“This is the best full-body exercise if you can only do one thing a day”—an expert trainer on the most underrated move for improving strength and fitness

A woman performs a low impact burpee at home. She is on an exercise mat, her arms straight and hands on the mat, with her left leg stepped back straight behind her. Her right knee is bent as she draws her right foot forward. Behind her we see a couch and bookshelves. .

If there's one move that people roll their eyes at when they see it in a workout program, it's the burpee. But as someone interested in functional, time-effective exercise, it's one of my favourite moves.

Sara Haley is a trainer who focuses on workouts for midlife women and she agrees with me—burpees are underrated.