Quote from Hymix on September 13, 2023, 4:36 am

Quote from blobby on September 12, 2023, 1:27 pm

Hello I’m Derek and I’m about to start burping

Burping is exactly what my kids thought I was saying!

Quote from stergioulisg on September 13, 2023, 7:20 am

Quote from Hymix on September 13, 2023, 4:34 am

Welcome, Yannis, and good luck!  I'm just a week and a few workouts ahead of you!  It's not easy but I felt good after each workout!

 

Edit: Sorry, that was supposed to be a direct reply, didn't notice the quote button, sorry!

Thank you Hymix! I am not even at my first week yet but... will get there soon I believe! Yeah, the nice part is always after the excercise !!

 

Can you suggest a complete begginers week schedule? How do you break those 80 minutes through the week? My issue is that I don't think I can utilize my weekends for excercise.

I am thinking something like Monday 20 min movement1 / Wednesday 20 min movement 2 / Friday 40 min both / Weekend rest

Is there a topic relative to my question where I can follow up?

 

All the best,

Yannis

Quote from MrGetRight on September 25, 2023, 2:23 am

Quote from jiminAZ on April 5, 2023, 7:32 pm

Hi everyone,

Jim in AZ, USA here.  56 and working on losing weight and getting in shape.  Have lost 50# with 50# to go. Tested in to level 1A with 8 burpees and 3 navy seals.  Looking forward to the program.

 

Can someone tell me how max keep track of the counts?  looks like he touches his watch every rep.

 

Thanks

Hi, jiminAZ I can't tell you how Max keeps track of the counts.  I just know that I have a hard time remembering the count as I start to get fatigued at the 15 minute or so mark.  What I do is I only count to five and make a quick line on an index card after every five reps.

Quote from Hymix on September 26, 2023, 11:06 pm

Quote from stergioulisg on September 13, 2023, 7:20 am

 

Thank you Hymix! I am not even at my first week yet but... will get there soon I believe! Yeah, the nice part is always after the excercise !!

 

Can you suggest a complete begginers week schedule? How do you break those 80 minutes through the week? My issue is that I don't think I can utilize my weekends for excercise.

I am thinking something like Monday 20 min movement1 / Wednesday 20 min movement 2 / Friday 40 min both / Weekend rest

Is there a topic relative to my question where I can follow up?

 

All the best,

Yannis

If you can't do weekends then maybe Monday and Tuesday work out, Wednesday rest, Thursday and Friday work out. So say, 6 counts Mon and Thursday and Navy reps Tuesday and Friday?

Quote from Hymix on September 26, 2023, 11:16 pm

Quote from stergioulisg on September 13, 2023, 7:20 am

 

Thank you Hymix! I am not even at my first week yet but... will get there soon I believe! Yeah, the nice part is always after the excercise !!

 

Can you suggest a complete begginers week schedule? How do you break those 80 minutes through the week? My issue is that I don't think I can utilize my weekends for excercise.

I am thinking something like Monday 20 min movement1 / Wednesday 20 min movement 2 / Friday 40 min both / Weekend rest

Is there a topic relative to my question where I can follow up?

 

All the best,

Yannis

If you can't do weekends then maybe Monday and Tuesday work out, Wednesday rest, Thursday and Friday work out. So say, 6 counts Mon and Thursday and Navy reps Tuesday and Friday?

Quote from markb on September 30, 2023, 10:57 pm

Hi, I am 56 yo male. I was relatively fit without having to do much, right up until I hit 50. After that I noticed my energy get naturally less, but my willingness and desire to exercise also get less.

By the end of COVID I managed to put on over 3 kilos and my belly now shows it. I have a dad bod.

I have since been trying to shift it using diet methods, but nothing works and everyone claims expertise but I don't think anyone really knows.

I dont have interest in going to gyms any more. I used to do martial arts, meditation, and yoga, but dont really feel the urge to do them so much either. I am basically kinda lazy, I'll admit, but to be honest at 56 I don't mind that. But I dont like the extra 3 kilos I cant seem to shift and need to get that sorted out.

I found I can throw in exercises while working, grabbing moments here and there in the day, and that suits my style at this age.  So I have started looking at that and found this site and the approach really appeals to me, so I thought I would join.

Quote from Leoncon8 on October 4, 2023, 3:37 pm

Hi, I'm Leon.  50 years old.  Used to lift weights a lot, but not for the past 15 years or so.  Do a little (very little) BJJ now.  Have some shoulder injury, but hopefully can delicately train around/past it.  I was SO GLAD to see that I ranked as a 1A when I started ("Hey I can do one '6 count' and one 'Navy Seal' in 20 minutes!")

Looking for a little beginners advice - if there is an FAQ or such.

Found the videos and here has been my workout for the last couple of weeks:

- 10 min of morning yoga (on youtube)
- Watch Max's '6 count military burpee' tutorial - start to do it along with him.  Yesterday I stopped, winded at 14 reps.
- Wait to catch breath / heart rate slow down.
- Watch Max's 'Navy Seal Burpee' turtorial - start to do it along with him.  Yesterday stopped winded at 6 reps.

So I've re-read and will do just the '6 count' today for 20 minutes.

Questions:
1) Anybody have a good cadence for work days / rest days to get 4 in a week?  (You can do any number of permutations, but what is intended?  Why 4, and not 3 or 5?)
2a) For my 20 minutes, should I just do as many as I can then stop for the remainder of the 20 minutes, incrementally moving up in fitness, gradually filling more and more of the 20 minutes?
2b) Or should I do as many as I can, jamming in as many as possible in 20 minutes?  (Do x reps until tired, rest, as soon as able do y more reps, rest, do z more reps til tired, etc.)

Thanks all!

PS - Just did 76 6-counts in 20 minutes starting/stopping/starting, so I may have answered my own question, but would appreciate any experienced insight.

Quote from Nick Cooper on October 22, 2023, 8:24 pm

Hey everyone. Nick from the USA here. Long time Iron Wolf devotee. Happy to join this community. Tomorrow I start the week at level 1D.

Quote from Al on November 15, 2023, 9:49 am

Hi all, Al here. Like a lot of you all I became a burpee fanatic a few years ago being introduced to Iron Wolf. I used to train with a bunch of different methods but, being a busy dad and with my new schedule next year, I definitely need to trim things down. I was using the BDT standards before with my navy seals and 8 count bodybuilders (instead of 6 counts, as I like them more), I was working on Level 2 for both before a work injury set me back. Now I'm mostly over it and looking to get back into it.