Shrugs are a waste of time!!

[Morefyah]

I honestly don’t think they do very much for the effort put forth. I don’t have huge traps or anything but I do get compliments on them. Thing is I’ve never done a shrug in my life. All the people I see doing them at the gym have small shoulders and traps. I don’t get the hype?






Also hip thrusts are for dick riding faggots! Says tren!

 

[Gbro]

That's awesome that your genetics allow you to have big traps without working them.

 

[BigBaldBeardGuy]

[emoji23] Everybody knows the key to big traps is Tren! [emoji23]

Seriously though, I do shrugs and I kind of agree that they don’t seem to do much. OHP seems to stack them up bigger IMO.

 

[Morefyah]

That's awesome that your genetics allow you to have big traps without working them.

It’s not genetics brother. Like @BigBaldBeardGuy said Dumbell and Barbell OHP definitely hit traps and shoulders more. I think push ups/pull ups even cable push and pull downs are better then shrugs. I think shrugs hit the rear delt more then traps. I am already hitting rear delts in other movements.

 

[johntt44]

I honestly don’t think they do very much for the effort put forth. I don’t have huge traps or anything but I do get compliments on them. Thing is I’ve never done a shrug in my life. All the people I see doing them at the gym have small shoulders and traps. I don’t get the hype?






Also hip thrusts are for dick riding faggots! Says tren!

Yeah! What's up with all the guys doing hip thrusts? Theres usually a couple of guys doing them at my gym.

 

[Gbro]

It’s not genetics brother. Like @BigBaldBeardGuy said Dumbell and Barbell OHP definitely hit traps and shoulders more. I think push ups/pull ups even cable push and pull downs are better then shrugs. I think shrugs hit the rear delt more then traps. I am already hitting rear delts in other movements.

I agree that there are other ways to effectively hit traps.

 

[Oregongearhead]

 

[Iron Frenchie]

I think to big of traps make you look narrow. Small traps and wide shoulders you will look like a double wide. Plus most woman don’t like big traps.

 

[ickyrica]

Heavy deads for the win

 

[Morefyah]

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Ok they work for him! Lol..,
Tren still thinks hip thrusts are for vice gripping cocks with you butt hole. There great for warming up for gay gang bangs!

 

[Oregongearhead]

A few years back I was trying to develop the trap/neck tie-in . So I did tons of DB shrugs . It really helped....

 

[Oregongearhead]

You can also do DB shrugs before deadlifts as a warm-up or after deadlifts (burnouts)...they"ll get sore as can be the next day so watch it !

 

[Oregongearhead]

A few years back I was trying to develop the trap/neck tie-in . So I did tons of DB shrugs . It really helped....

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My barber (Asian) used to say "you got muscle growing into your neck ! It was pretty funny . When I stopped doing shrugs , it went away alot....

 

[ickyrica]

You can also do DB shrugs before deadlifts as a warm-up or after deadlifts (burnouts)...they"ll get sore as can be the next day so watch it !

Pre exhausting the target muscle group prior is a great tactic. Helps when progress stalls for me

 

[Oregongearhead]

Pre exhausting the target muscle group prior is a great tactic. Helps when progress stalls for me

Thats right Icky , and pre-exhausting w/ DB shrugs is a great way to hit the traps before DL"s .

 

[cfreetenor]

OHP press for sure hit traps a lot more for me. And upright rows.

 

[Oregongearhead]

OHP press for sure hit traps a lot more for me. And upright rows.

I used to superset these 2 lifts , another way to get large traps....

 

[T-Bagger]

I think to big of traps make you look narrow. Small traps and wide shoulders you will look like a double wide. Plus most woman don’t like big traps.

They SHOULD like them, since they make great foot rests.

 

[T-Bagger]

I always found DB shrugs hit my traps really well. I hit them twice a week on shoulder and back day.

 

[weighted chinup]

Traps respond really well to direct trap work actually, it's a necessity for me for full trap development but I only implement them in training when dieting down, during a growth phase I just let them get indirect growth from other movements.

It's easy to go overboard though and the first symptom is usually a weird one: bicep tendinosis!