Something I’m not shy about: how much burpees suck. You’re gonna get a lot of people saying that they’re the ultimate full-body workout. Let’s get real: they’re the ultimate full-body destroyer. Yeah, they increase your heart rate and work up a sweat. But what’s going on behind the scenes is a high-impact movement that’s rough on your knees, wrist, shoulders, and spine when you don’t have the form down pat (which is a lot of people because it’s multiple core-reliant movements

Exercise selection gets overcomplicated fast. A lot of people treat exercise selection like the Konami Code of training. There's not an exact combination of movements to unlock perfect programming. But that doesn’t mean you just throw random exercises together and hope for the best either. The truth about exercise selection is pretty straightforward. Every exercise you pick should do one of a few things well. Build strength in a movement pattern, target a weak area, or suppor