Building Upper Body

Yakult

Howdy folks! Im a 6'1 bloke looking for some advice on ways to build my upper body stenght. Just like what kind of exercises I should be doing and how long for etc.


I've only started so Im keeping it simple for now by doing push ups, dumbbells and abdominal crunches (few varients). Thinking of joining the gym too or maybe invest in a good weight bench instead, not too sure.

Looking forward to your help and advice!

Brendog

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Howdy folks! Im a 6'1 bloke looking for some advice on ways to build my upper body stenght. Just like what kind of exercises I should be doing and how long for etc.


I've only started so Im keeping it simple for now by doing push ups, dumbbells and abdominal crunches (few varients). Thinking of joining the gym too or maybe invest in a good weight bench instead, not too sure.

Looking forward to your help and advice!

Power lifting is always good. Although the technique is difficult to get.
You'll have to train with someone who has experience with it to get it perfect. It works all of your upper muscles and builds up your frame rather than one single section.

give it a look

Hanley

Brendog wrote: »

Power lifting is always good. Although the technique is difficult to get.
You'll have to train with someone who has experience with it to get it perfect. It works all of your upper muscles and builds up your frame rather than one single section.

give it a look

Powerlifting isn't that complicated.... You can get the basics very quickly. Refining them is the hard part. It's just a squat, bench and deadlift like.

RealistSpy

Bench Press, Pull ups, Dips and Deadlifts.

sentient_6

Chest: Flat DB presses, incline DB presses, bench press.

Shoulders: Barbell & DB presses, DB lateral raises, DB front raises

Back: Barbell Rows, DB rows, T-bar rows if you have a T-bar, although a towel is good to: weight on one end of a barbell, straddle it & row it between your legs with the towel up near the weighted end, Pull up's

Biceps: BB/DB curls, EZ bar curls, DB hammer curls

Triceps: Lying DB extensions, Lying EZ bar extensions, pull downs

To start find the weight that allows you go get a solid burn over 10 reps & aim to 3 sets per excerise. You can start varying that then as you go on. More weight/less reps(6-8), slightly less weight/more reps(12-14). Also as you progress you could start supersetting. For example: Set of DB shoulder presses followed straight away by a set of lateral raises.

itsallaboutheL

sentient_6 wrote: »

To start find the weight that allows you go get a solid burn over 10 reps

Sit on a bench drinking a shake covered in deep heat ftw