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Flatten your belly and shrink your hips in just three moves, with this simple workout from The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises. It’ll help you tone your total body, with less hassle than ever. And to speed weight loss even more, make sure to check out the diet secrets in The New Laws of Leanness.

Here’s what to do: Complete the workout three days a week, resting a day between each session. Do the exercises as a modified circuit, performing one set of each exercise in succession, and resting 30 seconds between each move. So you’ll do one set of the alternating dumbbell row, rest 30 seconds, then do one set of the dumbbell sumo squat, and rest another 30 seconds, and so on. After you’ve done one set of each exercise, rest for another 30 seconds, and repeat the circuit two to three times.

Exercise 1: Alternating Dumbbell Row

*Do 6 to 8 repetitions

Grab a pair of dumbbells, and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent. Bend at your hips, keeping your lower back naturally arched, and lower your torso until it’s almost parallel to the floor. Let the dumbbells hang at arm’s length from your shoulders. Now pull the dumbbell in your right hand to the side of your torso by raising your upper arm, bending your elbow and squeezing your shoulder blade toward your spine. As you lower that dumbbell, row the dumbbell in your left hand to the side your torso. That’s one repetition.

Continue to alternate sides.