Just like you said, using 8kg for everything will make him looking disfigured. He needs a well equipped gym for some real results. That P90X and Insanity BS wont cut it either.
For a personal trainer, I have no idea why you didnt tell him to work his legs. Cycling is a leg workout of course, but he needs to do squats and deadlifts for some real muscle growth.

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Deadlift is a back workout, no?

Deadlift (to me) is a full body workout. Core, back, hips, glutes, hamstrings, quads.
They're so effecient at building power and reaching all those spots. That's why people do them.

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I wouldn't start a beginner off on deadlifts, plus he wants to work upper body.

Yeah, good call on that - but what about Starting Strength Wiki?
He could do deadlifts with lightweight and develop his form

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He's not exercising to gain strength. He wants to get a bit bigger and tone up - upper body. Deadlifts could be added in if he wants a few weeks down the line depending on if he has new goals. I do agree deadlifts are great!!

You said you wanted to be big right? Well diet is the most important part. Need to be getting at least 1 gram of protein for every pound you weigh. Ex. 150 lbs 150 grams of protein. Carbs are very important when trying to bulk up don't skip on those.

You also should workout til failure. 6 to 12 rep range and 8 to 10 sets for small body parts 12 to 14 sets for larger body parts. When I say train to failure I mean like the last rep of the exercise you cannot complete. I actually got this advice from my personal trainer budddy and I have seen great gains. Hope this helped!

Cheers Temptation, thats what Kuja was saying. I have a very balanced diet, and I also drink protein shakes, so the diet part should not be a problem.

Kuja, I've started doing your routine every 3 days. I've only done it twice so far (only started last week), going to the gym again tomorrow. The routine only takes me around an hour, so its quick enough. However, I feel it in my muscles for roughly 2 days afterwards, which is a good thing. I can do one full set of each exercise, but for most of the exercises I cant reach 12 reps in the second and third set. I guess my goal is to be able to do 12 reps in each set, three times a week!