...aka "reverse burpees" or "bodyweight pop-ups". Effectiveness? :think (versus drawbacks or risks) They've gained a lot of traction in HIIT circles, and have been touted as one that is directly applicable to and beneficial for a boxer's workout. Floyd Mayweather Jr., for example, incorporates something much like them into his usual gym routine. Just another mythicized fad that does more harm than good (or that yields results you can more efficiently or safely get from something else) or is there something of value here?
Never heard of em'. Video? ((scratch that, I just googled it)) Ever make up an exercise and then realize someone's already invented it? Well, I've been doing these for my boxing classes for the past month or so, and i've been calling them "roll-back jump-ups" - lol. My opinion....they ain't gonna do much. I do them in a series of exercises in escalating difficulty - and these are pretty early on, meaning they're quite easy. Probably because there's too much use of momentum. Unlike regular burpees which constantly changes the direction. I guess you're wondering why then, I do them in a class? Because most folks in a boxercise class are of average fitness and so I have to break up the harder exercises with easier ones, or else people will have heart attacks and stop paying. Plus like I said, I start with easier stuff before moving on to harder ones. I can't imagine serious boxers doing this. It ain't no wall-sits, that's for sure.
Well, I've seen a few different variations on exercises called by this name. They vary from this very momentum-based rocking-chair motion (here combined with "wall-balls"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_RqyQc1KXI ...to a more controlled version, essentially transitioning from an egg roll to standing up vertically in a slow & controlled manner using nothing but your legs to hoist your body-weight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXD69lc1OTY&feature=player_detailpage#t=34 I've seen both of the above practiced in gyms, along with a more common related exercise (not sure if there is a standardized name for it, probably called by a different 'nickname' in every gym) where a spotter holds your feet down while you go from lying flat to standing up vertically over and over: So yeah, the version in the uppermost video is probably something you could get away with saddling a class of nonathletic beginners or laypeople with. ...but obviously at least a few 'serious' boxers (including one rated by many as the best & hardest working active today) do find something useful in the basic mechanics of the exercise. :think
