Do you guys tuck your chin when doing shrugs?

[Tommy Gunn]

Do you guys tuck your chin when doing shrugs? I hear two different things:

1) You should NEVER tuck your chin because it puts too much pressure on the spine and could lead to injury. Thus you should ALWAYS just look straight ahead when doing shrugs.

2) You should ALWAYS tuck your chin because it gives a better ROM which will hit the traps better.

So what do you fellas think? Or will both hit your traps just as good as the other?

[MartyMcFly]

I don't know about tucking but I always look down a little. My spine is fine.

[number twelve]

i focus on a high point on the wall. similar to squats.

[BITTAPART2]

w/ dumbells i will tuck my chin own but w/ the bar Id definatly mess my spine up, i dont believe in strict form when doing barbell shrugs, i expierience the most growth with an explosive heavy movement, i was shrugging 12 plates saturday for 5sets of 3 traps were on fire!! then i went to the dumbell rack and repped out 2 sets with my chin own and very strict form concentrating on the squeeze.

[boostedevo8]

aint no 6pac on the ground so there aint no sense in looking down....holy shit i sound like trailer park trash lol......i dont lookdown when doing any excersice...plus it helps you keep balance when you focus on a spot on the wall......i dont know its jsut a mental thing for me

[EcToMoRpHiAn]

I always find myself looking down without realizing it, and I have pretty poorly developed traps.

[RickGix]

i try to touch my ears with my traps i never look down usually staright ahead

[beuleux]

Dont know whether Id call it tucking my chin in but I get a better ROM if I tilt my head slightly foreward