That’s when, as part of a tradition dating back more than a century, the seed company opens its gardens to the public for the annual Burpee Open, set this year for July 27. For one day, guests ...
Burpees were invented by an American biologist named Royal Huddleston Burpee in the 1930s. Since then, they've been used for military training, sports training, and everything in between.
The exercise was first developed by an exercise physiologist named Royal Burpee, who used the move to evaluate fitness at Columbia University back in the 1930s. And even though the burpee is about ...