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Post by justregularguy on Mar 28, 2019 11:59:01 GMT
I never understood why people train upper traps. You already hit them with a million exercises why would anyone train them seperately.
You do rows, you hit the upper traps. You lift something off the ground, you hit the upper traps. You do an overhead press, you hit the upper traps. You do a reverse fly, you hit the upper traps. You do boring biceps curls and you STILL have some upper traps involved.
I never ever focus on them and they still take a beating each workout. Why would anyone want to train them seperately? Seems like a total waste of time to me. If anything I would do a farmers walk but why would anyone do shrugs out of all exercises?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 13:33:13 GMT
I feel the same about forearms
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Post by mr potatohead on Mar 28, 2019 13:53:46 GMT
I leave training individual body parts/muscles to the bodybuilders who are being paid to look a certain way when they compete. I focus mostly on full body compound exercise and trust that to be enough.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 28, 2019 16:57:12 GMT
I feel the same about people who drive to a gym to use the treadmill.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Mar 28, 2019 20:26:57 GMT
I used to do shrugs for neck padding for boxing, but I found it was bad for my posture/shoulder health. If it wasn't for that I would still be training them, maybe even more than I train forearms.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Mar 28, 2019 20:31:23 GMT
I read you can train all parts of the traps at once if you do overhead shrugs (from the lockout position or thereabouts), but I never gave it much of a go.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 28, 2019 20:59:49 GMT
I agree. Traps are developed by default from doing other exercises. I think those huge, over-developed traps that bodybuilders develop look freaking ridiculous. They give their shoulders a sloping effect. Steve Reeves had great traps. He was naturally broad shouldered to begin with, and his trap development was just right.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 28, 2019 21:32:36 GMT
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Post by Michael on Mar 28, 2019 22:19:30 GMT
Over developed traps make Your shoulders look small. As most said here they get enough work from everything else. I'm all for compound movements and that makes up most of my training. But I still train my arms and forearms, helps to condition for the stuff I do. Believe it or not, I do curl on my job duties and certain stuff I do I need arm endurance.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Mar 28, 2019 23:45:38 GMT
Believe it or not, I do curl on my job duties and certain stuff I do I need arm endurance. Curling a can of beer can get tiring.
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Post by jonrock on Mar 29, 2019 7:35:32 GMT
Wel, I am in the minority here.
I do shrugs as follows: strap around feet, bar at mid-thigh, mixed grip. I "try" to shrug as hard as I can while pushing through my heels, so the movement ends up being something between a shrug and a deadlift partial. Of course iso style, 2 positions: lower as a dead partial and higher as a shrug.
Doing heavy shrugs offer multiple benefits: 1) the stronger the neck, the better you can take any hit to the head, because traps and the musculature surrounding the neck act as shock absorbers. 2) shrugs also work the sternocleidomastoids, the muscles of the jaw and the back of the neck; the forearms, lats and biceps; the hamstrings , glutes and hips. 3) do not use straps and your forearms will be fried.
Big traps gives the "power" look: Maxick, Hack, David Rigert, Phil Grippaldi, Jamie Lewis, most wrestlers, etc... Lots of bodybuilders move the scapulas to give the impression of enormous traps, but these guys do not need to do that, they are the real deal.
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Post by trog on Mar 29, 2019 9:28:51 GMT
I feel the same about people who drive to a gym to use the treadmill. When I could run, before my knees said "No!", I found running on the treadmill much easier. Brain out and go for it. Running outside you have to cope with pedestrians, traffic, dogs, bikes, variations in pavements, the weather, etc, etc. I don't understand people who get on the treadmill and walk.
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Post by keith on Mar 29, 2019 10:37:42 GMT
I will admit, I love training my traps, shrugs, both barbell and dumbbell, upright rows, whether it be barbell, cables, dumbbells, etc.
I personally think it depends on what type of body you have, if your tall and have a broad shoulders look like Steve Reeves then big traps would be unsuitable, but if you have a more thicker physique then I think big traps will look better on a person like that.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 29, 2019 16:32:20 GMT
I feel the same about people who drive to a gym to use the treadmill. When I could run, before my knees said "No!", I found running on the treadmill much easier. Brain out and go for it. Running outside you have to cope with pedestrians, traffic, dogs, bikes, variations in pavements, the weather, etc, etc. I don't understand people who get on the treadmill and walk. Sorry I meant people who drive to a gym to walk on a treadmill.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 29, 2019 16:46:33 GMT
Wel, I am in the minority here. I do shrugs as follows: strap around feet, bar at mid-thigh, mixed grip. I "try" to shrug as hard as I can while pushing through my heels, so the movement ends up being something between a shrug and a deadlift partial. Of course iso style, 2 positions: lower as a dead partial and higher as a shrug. Doing heavy shrugs offer multiple benefits: 1) the stronger the neck, the better you can take any hit to the head, because traps and the musculature surrounding the neck act as shock absorbers. 2) shrugs also work the sternocleidomastoids, the muscles of the jaw and the back of the neck; the forearms, lats and biceps; the hamstrings , glutes and hips. 3) do not use straps and your forearms will be fried. Big traps gives the "power" look: Maxick, Hack, David Rigert, Phil Grippaldi, Jamie Lewis, most wrestlers, etc... Lots of bodybuilders move the scapulas to give the impression of enormous traps, but these guys do not need to do that, they are the real deal. Well you are not the only one who does shrugs, it is part of the many different things I do at work. Mine are not heavy and just like me they are simple, all I do is move open boxes with products, with a pinch grip from one surface to another, for up to 8hrs a day.
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