# How to improve upper body strength/muscle definition at home without weights?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-improve-upper-body-strength-muscle-definition-at-home-without-weights/263342 "2004-09-06T15:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-improve-upper-body-strength-muscle-definition-at-home-without-weights/263342/21 "2004-09-08T14:21:24Z")

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You might try those resistance bands–they sell for less than $10 and don’t take up any space. My only concern is that you’d already be too big and strong for them to do you any good 😉 but they may be worth a try.

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