Burpee as Life Saver?

Not quite, but I finally found justification as to why burpees made it to CrossFit’s toolkit. Carl Paoli posted a great article on the CrossFit Journal on the skill transfer of the burpee and the overall holiness ensuing from its practice…

With that in mind I put in some extra goodness in today’s WOD.
Skill
– 5 x 2 muscle ups
– 50 burpees
Strength
– Power Snatch [120#]
MetCon
5 rounds for time:
– 250m row
– 5 power snatches 95#
– 10 burpees
[14:10]
Cash-out
– 50 burpees
[650 of 2,000]