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The Burpee is named for a physiologist named Royal Huddleston Burpee. For his Ph.D. thesis at Columbia University in 1940, he invented the exercise as a way to assess the fitness of non-active adults.
burpee. n. 1. (Gymnastics) a squat thrust that starts and ends in a standing position. 2. (Clothing & Fashion) US a piece of absorbent material placed on the shoulder while burping a baby.[C20: sense 1 from Burpee test, a measure of endurance and coordination devised by R.H. Burpee, US psychologist].. (Gymnastics) a squat thrust that starts and ends in a standing position. 2. (Clothing & Fashion) US a piece of absorbent material placed on the shoulder while burping a baby. [C20: sense 1 from Burpee test, a measure of endurance and coordination devised by R.H. Burpee, US psychologist].