killer traps

[soulchoice]

For variation, I will even use a shoulder press machine. I will stand on the seat, grab the handles and shrug away.

 

[house1]

i am another one that likes heavy seated dumbell shrugs. no cheating on that one. barbell shrugs and behind the back smithmachine shrugs.

other good ones are

hacksquat shrugs. climb into the hack squat sled . lock your legs out and shrug. you can go heavy and its very strict.

standing calve raise machine shrugs. climb into the standing calve raise equipment and shrug. another very strict setup

 

[Mudge]

The only thing that really started to work for me, was doing more sets, and using a shrug machine with a 'side' grip, like using dumbells. If you dont have access to one of those, I find that heavy barbell shrugs work ok for me, but not quite as well. I am not that strong of a guy, and I'm tall, but for me my routine would be roughly 5 plates/side on the shrug machine, or 315-365 barbell shrugs. Traps are not my genetic strong point either, so I think its one of those things you have to learn to punish, and concentrate on for awhile.

 

[slobberknocker]

I tried powershrugs the other day. A couple sets at 5-6 reps really blasted my traps. I'll keep doing them, for sure.

 

[massive g]

2 exercises per trapz session of either:
Deadlifts, B/Back Shrugs DB BB Shrugs, Upright rows,
Neck harness will make your traps grow too.