Keg Burpee Training

November 5, 2008 on 7:28 pm | In Strength Training | No Comments

“Keg Burpees” are not something our of a college party. A regular burpee is a squat thrust, push-up, and vertical jump in a quick fashion. We have incorporated an empty keg clean and press instead of the vertical jump for a few reasons.

- 1. When the athletes are rep racing, they can cheat on their vertical jump and not get the most out of it.
- 2. When rushing the vertical jump, deceleration is often compromised.

Normal burpees are a great conditioning tool, but for rep racing (repetition racing, completing the exercise as fast as possible) the keg burpees have come in handy. With the 5 athletes there for this session, we finished our normal training day with a keg burpee tournament. They really pushed themselves and finished strong!

Synergy Athletics – KEG BURPEES

- J. HASHEY, CSCS –