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Today’s Workout 138: 4 moves to put your shoulders and abs on full blast

This combination of strength training and cardio exercises will burn belly fat to reveal lean, defined muscle.

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Today's Workout with Mike Simone: 10-Round Cardio Circuit

If you want your muscles to show, you’re going to have to work off that last layer of flab.

This four-move routine does double duty by incorporating fat-burning cardio moves (mountain climbers and jumping jacks) with muscle-forging weighted exercises (dumbbell side-to-front raises and dumbbell pressouts) to help you shed pounds and reveal lean mass.

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 60 to 90 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 upper-body work:

Check out our favorite 30-minute workout to get 3D shoulders, our 25 strength-training exercises for the best upper-body workout of all time, and our sleeveless T-shirt workout.

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

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Today's Workout 138

4 moves to put your shoulders and abs on full blast (do 4-6 rounds)

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 4

Three-point dumbbell raise

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
--
Reps
10
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 2 of 4

Plate Pressout

Equipment
Weight Plates
Sets
--
Reps
10
Rest
0 sec.
Use a pair of dumbbells, as shown in the video.
Exercise 3 of 4

Mountain Climber

Equipment
Medicine Ball
Sets
--
Reps
20 sec.
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 4 of 4

Jumping Jack

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
--
Reps
40 sec.
Rest
60-90 sec.
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