If I had one dollar for every time someone asked me, "What is the best fat burning exercise", I'd be a rich man today. I always respond the same way to this question. "There is no one best fat burning exercise. In order to have sustainable fat loss results, you must have several effective exercises to choose from." This is a slightly more complicated (yet more honest) answer than they were expecting. I then have to explain that if you only performed one exercise to burn fat, in addition to being mentally bored, your body would quickly adapt and become stale after a few short weeks.

That being said, I do have some favorites. I will now share with you one fat loss exercise that consistently sits on the top of my list. This exercise is particularly effective and can be performed anywhere without any equipment whatsoever. Even better, it is one of the most time efficient exercises you can do. When done properly, just a few quick minutes of this exercise can burn as much fat as biking for an entire hour!

The exercise that I'm going to teach you is called the Advanced Burpee. Since the effectiveness of this movement is greatly determined by technique, I will describe to you in detail how to perform an Advanced Burpee properly. Below, I will explain how to do the movement, step by step.

1) Stand by standing with a shoulder width stance. Squat down and put your hands flat on the ground in front of your feet.

2) Next, kick your feet back while lowering your chest to the ground. This step will essentially put you in the bottom position of a push up.

3) Then, push your chest away from the floor while simultaneously thrusting your legs back up into the squat position with the hands still on the floor.

4) Finish the movement by explosively jumping up in the air. Upon landing, quickly drop back down into the squat position and continue for the prescribed number of reps.

You're probably wondering, "How many should I perform? When should I do Advanced Burpees?" The truth is there are many ways to integrate this exercise into your routine. Explaining all of the options is beyond the scope of this article. Instead, I will provide you with one option that is simple yet effective.

Set a timer for five minutes. Perform as many Advanced Burpees as possible during the five minute time period. Only good quality, explosive reps count. Pace yourself. Write down the number of reps performed. Then every time you repeat this workout, try to exceed the number of reps you performed during the previous workout.

Continue this pattern until no more progress can be made. Once this point is reached, it's time to change your workout.

You now have a very effective fat burning routine that utilizes one of the best fat loss exercises. Even better, it takes only five short minutes to perform. Be sure to challenge yourself! Your results will speak for themselves.