When people think about burning fat or losing weight most automatically think jogging, walking, biking, treadmills the regular gym staples are the only way and the best way.

The best way to burn fat and keep it off is a combination of your eating habits and exercises that use many muscles at one time, the bigger and more muscles you bring in to play the more muscle you build, and more fat you will burn faster and for longer periods of time; and the body will continue to burn fat faster and longer than the more popular gym exercises everyone else use's.

The great thing about using your bodyweight as a workout machine is you will be able to use all the muscles you need to burn fat and build muscle at a rapid pace.

One exercise that is and has always been a serious exercise, for building muscle and burning fat; as well as building a good level of conditioning is the basic pushup.

The basic pushup is a full body workout; it uses a lot of big and small muscles as well as strengthening the core and upper and lower back. Because the pushup utilizes so many muscles at one time your body will be stimulated to build muscle and burn fat very fast for great results.

The faster you do the pushups will create a cardiovascular workout that will have you breathing heavy in a very short time. The pushup will activate the anaerobic system. Training the anaerobic system (meaning without oxygen) will give you a great workout in a short period of time.

Pushups are a forgotten exercise and just recently has started to make a comeback, the fittest men the the world do hundreds and even thousands of pushups on a daily basis.

Look for a man that can do 100 pushups and you will find a pretty fit man, a man that can do 100 pushups is actually pretty rare, 100 pushups is not something you just decide to do at the drop of a hat, because unless you are trained or have trained to 100 pushups you will probably fail.

You can create a simple effective workout just using pushups and sprints and this alone will put your level of fitness at a different level.

Try doing your pushups in short explosive sets of about 10 to 20 at a time rest for 10 to 15 seconds repeat for 10 sets and watch how your body will respond to a simple exercise like the pushup.

About the Author

Johnny Grube B.C.S. is the holder of 4 bodyweight world records in physical fitness is an expert on the subject of Building Physical and Mental Toughness through bodyweight training. He has 30 years of training experience and is the author of "The How to Build Explosive Pushup Power",The Wildman Training Program manual, The New Expanded version The Wildman Training Course and The Super Strength Playground Training Manual. Check out Johnny’s website: http://www.wildmantraining.com