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08/08/2018 1:58 pm
One of the guys i train has got genetically gifted traps (and he trains them continuously). I am quietly working on mine and am looking for tips from guys who have brought their traps up from good to spectacular. let's have specific techniques here not just a menu of exercises, we all know them.
jb
08/08/2018 2:49 pm
I can't say they are specatular now, but I can tell you the best way to make them grow.
Power shrugs using a barbell and big weight. This is not an exercise to be performed strictly. I start with 135 and add a pair of 45s with each set until I get to 405, then I strip some off. I usually do 6-7 sets and that's is usually all I do.
08/08/2018 3:36 pm
Unilateral Shrugs (I prefer cable instead, as slowly and painful as you can handle), Farmer's Walk, Deadlifts, Upright Rowing with Dumbbells.
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Topic starter
08/08/2018 4:28 pm
keep 'em coming guys.
jb
08/08/2018 5:25 pm
The biggest my traps have ever been is when I was doing sl deads followed by heavy shrugs. I always do sl deads off the rack, so since the weight was already there and I already had straps on...
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08/08/2018 6:00 pm
HEAVY WEIGHT BABY ! 4-6 reps/set, no more than 3 sets.. deadlifts, front barbell shrugs, rear barbell shrugs.. not necessarily on the same day ! When I train traps, I usually do with back or shoulders depending on week.. and I'll just do barbell shrugs (2 sets front, 2 sets rear). Back days is deadlifting time!
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08/08/2018 6:32 pm
load up a wheelbarrow and shrug while you walk.
i use the cracks in the sidewalk as markers and do isoholds for a certain number of cracks, or just use a clock and don't set the barrow down til it runs out.
but number one has to be heavy farmers walks and holds.
08/08/2018 7:22 pm
best work i have ever done was with DB's!! whatever weight you could hold and pull it up for a hold of five seconds. do about 4-6 reps and remember this is as heavy as you can go. When you do the last rep the weight should feel like a mack truck. After those go over to the pull up bar and get a super close grip and just pull up with your traps for as many as you can do. You should only be moving a few inches. <two cents hit the floor>
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08/08/2018 8:12 pm
hmm, i have a home gym and the heaviest db's i have are 100's.
jb
09/08/2018 3:58 am
What about bar weight JB? Sounds like you've gotta just go heavy on the bar shrugs..
- RR
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09/08/2018 4:37 am
The most sore my traps have ever been is after doing power cleans after a period of say months after not doing them. You might not think so, but just try it and see for yourself.
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09/08/2018 5:28 am
hmm, i have a home gym and the heaviest db's i have are 100's.jb
get the mini barbell dumbells. then load all you can, i would venture to guess you have plates?
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09/08/2018 7:00 am
I like barbell shrugs better anyway. If you lean forward, you get a better range of motion.
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09/08/2018 7:43 am
how about my trap bar, great ergonomics and you can load it up
09/08/2018 8:33 am
Well put jb, i just prefer dumbells because of the ergonimics issue. When i use the barbell and i have to lean forward, i am concentrating too much on the issue of not falling over and not on the lift itself., not to mention my lower back stresses.
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