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Fitness in just 15 minutes a Day..

Burpees:

  Burpees are an exceptional exercise for overall body conditioning and are a reasonably efficient aerobic exercise as well - this exercise helps your breathing, muscular co-ordination, endurance, and also enhances the flexibility of the spine. Burpees also exercise several muscle groups in the body, including the legs and the back. Burpees are executed as shown below..

Step 1:

From a standing position, go down into a crouch with your hands on the floor, as shown in the images below..

Step 2:

Then, (with the weight on your hands and arms) shoot your legs backwards to the position below..

Step 3:

Now, again placing the weight on your hands and arms, return your legs to the crouch position, as shown in the first image below.. Then simply stand up.

  This is a 'burpee' - Count this as one repetition.

Number of times to do this Exercise:

For already fit people who just want to maintain their fitness ('Level 1'): 30 repetitions continuously. Try to improve to 60.

For people trying to get in condition ('Level 2'): 15 repetitions continuously. Try to improve to 30 repetitions continuously - that is, try to improve to 'Level 1' fitness..

For people who are out of training ('Level 3'): 5 repetitions. Try to improve to 15 continuously - that is, try to improve to 'Level 2' fitness...