Here's a daily conditioning workout that only uses two body-weight exercises.

These two muscle conditioning exercises give you the greatest benefit in the least amount of time.

This is a bodyweight-only fitness conditioning routine. You do not need any special equipment.

It works your whole body and you can do it in under 10 minutes a day.

A conditioning exercise is an exercise that enhances the physical body in one or more ways. It may increase endurance, speed, strength, etc.

Doing these 2 conditioning exercises means you no longer need to worry about how to survive conditioning. You can keep fit with minimal effort. Combine it with good nutrition and it is all you need to keep your body toned and healthy.

Five SFP super burpees are the least amount of daily exercise.

The ideal daily conditioning routine is:

Learn how to do super burpees - the Survival Fitness Plan way! This alternative to burpees is a full body muscle conditioning exercise. It is also a warm-up, light stretch, and cardio workout all in one. The SFP super burpee also gives extra benefits for Fight and Flight activities.

That makes this the best burpee workout for the Survival Fitness Plan. It is the single most effective exercise you can do.

Here is a list of the main benefits gained from the SFP super burpee:

The SFP super burpee is five separate exercises in one. You can build up to a full super burpee by doing each individual exercise on its own. Once you can do 10 repetitions of each exercise you can put them together.

Box squat jumps develop leg strength, core strength, and explosiveness. They also improve soft landing skills, jumping ability, and hang-time. Once you learn box jumps you will be able to jump higher without getting injured. This is good for parkour. It also develops explosiveness in your legs. This will make your kicks faster and more powerful which is great for self-defense.

Fingertip pushups develop striking power, explosiveness, and core strength. They also increase finger strength and grip. Developing finger strength and grip is beneficial in many fight and flight activities. Before trying fingertip push ups, you should be able to do at least 20 regular push ups.

Here is a fingertip pushups video. It is a good demonstration but is not made for the Survival Fitness Plan so it is missing some key points. To reap the most benefits you should:

Push ups are an excellent exercise. They work the whole body, need no equipment, and little space. When doing push ups, do not sacrifice quality to increase the number of repetitions. It is far better to do less proper ones than many bad ones. If you do not do them using the full range of motion, then you will not build the strength needed.

Once you can do 30 standard push ups, advance to fingertip and clap pushups.

When doing push ups for the Survival Fitness Plan, keep your elbows close to your body. This mimics the straight strike used in Survival Fitness Plan Self-Defense. In the video below he calls them closed push ups.

Clap push ups benefits include increasing striking power and all over body conditioning. The clapping part improves explosiveness which is awesome for speed and power. They also condition your hands for the palm heel strike.

Like all push ups in the Survival Fitness Plan, keep your elbows as close to your body as possible. Doing so mimics the action of the self-defense straight palm heel.

Since this video was not made for the Survival Fitness Plan, her elbows are too far away from her body.

Hindu pushups use the downward dog and the upward dog yoga poses. Hindu push ups benefits include:

The knee-to-elbow plank adds to the cardiovascular workout in the super burpee. Other knee to elbow plank benefits include flexibility, core strength, and ab strength.

The traditional plank knee to elbow method is to bring the knee to the same side elbow, e.g. right knee to right elbow. There is also the twisting plank knee to elbow. This is when you bring your knee to your opposite elbow, e.g., right knee to left elbow. The latter is best for the Survival Fitness Plan as it mimics the kneeing action in self-defense.

Once you can do 10 of each of the above exercises, you can put them together for a complete super burpee.

Doing five SFP super burpees every day is a good super burpee challenge for beginners. Doing them in the morning is a great way to prepare your body for the day.

One SFP super burpee takes less than 10 seconds.

Even if you only have five minutes to spare for exercise, you have time to do the above super burpee exercise routine!

It is also recommended to do SFP super burpees as a warm-up before any vigorous exercise.

If you want more of a super burpee cardio workout, you can try doing a super burpee ladder workout. This uses the same method as a pushup pyramid. To do a super burpee push up pyramid, do 1 super burpee and take a short rest. 5 to 10 seconds is a good rest time. Then do two super burpees and rest. Then three, rest, four, rest, etc. All the way up to 10. Then repeat the process in reverse. 10 then rest, 9, rest, 8, rest etc. All the way back down to 0.

You can alter this super burpee challenge by shrinking the super burpee pyramid. Start with five and work your way up to 10 as you build strength.

Another way to make it easier is to alternate the pyramid with another exercise. For example, if doing super burpees and squats:

Here are some super burpee variations you can try out.

Many people think pull ups are only for arm conditioning, but they work many muscles in the body. People that do pull ups regularly have great core strength. Also, being able to pull yourself up is a very useful skill. There are many variations of the pull up, but the best way to condition yourself is with the classic pull up.

The pull-up is an especially useful exercise for the Survival Fitness Plan. You will build strength for parkour wall-climbs and eventually muscle ups.

Grab the bar with a grip a little wider than shoulder-width apart and with your palms facing away from you.

Let yourself hang all the way down.

Pull yourself up by pulling your shoulder blades down and together. Keep your chest up and pull up until your chin is above the bar. Touch your chest on it.

As you are pulling up, keep your body in a vertical line. Do not swing. Concentrate on isolating your back and biceps.

Pause at the top and then lower yourself back down into the hanging position.

How to do Towel Pull Ups

Towel pull ups work different muscles than normal pull ups. They also improve grip strength which is beneficial for many Survival Fitness activities. I first started using towel pull ups many years ago when I saw an interview with the Rock. He uses them for grip strength since wrestlers have to grab their opponents a lot. It is easy to see how applicable this is to self-defense, climbing, and parkour.

You will want to be able to do at least 10 towel pull ups. If you cannot do 10 towel pull ups then do as many as you can. Make up the rest with hanging, i.e., hold onto the towel and hang there. 10 seconds of hanging is equal to 1 towel pull-up. For example, if you can only do 10 towel pull ups then you should also hang for 50 seconds.

As with most exercises, there are many variations. In the Survival Fitness Plan, standard towel pull ups with no extra weights are fine. Feel free to variate if you want. In this video, he uses two towels so he works his lats, which is better for enhancing striking power.

If you do not have a suitable bar and/or two towels then use one towel and grab and ends with each hand.

Once you can do at least 15 normal pull ups, you can progress to the one armed pull up.

Being able to do a one armed pull-up has the potential to save you, much more-so than the one armed push up. You should also practice the one armed chin up.

Here is an excellent video showing how to do one armed pull ups.

I've covered a lot in this post, but the main things to take away are the super burpee and the basic pull up. You do not need to do the other variations of these two exercises. I put them in for those that want to increase their abilities and/or get bored of doing the same exercises every day.

Personally, I do 10 super burpees six days a week without fail, and five on the 7th day. If I have something to hang off I will also do 10 pull ups six days a week. I like to alternate between normal pull ups and towel pull ups if I can.

I can't stress enough that the super burpee is the ultimate exercise. Do 10 of them a day, the 15-minute yoga stretch routine, and follow a healthy diet. This is all you need to stay fit and healthy.