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These Are the 15 Bodyweight Exercises You Should Do to Improve Your Upper-Body Strength

11/03/2019 - 07:30 PM

Getting sculpted and strong arms is going to take time, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. If you're new to working out, we recommend beginning with bodyweight exercises to strengthen your arms. Once you've built up your strength, you can begin to incorporate a few beginner dumbbell exercises [1] into your routine as well.

In order to make your life easier, we've rounded up 15 bodyweight exercises that will help strengthen and sculpt your arms. Just a friendly reminder that this is not a workout, and doing all 15 exercises at once will make you extremely sore. Instead, choose three to five exercises that work different muscles in your arms (i.e. push-ups, mid-rows, and pull-ups) to make a workout.

Once you've got a strength foundation, be sure to progress to more intense movements in order to keep building muscle [2] and prevent hitting a plateau. In the meantime, put your arms to work with the 15 strengthening exercises ahead.

Elevated Push-Up

Triceps Dip

Bent-Knee TRX Assisted Pull-Up

TRX Mid-Row

Banded Assisted Pull-Up

Modified Single-Arm Glider Push-Up

TRX Curl

For this exercise, the closer your feet are to the anchor point (you'll be more at an incline), the harder it will be. The farther away your feet are from the anchor point, the easier it will be.

Push-Up

Burpee

Negative Pull-Up

One Arm Med-Ball Push-Up

TRX Deltoid Fly

Single-Arm Glider Push-Up

TRX Push-Up

For this exercise, the closer your feet are to the anchor point, the harder the move will be. The closer you are to standing straight up, the easier it will be.

Diamond Push-Up


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