Iron Game
Veteran
Time to Shrug Off Shrugs?
In all your DVDs and video clips that I’ve watched, I’ve never once seen you do any shrugs. Obviously, you aren’t lacking in trap development, so I was wondering if you do something else for traps, or if it just comes naturally from all your back and shoulder exercises?
I used to do a lot of heavy shrugs. I don’t do them anymore because I really don’t need my traps to get any bigger. Also, I deadlift every week and work shoulders very hard, so that provides enough stimulation for the traps. A lot of guys don’t realize how much your traps are involved in heavy side raises and overhead presses. If you ever trained traps hard enough to get them really sore the day before shoulders, you might get a better idea.
In all your DVDs and video clips that I’ve watched, I’ve never once seen you do any shrugs. Obviously, you aren’t lacking in trap development, so I was wondering if you do something else for traps, or if it just comes naturally from all your back and shoulder exercises?
I used to do a lot of heavy shrugs. I don’t do them anymore because I really don’t need my traps to get any bigger. Also, I deadlift every week and work shoulders very hard, so that provides enough stimulation for the traps. A lot of guys don’t realize how much your traps are involved in heavy side raises and overhead presses. If you ever trained traps hard enough to get them really sore the day before shoulders, you might get a better idea.
