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The burpee is a full body exercise used in strength training and as an aerobic exercise. The basic movement is performed in four steps and known as a "four-count burpee": # Begin in a standing position. # Drop into a squat position with your hands on the ground. (count 1) # Kick your feet back, while keeping your arms extended. (count 2) # Immediately return your feet to the squat position. (count 3) # Jump up from the squat position (count 4) ==Origin== According to Oxford Dictionaries Online, the exercise was named in the 1930s for American physiologist Royal H. Burpee, who developed the ''burpee test''. He earned a PhD in applied physiology from Columbia University in 1940 and created the "burpee" exercise as part of his PhD thesis as a quick and simple way to assess fitness. The exercise was popularized when the United States Armed Services adopted it as a way to assess the fitness level of recruits when the US entered WWII. Consisting of a series of the exercises performed in rapid succession, the test was meant to be a quick measure of agility, coordination and strength. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burpee (exercise)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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