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I found some great moves on Ladies' Home Journal website. The article is title Get Slim Without the Gym by Jessica Brown. 

Celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak shares the fast, do-anywhere routine that keeps your favorite stars in amazing shape.

Celebrity Fit Secrets

What's the secret to weight-loss success? It's not logging long gym hours. When it comes to working off stubborn bulges, less can be more, says Harley Pasternak, creator of the 5-Factor fitness and diet plans and trainer to celebs such as Jennifer Hudson, Lady Gaga, and Amanda Seyfried. His signature get-lean routine -- alternating simple strength moves and bursts of intense cardio with no rest periods -- tones you from head to toe in just 25 minutes. And because this interval-style formula is more intense than a steady-pace workout, you'll melt more fat in less time. Do the following routine five times a week and you'll see results in just a month!

Step 1: Cardio

Take your pick: Jog, climb stairs, skip rope, or do jumping jacks for 5 minutes to get your heart pumping.

Step 2: Strength Circuit: Alternating Lunge

Do 5 minutes of cardio, then repeat this series of exercises three times.

Alternating Lunge

Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and place your hands on your hips. Lunge forward with right leg, bending right knee to 90 degrees, being careful to keep right knee aligned with right ankle. Step back to starting position and repeat with left leg to complete one rep. Do 20 reps.

Step 2: Strength Circuit: Shoulder Press

1. Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand, elbows bent to 90 degrees at shoulder height, palms facing forward.

Step 2: Strength Circuit: Shoulder Press

2. Press dumbbells up until arms are straight overhead, then return to starting position. Do 20 reps.

Step 2: Strength Circuit: Double Crunch

Lie on your back with your hands behind your ears, elbows out, and bring your knees in toward your chest with feet together. Curl hips up and in toward your chest as you simultaneously crunch your torso up until your shoulder blades clear the floor. Pause, slowly lower, and repeat. Do 20 reps.

Step 3: Strength Circuit: Side Bend

Do 5 minutes of cardio, then repeat this series of exercises three times.

Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, holding a dumbbell in right hand, palm facing in. Rest left hand on top of head. Keeping hips still, bend to the right as far as you comfortably can (shown), then return to starting position. Do 20 reps, then switch sides and repeat.

Step 3: Strength Circuit: Dumbbell Row

Stand with feet shoulder width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Bend forward until your torso is almost parallel to the ground; let your arms hang down with palms facing in. Bend elbows and pull dumbbells up toward your waist (shown), then straighten arms and repeat. Do 20 reps.

Step 3: Strength Circuit: Dumbbell Dead Lift

Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and a dumbbell positioned along the outside of each foot. Bend knees and grasp dumbbells with palms facing in. Keeping back straight and dumbbells near thighs, slowly stand up (shown) until your legs are straight. Return to start and repeat. Do 20 reps.

Step 4: Cardio

Finish with 5 minutes of cardio (or do up to 30 minutes to burn even more calories).

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