Add slabs of muscle to your upper back and improve your presses with these unconventional trap exercises.
Form and Function
Few things espouse more masculinity than a set of mountainous traps. But most lifters train their traps insufficiently from both an aesthetic and functional standpoint.
The...
Here’s a little-known gym fact, kirk shrug may be, he best shrug variation you’re not doing.
There’s nothing more imposing than a lifter with a big yoke, otherwise known as a set of massive upper traps, shoulders, and back will make you stand in awe—and move out of their way as they toss...
This 2 day per week specialization workout is designed to target lagging traps using unique and demanding exercise variations. A sample 4 day muscle building split is provided.
WORKOUT SUMMARY
Main Goal
Build Muscle
Workout Type
Single Muscle Group
Training Level
Intermediate
Program Duration8...
If you’ve ever experienced shoulder pain, then you know how tricky it can be to build those cannonball delts. Given our culture’s sedentary lifestyle and the fact that many folks seem to struggle with maintaining overhead shoulder function, it’s no wonder that impingement is rampant within the...
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We will choose a different topic every month, share two different viewpoints on the matter, and then we...
How to Perform Breathing Shrugs
If you are looking to stimulate trap growth in a new way, and don’t mind pain, then listen up. Breathing shrugs are a brutal, painful and effective way of punishing your trap muscles, forcing them to respond and grow.
I recommend using straps (preferable...