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Today’s Workout 135: The 3-move high-intensity circuit to make your muscles scream

Grab a set of dumbbells and prepare to sweat—a lot.

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Man Does Renegade Row Exercise During Total-Body Workout

Have you ever done a workout and thought, “Wow, that was actually pretty easy?” This is not that kind of workout.

Attack back-to-back rounds of three cardio/strength-training moves—yes, you only need three—to burn fat and build lean muscle. Oh, and sweat buckets.

The trick? Each of these moves challenges not only your primary muscle groups, but also your entire core and stability system, forcing your entire body to work much harder. That translates to an increased cardiovascular workload, too.

Directions

You’ll do this workout as a circuit, meaning you’ll complete each exercise consecutively without rest. Once you’ve finished all exercises, rest for 30 to 60 seconds. Repeat the entire circuit for 4–6 rounds.

Depending upon your ability, you may shorten or lengthen the rest periods between circuits. You may also complete more or fewer rounds.

For more high-intensity work:

Check out our favorite 10 HIIT workouts to get you shredded, our eight amazing fat-burning intervals, and our four ultra-high-intensity circuit workouts to incinerate your belly fat.

For a complete archive of our daily quick-hit routines, go to mensfitness.com/todaysworkout.

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Today's Workout 135

The 3-move high-intensity circuit to leave your muscles screaming (do 5-10 rounds)

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 3

Dumbbell Squat Punch

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
--
Reps
20
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 2 of 3

Renegade Row

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
--
Reps
10
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 3 of 3

Jump Squat

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
10
Rest
30-60 sec.
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