Having lost some weight I'd like to gain a bit more all-round bulk / definition (for the sake of vanity and a bit more strength) in my potato-with-matchstick-arms upper body.
All I can really manage at the moment are crunches and press-ups, while I've liked "renegade rows" in the past as they hit a lot of muscle groups at once; however I find that after a while they tend to make my neck ache. I'm a bit concerned that I might end up wonky / pooly developed if I'm unable to develop muscles equally..
FWIW a video I watched a while ago suggested you could sort out everything above your chest with pushing and pulling exercises with your arms at 12 O'clock (above your head), 3/6 O'clock (perpendicular to body, projecting in front of your chest) and 6 O'clock (pointing down along your body).
Pushing at 12 O'clock I can do with weights but I have no facility to do pullups, pushing at 3/9 O'clock I can do with pressups and pulling possibly with with rows, and I can do standing rows for pulling at 6 O'clock but I have no facility to dips..
Would welcome any tips / regimes anyone would care to share - I'm hoping that with less fat progress might be a bit more visible as unlike cycling I don't find this sort of exercise at all intrinsically enjoyable!
All I can really manage at the moment are crunches and press-ups, while I've liked "renegade rows" in the past as they hit a lot of muscle groups at once; however I find that after a while they tend to make my neck ache. I'm a bit concerned that I might end up wonky / pooly developed if I'm unable to develop muscles equally..
FWIW a video I watched a while ago suggested you could sort out everything above your chest with pushing and pulling exercises with your arms at 12 O'clock (above your head), 3/6 O'clock (perpendicular to body, projecting in front of your chest) and 6 O'clock (pointing down along your body).
Pushing at 12 O'clock I can do with weights but I have no facility to do pullups, pushing at 3/9 O'clock I can do with pressups and pulling possibly with with rows, and I can do standing rows for pulling at 6 O'clock but I have no facility to dips..
Would welcome any tips / regimes anyone would care to share - I'm hoping that with less fat progress might be a bit more visible as unlike cycling I don't find this sort of exercise at all intrinsically enjoyable!