I know nothing about body building. Apart from how silly it is
I quite like the look of those. When I have the space (which hopefully won't be long) I'd like a full rack of dumbbells rather than having to mess around with plates.
I never had any arm muscles until I learnt to juggle 5 balls, and practiced it a lot. Doesn't give you massive bodybuilder / muscle Mary type muscles, but doing thousands of very quick repetitions of a very small weight is a surprisingly effective way of getting less skinny arms and shoulders.
Recently, I've been pulling 35+ kg of bike trailer a lot whilst riding up derbyshire hills, that also has made my upper body more muscular,
fwiw I've found squats have already been very beneficial to my riding - before I started my legs seemed to be struggling very early on in a ride, but I'm now about 3 weeks into 5x5 (next squats will be 75kg) and riding a lot further before getting tired legs 
Boxing training, heavy bag work. Wow!
+1 for swimming for all round upper body strength. Great all round CV exercise and good to do after a hard day on the bike. Good for core strength too.
Or, pay a personal trainer for a session or 2 to give you a routine. Won't cost too much...
swimming doesn't build muscle, not now, not ever
Swimming in a pool is so boring too.
swimming doesn't build muscle, not now, not ever
Do a bit of swimming and eat a scrambled egg once a fortnight.
I cant really be arsed with the gym either so I'm ona pay as you go system at the moment at my local college for £2 a go. I've got a couple of pairs of dumbbells kicking around at home and also I have a chin up bar and some stretch tubes too. A stability ball is also pretty good but it does take up a lot of room. My latest addition is a punch bag although I've fixed it outside and the two times I've tried using it the neighbour has peered over wondering who the skinny pale guy is getting beaten up by a punch bag!
any swimmer/triathlete you see who is well toned/muscled trains in a gym as well as a pool
swimming doesn't build muscle, not now, not ever
Might not give you massive muscles, but then what do you need massive muscles for, unless you're lifting heavy stuff all the time for a living?
Swimming is a brilliant form of exercise. And it does help to strengthen and condition certain upper body muscle groups. Plenty of swimming can lead to a lean, toned well buff physique like mine.
Swimming, running, cycling and stuff like press-ups, sit ups and a few weights is all you need to achieve buffness. Bulking up just slows you down and ends up as fayt if you don't keep exercising. Stay slim, it's healthier. Body builder types can suffer from all sorts of health problems, like high blood pressure and joint problems and that from over exerting the body beyond it's reasonable natural limits. Best to just stay the same sort of body type, but just tone up and be fit.
Plenty of bulky blokes down my local gym, but most of 'em can't do much with all that bulk. Utter waste of time, all that if you ask me.
Body builder types can suffer from all sorts of health problems, like high blood pressure and joint problems and that from over exerting the body beyond it's reasonable natural limits. Best to just stay the same sort of body type, but just tone up and be fit.
elf, no one was on about making the OP gain 'massive muscles'. he doesn't want to look like a body builder and no one tried to make him into one. he got (mostly) sensible advice about making his muscles a bit bigger.
and no one said not to swim, but swimming alone won't make the OP's arms much larger, which is what he asked about specifically.
iDave I can only assume you are an athlete of supreme ability with all the breath you waste on here...
a few weights
Elf.. it's what you DO with those weights that's critical!
iDave I can only assume you are an athlete of supreme ability with all the breath you waste on here...
How so?
He tirelessly tells people about diet and exercise, repeating the same thing again and again and people refuse to listen.
I sometimes wonder why he bothers.
Ah, I see. I thought it was a put-down, but all is clear now.
Carry on.
Nooo, iDave has sorted out my routine.
iBeliever.
He tirelessly tells people about diet and exercise, repeating the same thing again and again and people refuse to listen.
oh they listen alright, they just refuse to change their ways.
Kev
Elf.. it's what you DO with those weights that's critical!
It's not really critical though is it? I mean, it's not like if you do something slightly wrong, that the Large Hadron Collider will fail causing The End Of The World, is it?
Critical in terms of the required outcome 
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