Our XIT workout for the last two weeks was very heavy on the burpees, and that’s without the burpees that I had to do in boxing and kettlebells during the same time period. I have one wrist that is a bit weaker due to past injuries from tennis and rugby. I’ve found that when I do a lot of burpees, my form tends to suffer as I get tired which leads to me injuring my wrist. The last time we had a bunch of burpees in a XIT workout like this, I had to wear a wrist brace most of the time for a couple of weeks afterwards. Due to that experience, I made some modifications to this burpee-heavy workout. First, I added in different burpee modifications to relieve the stress on my wrists. A normal burpee involves placing your hands on the ground and jumping into a plank position and sometimes includes a push-up before you jump your feet back in and jump up. Adding a bosu ball into the mix means you have a little less of an impact when your hands go down as well as shortening the distance that you drop. It also adds a bit more of a core aspect to the burpee as you have to engage your core muscles to maintain your balance when you jump out and in. Doing the burpee on a bench, further shortens the distance that you have to drop while also providing a more stable base. This is a great way to learn proper burpee form without too much impact on your wrists. By the second week of the workout, I also cut the number of burpee reps in half to make sure I didn’t reinjure my wrist. With these two simple types of modifications, I made it through two weeks of a super burpee-heavy workout with no injury to my wrist.