Introducing the "Burpee" The burpee is an exercise many love to hate, its lactic acid heavy nature often leaves people feeling banged up and out of breath. Many see the burpee as the ultimate full-body exercise. As a rugby player, exercises like the burpee help keep my body in ideal shape and allow me to improve my performance. Strength, body composition, and conditioning all play an important role in the efficiency and level of my performance on the field, and the burpee improves all of these components of my fitness. Burpees help ensure I'm strong in tackling and fit enough to last the full 80 minutes. Photographic analysis of the first phase of the "Burpee": In this position the athlete stands with his feet slightly separated and parallel, his arms hang easily at his sides with his palms facing the body. When you are standing still, your muscles contract to stabilize your body and prevent it from falling or sagging due to the effects of gravity. The key joints that stabilize the body are the ankle joint, the knee joint, the hip joint, the spine, and the shoulder girdle. The soleus, gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior contract isometrically to keep the ankle stable at 90 degrees (Teachpe.com n.d.) (The previous reference identified was used to identify joint types and key muscles during my analysis). The knee joint is extended when standing, to stabilize this joint the biceps femoris, semi-mebranosus, semi-tenosus (biceps femoris) and rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis (quadriceps ) contract isometrically. The body's spine remains stable thanks to the isometric co-contraction of the erector spinae, rectus abdominis and...... document ......workout/two-commonly-neglected-aspects-of-programming -of-the-load-vector-training-and-mobility-of-the-ankle/Teachpe.com,. (n.d.). Motion analysis table. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www.teachpe.com/a_level_analysis/movement_analysis_webpage.htmlThibodeau, G., & Patton, K. (1993). Chapter Ten: Anatomy of the Muscular System. In Anatomy and Physiology (1st ed., p. 252). St Louis: MO: Mosby.Tremblay, A., Simoneau, J., & Bouchard, C. (1994). Impact of exercise intensity on body fat and skeletal muscle metabolism. Metabolism, 43(7), 814--818.Williams, C. (2013). The importance of an effective upper back position for balanced squats. KneeStrength.com. Retrieved May 16, 2014, from http://www.kneestrength.com/importance-upper-back-position-balanced-squats/Zajac, F. (1993). Muscle coordination of movement: a perspective. Journal of Biomechanics, 26, 109--124.