Adjustments to my routine advice

[Alternator]

Hello all.

So for a while now I've had a routine going and I'm pretty happy with it, I'm getting most of the results I want. My one downfall at the moment is that I'm rather poor due to full-time uni and get my exercise via a set of 12.5kg (each) dumbbells and riding my push bike.

My full weekly routine is as follows:

Monday:
3 sets of 22 reps (each side) of dumbbell bent over rows
3 sets of 75 reps vertical leg crunches
3 sets of 16 reps per leg of lunges

Tuesday:
6km bike ride around my local area (takes 20 minutes) Some of the hills where I live are ridiculous.

Wednesday:
3 sets of 19 reps dumbbell curls
3 sets of 20 reps dumbbell shoulder press
4 sets of 40 reps dumbbell bench press

Thursday:
3 sets of 22 reps (each side) of dumbbell bent over rows
3 sets of 75 reps vertical leg crunches
3 sets of 16 reps per leg of lunges

Friday:
6km bike ride around my local area (takes 20 minutes)

Saturday:
3 sets of 19 reps dumbbell curls
3 sets of 20 reps dumbbell shoulder press
4 sets of 40 reps dumbbell bench press

Sunday:
6km bike ride around my local area (takes 20 minutes)

So overall I spend my 30 mins each day exercising, my issue is, is that I've noticed that the fact of having only a 12.5kg dumbbell set is a real hinderance to my progression in some areas.

The main thing I've noticed is the pectorial area is much smaller than in comparison to my abs; other than that I'm really just seeking a bit of advice regarding my entire routine. It's slowly progressed over the years and I've really only relied on my own judgement so I figured I better some advice from other people just incase there is a better way I could be doing things for the result I want.

And just to clarify I don't want to be super muscley, I want a fit, athletic body, I'm certainly already fit and athletic, but I want a way to keep this up whilst getting the most out of my workout sessions, under the constraints of a singular dumbbell set.

Cheers anyone who wants to pass on some advice!

 

[Trek]

12.5 kg is light for many of your large muscle exercises. Find something heavier, a tire, cinderblock etc. get creative, go to the dump and find something for free.

 

[Semper]

While you're looking for a heavier weight for your presses, do push ups. Though push ups won't isolate your chest the same way bench press will, you can get significant gains from just doing push ups. You can also do variations of the push up to work your shoulders more like the pike push up or the handstand push up. From a minimalists perspective, you don't even need weights to build muscle (to a point); you can hit almost every major muscle group in your upper body with push ups and pull ups and different variations of them.