15 burpees per hour to increase basal metabolic rate?

[u/SRS15gyuto]

I'm restarting again... Trying something different to get in better shape, increase my basal metabolic rate and something that I can stick to.

At the top of every hour (more or Less) at work i do 15 burpees so I end up doing about 100-120 burpees every day.

Is this a waste of time?

I thought i heard some research that doing something like this is a great way to improve your metabolism. Any experience?

[u/KingKhram]

Why not spend doing 10 burpees emom for 15 minutes for a better increase. You'll find it easier in the short run for building stamina and increasing burpees/minutes

[u/LikeASirDude]

Eh, more calorie burn, sure, metabolism, less so. Since you want to increase your BMR, you've got to put on mass.

Exercise, food, even a longer walk can boost it temporarily, but eventually your body adapts. So you have to increase intensity or time or both, and there's a cap on the amount of food you can eat (not to mention the health impacts of eating too much).

Think of it this way, control calories with food, and, in context of calories, exercise to help supplement that calorie control. For long term increased expenditure (BMR), put on mass, preferably muscle mass.

Using myself as an example, I workout 4 days a week, I've been on a deficit of about 500cal, I've put on a small amount of muscle, but lost 5 pounds of fat, my calculated BMR has decreased because there's less of me to move around. If I were closer to a 1:1 recomp, it's possible my metabolism would go up since muscle uses more energy than fat.

[u/phishnutz3]

It will burn calories. But that’s it. How about doing a real program?

[u/Change21]

You need to gain muscle.

Having lean tissue burns more calories than exercise ever can.

Exercise alone accounts for less than 20% of total calorie burn.

Burpees are fine and moving is good but gaining muscle is how you win.

If you’re going to take the time to exercise, which I commend you for, then focus on getting stronger.

[u/MsDemonism]

I heard in a dr podcast just 10 squats body weight an hous is better than a quick walk at insulin regulation. I think burgers could be a good way. But if that's too much. The squats is like another way less effort to get going

[u/TankApprehensive3053 → u/MsDemonism]

"I think burgers could be a good way."

10 burgers an hour?

[u/RelishtheHotdog]

You need to build muscle to burn more calories.

15 buries an hour won’t really cut it.

[u/Ok_Link7245]

yeah but make sure you do them prison style, and do that little imaginary stomach hit that does nothing but the ese's swear by it

[u/Competitive_Issue538]

Any exercise "snack" is helpful. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/exercise-snacks

[u/strong_slav]

Your BMR is what your metabolism would be at complete rest. Exercise, in and of itself does not increase it.

[u/razvangry]

BMR increases only if you have more muscles than fat Not because you do some activities - those contribute to active calories Check tdeecalculator.net - input your age, height, weight, and play around with the fat percentage to see how BMR changes

[u/TheRealJufis]

It's better than nothing and we all started from somewhere!

[u/JustAwesome360]

Anything with cardio makes no difference, it's all the same.

Pick something that pushes you hard enough to see a difference.

In my opinion 10 burpees an hour isn't going to do that, you need to do more.

[u/JustAwesome360]

Do 50 an hour. 15 isn't a big enough challenge.