Well it's not exactly 'cheats' per se, it's more of a transaction process before i can do the actual thing. I used to weigh 95kg and can barely do push ups to save my life. So I started doing push ups with my leg on a bed and my body on the floor. It's impractical but it did help.

Now I weigh 77kg and still trying to reach optimal weight. I don't have a real set of exercises. Just work out different part of my body like bench press and push up for chest, crunches and leg raise for waist(?), some dumb bell exercise for arm, squats and outdoor sports for leg, and several other work out for shoulder, back etc etc.

Used to do back row exercises for my back but I find that I don't have any real motivation to do it just because I don't feel affected by it. Could be my form is wrong but I just don't bother to find out since. Hence I'm trying chin ups for my back.