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Bryony Firth-Bernard

11 best bodyweight exercises for adding muscle size and power to your upper body

A man performing push ups.

Not all of us feel confident enough to waltz into a gym or have access to workout equipment at home. Does that mean your chances of building bigger arms, a powerful chest, and capped shoulders are nothing more than a pipe dream? Hell no.

You can absolutely carve out your upper body physique to fill your tee sleeves with no equipment, provided the right amount of stimulus is there. What we mean by that is that the exercise needs to challenge your muscles effectively in order to break down muscle tissue, so that they can grow back bigger and stronger.

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