DB shrugs

[ReX357]

Just wondering what you guys use to do DB shrugs...

I used 105's today for 3x8.

Anyone shrugs the 200's ???

[damiongage]

my gym only goes to 120's

I rep those by 15....then I get board

[big daddy k de]

i kill my traps !!! this is how i do it ...not often but when i feal like i wanna really hit the traps
1x15 100
1x10 105
1x10 110
1x10 115
1x10 120
1x10 125
1x10 130
1x10 135
1x10 140

[maxmuscle187]

i was up to 135s

[maxmuscle187]

but it was only like 6 or 7 reps

[J.S.N.]

i try to do those only after i do something like cleans 'cause otherwise you can grab hella weight and still get bored. do sets of cleans and then the 100's will feel like sacks of bricks knowhati'msayin'?

[Hed]

i do them after i do straight bar shrugs. straight bar shrug i can do 520 for about 8 reps, and my gym only has dumbbells up to 100lbs, and i normally do three sets, 30 reps per set, nice and slow, squeezing at the top, but thats NOT to failure.


other gym i went to i could do 125 for like 10 reps, but that was just starting my cycle also.......

[SwoleCat]

120's for 20.

4 sets.

AKA - "4-20"

~SC~

[spound]

I end up doing to 130's for about 12-15 sol;id reps

[ya_man]

do u guys use straps for DB or BB shrugs?

[ReX357]

do u guys use straps for DB or BB shrugs?

No. Not me at least.

[nsa]

do u guys use straps for DB or BB shrugs?

I do for barbell shrugs. I can't hold 405 without straps.

[MrMondodondo]

100 x 10
120 x 10
150 x 20 for 4 sets....

[spound]

I do for barbell shrugs. I can't hold 405 without straps.

Ditto, I use them for DB too sometimes, just bc it tears my hands up otherwise

[SwoleCat]

I never use straps.

~SC~

[BDTR]

yes

and i dont use straps, ever. Don't even own a pair.

[GREENMACHINE]

110 on the straight bar. 8 reps 4 sets. D:

[TheMudMan]

The highest I go with DB is 95lbs for 12 reps........... but I weigh a lot less then all of you big guys

Yes I use wrist raps...... I would rather let my traps give out first then my grip or forearms.

[BDTR]

My traps always give out before my forearms do, even on deadlifts, my forearms/grip outlast everything.

[Kärnfysikern]

My gym doesnt have dbs higher then 110's so I never do db shrughs. I can probably do 12-14 reps with those or something along those lines. Anyway its wasted effort since my trapz have never grown the slightest from db shrughs Unless I do a exercise I call "gymneger" shrughs(named after a big black dude in a gym I used to workout in a few years ago). But they are much heavier and then the 70's are enough.

[Iowa]

Last time I did traps I did
150's for 21
150's for 15
150's for 9
100's for 10
But I had straps

[kloter1]

heaviest ive gone on db shrugs is 130's. thank god for straps.

[xfade7]

My gym doesnt have dbs higher then 110's so I never do db shrughs. I can probably do 12-14 reps with those or something along those lines. Anyway its wasted effort since my trapz have never grown the slightest from db shrughs Unless I do a exercise I call "gymneger" shrughs(named after a big black dude in a gym I used to workout in a few years ago). But they are much heavier and then the 70's are enough.

is that a nickname? lol.

[Kärnfysikern]

is that a nickname? lol.

yeah translated its "the gym nigger" but its not meant in any offencive way at all. I just come upp with nicknames for every mofo in the gym.

[BDTR]

Does he know you called him the gym nigger?

I'm pretty sure if he didnt, he'd be pretty offended by it lol.

[kenwoj82]

haha, gym nigger

[LACBodybuilder]

thats the nickname I got at my gym, and I'm white. It came from when I got out of the shower one day and was walking around the locker room naked. Everyone was like "**** Gym Nigger, put that thing away. Doesn't it hurt when it drags on the ground like that?"

[The Baron]

I train at home. No barbell... just 20" olympic dumbbell handles and loose plates. I can easily pile a half dozen 25ers on each handle so I can use the dummies for not just shrugs, but also squats and SLDL. Get yourself a pair of these, if your gym doesn't have big dumbbells. Load 'em up and check out the envious looks, while you do shrugs with 165 lb dumbbells! Oh, word of advice, don't use spring collars. Use good turn-screw collars or you will end up dumping plates on your toes.

[JdFlex]

yeah translated its "the gym nigger" but its not meant in any offencive way at all. I just come upp with nicknames for every mofo in the gym.

That's not considered offensive in Sweeden??

[ire]

BDTR, I thought you didnt isolate you traps. Didnt you say your dl's pretty much cover your traps?

[BDTR]

I dont isolate my traps, i throw in dumbell/barbell shrugs once every other month or so to show off lol.

[SwoleCat]

Me 2!

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