012 at 8:37 pm
  
  I’ve had a night or two that right before I was going to bed, I was like, “Oh, shit! I forgot my burpees!” And then proceeded to do them. I try to do them in the mornings, but there are days that getting up just to go to work is a challenge, and that extra few minutes just isn’t happening.
  - [E] pileofmonkeys said on January 10, 2012 at 9:02 pm
    
    I do them while my coffee is brewing, before I have time to realize what’s going on. This method will only last me another week or so, though. After that, I’m going to have to break them up into sets.
[E] pileofmonkeys said on January 10, 2012 at 6:43 pm

DAY EIGHT AND I’M NOT EVEN CHEATING! FOR REAL!!!

I hardly would have thought it possible, and I’m really not looking forward to anything past day 25 or so. Every part of me hurts.
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 10, 2012 at 8:33 pm
  
  I’m so proud of you!
deuteragonist said on January 10, 2012 at 6:12 pm

I have had to make up a day because of total laziness.

I also need to go more slowly and have better form. I keep kicking my legs out one before the other sort of half-heartedly.
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 10, 2012 at 8:39 pm
  
  I have to work on bringing my legs back up at the same time. I kick them out with such gusto and I can’t seem to bring them back in as well.
  - [E] pileofmonkeys said on January 11, 2012 at 7:17 am
    
    I have bad knees, so I’ve had to walk (rather than jump) back to the plank, and my jump at the end is really low, which I guess is kind of cheating, but I checked with a few fitness-type people, and they said it was still valid, as long as my form for everything was good.
[M] freckle said on January 10, 2012 at 5:41 pm

As I said in OT, I’m not yet in complete control of the movement. And I’m only on three, because I started yesterday. It makes me laugh very much, though.
- [E]queSarahSarah said on January 10, 2012 at 8:47 pm
  
  It’s a ridiculous movement! I do them in another room b/c I feel silly doing them in front of my fiance. The people at my gym make it look so easy and seamless.
  - [M] freckle said on January 11, 2012 at 8:05 am
    
    I’m definitely not showing it to anyone else. Until I’m at a hundred. If I get there before the end of the year.