Burpees and the Art of Pool Maintenance: Joe DeSena at TEDxBeaconStreet

Joe De Sena, founder of Spartan Race, an international obstacle racing series uniquely designed to test your mental and emotional fitness and push you past your limits, shares his unique approach to personal fitness and introduces you to the exercise athletes everywhere love to hate.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

[VijayGupta-wwsc]

Thank you Joe. Your book Mental Toughness for families has been just what I needed!

[TheHardWayJDS]

It's one simple way to get an overall workout with no equipment and no cost. It's also one simple way to set your perspective for the day ... everything else looks easy after burpees.

[vandero.]

"...and much to my surprise...I killed him"😂😂😂

[kevinmclellan]

Burpees are for real bro, try his challenge it won't fail you

[ShreeBAD]

Burpees do suck! I respect him even more now because he said it!

[brienshamp]

I do agree that Burpees are the best overall exercise and almost anyone can do it.

[taylor.overmiller]

I agree that the burpee is a great exercise movement, though the swimming pool comparisons get hazy, especially since healthy food would make the pool turn green even faster...

[BurksArribaRunningAwareness]

Determination Proprioception Consistency AROO Teamwork Determinacion

[JoshuaCherwinski]

I hope this is true, I just finished my 2nd day. I will finish the 60 days by the Vermont Beast

[josephgerard]

Bu-p-e is such an unattractive word. We called them, and our football coaches all called them "squat thrusts, " and we did them a lot! jg

[vegancityfit]

Most bro-scientific Ted Talk I've listened to yet

[johncastillo]

I love doing burpees they do burn after a while

[draffet]

i like burpees and their cheap cousin the squat thrust.

[rharnevious]

I'm about 30 of the views on this video 😂😂😂😂

[fasterforward]

Silliness. Burpees are good. But they don't make big muscles that the Big Evil has/had. They combine the pretty much best exercise which is a pushup, with a half ass jump squat. And if you do them vigorously you get a cardio workout. Cool, but not going to make you run like the wind and has little to do with the dietary collection in your body, or your pool. But if this helps anybody get active, then great.

[oldnatty]

Should be required to at least attempt all obstacles.

[abeltoomowlawncarecompany]

A lockdown in a prison cell that's all you got to do is burpees

[JSmooth]

Fake, what he doesn't tell is that Big Evil also does other muscle building exercises.