Jailhouse Strong Baker’s Dozen Routine

Like all of the Jailhouse Strong bodyweight movements, the following routine can be completed in your cell, your hotel room your office, or the extended bed of a pick-up truck. However, the 8-foot walk between sets was taken from the standard size of a correctional facility cell.

Performed in Descending order:

Perform 13 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 12 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 11 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 10 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 9 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 8 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 7 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 6 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 5 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 4 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 3 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 2 burpees
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Perform 1 burpee
Walk 8 feet, turn around, and walk back to start.

Once completed, you will have banged out 91 burpees. As a goal, finishing the above routine (using four-count burpees) in 12 minutes is above average, 10 minutes is very good, and with 8 minutes you are on your way to Sultan of Strength status. Once you can complete the above routine in 8 minutes or less, it is recommended that you use more advanced burpee variations. Some inmates like to go back up the pyramid in ascending order from 1to 13. If you can do the Jailhouse Baker’s Dozen in both directions in under 18 minutes, you are a bad ass.