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Post by gruntbrain on Mar 29, 2019 16:46:39 GMT
I suspect many if not most of us who do heavy shrugs and deadlifts won't get over developed Traps.
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Post by keith on Mar 29, 2019 19:35:08 GMT
I knew a guy who used to drive to a health centre, pay for the month just to walk on a treadmill to get his blood pressure down and then he would do some light weight training and he did this for years. I didn't get it as I think it would have been better for him to just leave his house and take a nice walk where there are hills and the fresh air, then he could have a done a couple of light calisthenics.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 29, 2019 20:11:51 GMT
I suspect many if not most of us who do heavy shrugs and deadlifts won't get over developed Traps. Hack squats and rowing are also the same movement as deadlifts.
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 29, 2019 20:15:25 GMT
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Post by Mack Hollins on Mar 29, 2019 22:13:31 GMT
I suspect many if not most of us who do heavy shrugs and deadlifts won't get over developed Traps. Hack squats and rowing are also the same movement as deadlifts. Serious question. How is rowing the same movement as deadlifts? Deadlifts You pick something from the floor with straight arms. Rowing You're pulling Your elbows back whether standing or bent over. Are You talking about a rowing machine?
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Post by Mr Average on Mar 29, 2019 23:43:43 GMT
Hack squats and rowing are also the same movement as deadlifts. Serious question. How is rowing the same movement as deadlifts? Deadlifts You pick something from the floor with straight arms. Rowing You're pulling Your elbows back whether standing or bent over. Are You talking about a rowing machine?
It was not me who actually thought about it, it was Elliott Husle, AKA Yo Elliott on youtube when he was responding to someone asking about training for rowing and he said that the deadlift was the same movement as rowing. Just in case you do not know who he is
If you really need me to I will try to find the video of it, but it may take sometime, because I do not remember the title of it. Maybe Elliott Hulse does not have a clue on what he is talking about?
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Post by chanduthemagician on Mar 30, 2019 3:19:23 GMT
Because from the time I was 15 until I was about 25 I wanted them to look like this. I did a lot of deadlifts and used the bench press station on the universal gym for shrugs. I've done barbell shrugs with the barbell in front, in back and leaned forward. I work them specifically at least twice a year now I do have good traps, but sadly not the wide shoulders needed to pull of the look to it's best effect.
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Post by Bob50 on Mar 30, 2019 4:35:38 GMT
chanduthemagician said:
" I do have good traps, but sadly not the wide shoulders needed to pull of the look to it's best effect".
Just perform more deltoid exercises.
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Post by stormshadow on Apr 3, 2019 22:36:02 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. Agree about power. Old wrestling coach said don't worry about beach muscle opponent. Like big arms and pecs. If dude has thick traps and large forearms you are in for a battle .
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Post by Dave Reslo on Apr 3, 2019 22:49:58 GMT
I run to the gym to walk on the treadmill
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Post by mr potatohead on Apr 4, 2019 6:23:30 GMT
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Post by jrmeatplow on Apr 4, 2019 9:53:42 GMT
Traps and shoulders were the reason I started training. A picture of Kaz on the front of an old PowerliftingUSA magazine was all it took for me.
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Post by Mr Average on Apr 4, 2019 10:29:41 GMT
I run to the gym to walk on the treadmill
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Post by stuke on May 24, 2019 21:37:40 GMT
I think upper trap develolpment is a must. Seen plenty of pics of guys with no traps, Google the bloke known as Scooby for a good example. If you look at most Steve Reeves pics, he has little in the way of upper traps and ok, that may be preferable for some, but not me.
I remember someone at rhe gym I used to go to. He was not a huge guu at all, looked like he trained but more like a pretty lean rugby player look. What impressed me was his trap development - he looked powerful and even though his shoulders were not that wide, he looked good.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on May 24, 2019 22:32:37 GMT
Traps and shoulders were the reason I started training. A picture of Kaz on the front of an old PowerliftingUSA magazine was all it took for me. Traps? What traps?
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