A six-pack and a bulging set of Pecs feels like part of the ideal body, but for most men, it also feels like an unattainable goal. The truth is that it is actually quite easy to put in the necessary work to help build and develop those muscles. Even a few minutes a day will help tone up anyone’s upper half if they make time and know how to do it right.
Regardless of whether you have access to a gym you’re stuck at a desk all day, some simple exercises are a great start. First of all, sit-ups will exercise all of your abdominal muscles and are cheap and easy to do. It’s even possible to hammer out as many as you need in a quiet hallway at work. Just be sure to graduate your number of sit-ups over time as you will need to keep a constant workout on the go as your body becomes more accustomed.
For pectoral muscle building, any lifting or grabbing inward as part of an exercise routine is going to exercise the chest muscles as well as biceps. Admittedly, equipment does go a long way here, but the good news is that a simple push-up bar or elasticated tension machine will give you all of the work you need to keep you hitting those muscle groups hard.
But an unlikely source of an all-round workout for the upper half is swimming. In particular, any butterfly or breaststroke motion sees increased activity around the biceps and chest, meaning that every stroke in the water is doing more to build these muscles up than traditional swimming exercises. And you will soon see a positive change with your abdominal muscles too.
Of course, regular access to a gym is going to see quicker results, but who can honestly say they get enough hours in the day to achieve this as quickly as they’d like? For anyone with the usual everyday time and budget constraints, most of the groundwork can be done in your spare time, or with a few hours in the pool each week.
