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Kevin Hart’s serious workout routine

Get an upper body that’s nothing to laugh at with our new cover guy's training program.

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Kevin Hart with Kettlebell
Jeff Lipsky
Kevin Hart with Kettlebell
Jeff Lipsky

It’s refreshing to see a simple workout. These days, most trainers go the trendy route with routines that are more “YouTube blooper reel” than “proven muscle builder.” Kevin Hart’s trainer, Ron “Boss” Everline (just-train.com), on the other hand, is definitely old-school. His routine has no Bosu ball squats, no Olympic lifts, no fancy machines—it’s nothing dangerous and nothing you can’t do at home. But it’ll build you an incredible upper body, as Hart’s physique in Central Intelligence proves. And it takes just 30 minutes per workout.

How it works

Hart’s routine focuses on the most basic upper-body builders known to man: the bench press, pushup, row, curl, and dip. Group them and perform them as circuits, and you’ll work the muscles as well as the heart, promoting both size gains and fat loss in a short workout.

Directions

Perform the exercises marked with a letter (“A,” “B,” and “C”) as a circuit. So you’ll do one set of each in sequence before resting as prescribed. Repeat for three circuits each (three sets of each move). Complete all the circuits for the first group of exercises before going on to the next one.

 

Routine

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Kevin Hart's serious workout routine

Chest, arms, and back

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 6

Bench Press

Equipment
Barbell
Sets
3
Reps
10, 8, 6
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 2 of 6

Pushup

Equipment
Sets
3
Reps
As many as possible
Rest
0 sec.
How to
Exercise 3 of 6

Dumbbell Row

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
3
Reps
Pull a sled 20 yards or perform 10-12 dumbbell rows
Rest
90 sec.
Exercise 4 of 6

Incline Dumbbell Bench Press

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
3
Reps
10
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 5 of 6

Dumbbell Curl

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
3
Reps
10
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 6 of 6

Bench Dip

Equipment
Bench
Sets
3
Reps
As many as possible
Rest
90 sec.
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