10 Best Bodyweight Exercises To Build a Lean Upper Body

Push-Ups:

Start in a plank position, lower your body by bending your elbows, and then push back up.

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Pull-Ups/Chin-Ups:

Use an overhead bar, grip it with hands shoulder-width apart, and pull your body up until your chin is above the bar.

Dips:

Use parallel bars, lower your body by bending your elbows, and then push back up.

Bodyweight Rows:

Use a horizontal bar or suspension trainer, lean back, and pull your body towards the bar.

Pike Push-Ups:

Start in a downward dog position, lower your head towards the floor, and then push back up.

Handstand Push-Ups:

Kick up into a handstand position against a wall, lower your head towards the floor, and then push back up.

Diamond Push-Ups:

Place your hands close together under your chest in a diamond shape and perform push-ups.

Tricep Dips on a Bench:

Sit on a bench, place your hands on the edge, and lift your body off the bench by straightening your arms.

Superman Exercise:

Lie face down, lift your arms, chest, and legs off the ground simultaneously, and then lower back down.

Plank Variations:

Hold a plank position with variations like side planks, high planks, or forearm planks.

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