Today’s Workout 77: The dumbbell-heavy routine to look great shirtless

Leading up to the summer months, you start getting your upper body in beach-ready shape. In the winter? You’re focused on filling out those bulky sweaters.

Point is: Regardless of the time of year (or how “ironically ugly” your sweaters are), this dumbbell-only routine is what you should be doing to fill out your chest, back, and shoulders.

Back-to-back rounds of incline dumbbell flyes, incline dumbbell rows, and dumbbell clean and presses will work your shoulders to exhaustion—granting you a set of shoulders for all seasons.

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 5 to 10 rounds.

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

For more upper-body work:

Check out our favorite upper-bodyworkout program for big muscle, our 25 strength-training exercises for the best upper-body workout of all time, and our 10 upper-body moves that build your core.

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