If you had to choose one exercise, pushups would be it.

The main goals of any training program are as follows (either all, or one of the following):

• Supreme health and fitness from the inside out, as well as inner vitality.
• Core strength, and that ripped midsection everyone wants—along with the associated HEALTH benefits.
• A clear mind and an ability to focus like a horse with blinders on even the most daunting of goals out there.
• Weight loss—that bug bear we're all concerned about, hehe, and getting rid of the lard lumps.
• Building layer upon layer of functional muscle (as opposed to the bloat you get at the gym).
• Increase stamina and a sense of calm throughout the day.

And those, my friend, are just off the top of my head. Those are the major workout goals for most people, and the pushup will address all these concerns in a royal manner—and then some!

Not to mention getting in a workout in the minimum amount of time with a minimum of space available. All you need is a floor and a wall!

However, tell the average guy he can get a complete workout by doing nothing other than pushups alone, and he'll likely look at you as if you've gone off your rocker.

This course should do much, if not all to prevent this sort of silly notion from spreading any further than it has. Damage control I know, but an ocean is made up of drops, my friend, and enough damage control will ensure that people in general will (finally) start to get back into the sort of shape they were meant to be—as opposed to fat, lazy, slovenly creatures stuffing all sorts of junk down their gullet all day long.

Pushups, my friend, will turn you into the real man or woman you were meant to be. You'll not only look and feel a lot better when adopting this exercise as the mainstay of your routine, but you'll also have a laser sharp mind capable of accomplishing just about anything you put your mind to, be that in terms of life or workout.

The immortal Bruce Lee did these all the time—he was reputed to have done 400 one arm, two finger pushups at a stretch!