Royal Huddleston Burpee
Royal Huddleston Burpee, Sr. ( June 4, 1898 - January 13, 1987 ) was an American physiologist . He is best known for the burpee full-body exercise named after him .
Burpee was a World War I veteran . After the war, he received his PhD in Physiology from Columbia University . In the 1930s he developed the Burpee test. In 1942, the US Army adopted the exercise as part of their fitness test. During the Second World War he worked as a program director for the overseas territories of the United Service Organizations (USO). From 1946 to 1964, Burpee was executive director of the Bronx-Union Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in New York City . He is buried in Long Island National Cemetery .
literature
- Royal Huddleston Burpee: Seven quickly administered tests of physical capacity and their use in detecting physical incapacity for motor activity in men and boys ; AMS Press (1972); 150 pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/burpee-history_n_5248575.html
- ↑ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/burpee
- ↑ Effective full-body exercise Burpee: push-ups with a flight phase. In: Spiegel Online . August 15, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=442287
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burpee, Royal Huddleston |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burpee, Royal Huddleston Sr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1898 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1987 |