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. 2019 Oct 18:69:137-147.
doi: 10.2478/hukin-2019-0021. eCollection 2019 Oct.

International Standards for the 3-Minute Burpee Test: High- Intensity Motor Performance

Robert Podstawski  1 , Piotr Markowski  2 , Cain C T Clark  3 , Dariusz Choszcz  2 , Ferenc Ihász  4 , Stanimir Stojiljković  5 , Piotr Gronek  6
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International Standards for the 3-Minute Burpee Test: High- Intensity Motor Performance

Robert Podstawski et al. J Hum Kinet. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop international standards for evaluating strength endurance with the use of the 3-Minute Burpee Test. The results of 3862 women (Poland - 2502, Great Britain - 500, Hungary - 412, Serbia - 448) and 5971 men (Poland - 4517, Great Britain - 500, Hungary - 451, Serbia - 503) aged 18-25 (mean age of 20.36 ± 0.94 and 20.05 ± 1.25 y, respectively) were collated between 2004 and 2018. The students' strength endurance was evaluated in the 3-Minute Burpee Test. The results were expressed on a uniform scale with the 3-sigma rule which was used to develop the T-score scale for the 3-Minute Burpee Test. Men completed 56.69 cycles/3 min and women - 48.84/3 min on average. The best male participant completed 82 burpees, and the best female participant - 73 burpees. The majority of male and female participants (66.71% and 68.18%, respectively) were characterized by average strength endurance in the 3-Minute Burpee Test (range of scores: 47-66 and 37-60 cycles/3 min, respectively). Very good strength endurance (76-85 and 72-83 cycles/3 min, respectively) was noted in the smallest percentage of male and female participants (0.52% and 0.26%, respectively). Similar studies should be carried out in other countries and in different age groups to develop objective international classification standards for variously-aged individuals.

Keywords: 3‐MBT; extreme effort; norms; strength endurance.

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Individual stages of the 3‐Minute Burpee test – front view.
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