Burpee Fitness Event Raises Cash and Food for Local Food Banks

LETHBRIDGE: More than a dozen fitness trainers from three city fitness centres turned out on Saturday afternoon for an outdoor workout to support local food banks.

B-93 morning crew April Hanson and Mike Hepditch were on hand to support the trainers from Connected Fitness, Bit Body Boot Camp and CrossFit Framework at the Civic Centre Field.

For the uninitiated, a ‘Burpee’ is a strength training and aerobic exercise. The individual begins in a standing position, drops into a squat with their hand on the ground, kicks their feet back and does a push-up, returns to the squat position and then jumps back into the standing position,

For each dollar or food item donated the trainers would complete a ‘Burpee’.