Less or more - shrugs

[TxFireMedic24]

Title says it all. Is less really more when it comes to shrugs?

Thanks.

[the hulkster]

dead lift a couple sets of shrugs and neck harness.

[Sepsis]

i only do 3 setsof shrugs a week. dumbells only, chin dug into my upper chest, sometimes seated sometimes standing. works great for me.

[max2extreme]

I go as heavy as possible on shrugs, I lift shrugs every 4 days, 3 sets of around 7 reps. Works for me.

[MFT81]

Yeah, if you dead lift and do enough bent rows thats it

you see guys doing shrugs all the time and its because they do that and some POS machine for rows and that's it for the back workout,

another thing these guys like to do is use dbs and roll there shoulders on each rep

dont do this, dont be one of these guys, start dl start doing bent rows and shrug when you see fit. your traps will pop 4xs faster than those others.

Off Rant.

[elcoman]

Yeah, if you dead lift and do enough bent rows thats it

you see guys doing shrugs all the time and its because they do that and some POS machine for rows and that's it for the back workout,

another thing these guys like to do is use dbs and roll there shoulders on each rep

dont do this, dont be one of these guys, start dl start doing bent rows and shrug when you see fit. your traps will pop 4xs faster than those others.

Off Rant.

Great advise. I dont feelin anything by doing shrugs. Maybe its my technique.

[Swifto]

I found working them 2x per week helps. 1 warm up set. 2 heavy, 4-8 reps. 2-3 light, 12-20 reps.

[marcus300]

Work up to max for 4 reps and drop set the weight 4 times, do that twice and you will have hugh traps.

[BITTAPART2]

^^^exactly what i do^^^^
ill work up to a 4-6 rep max set then go to the smyth machine and do 3x20 behind the back shrugs.

[MFT81]

Great advise. I dont feelin anything by doing shrugs. Maybe its my technique.

#1. mistake guys make, using to much weight, I could shrug with 315 or higher but I find 225 is more than enough, try to lighten up a bit and squezee at the top for a 2 count

#2. Mistake, as I said earlier rolling your shoulders, you can shrug straight up and down or you can shrug up and back but come straight down after dont roll back down to the start.

just a thought.

[Johny-too-small]

#2. Mistake, as I said earlier rolling your shoulders, you can shrug straight up and down or you can shrug up and back but come straight down after dont roll back down to the start.

One of the most common lifting mistakes you'll always see.

[gigem]

yeah i see guys tring to do too much with bad form not to sound like a parrot but lighten up and concentrate on form i think mft give you some good advice

[number twelve]

i shrug as heavy as possible on shoulder day. generally doing bb shrugs. but ill do db, behind the neck smith, and trap bar from time to time. in addition to deadlifts on almost every back day.

[NO-GUNZ-NOFUNN]

You should also try doing upright rows it really hits the back of your traps.

[the hulkster]

You should also try doing upright rows it really hits the back of your traps.

You are doing something wrong then. this is a medial and posterior deltoid oriented exercise.

[Midwest Viking]

all i do is 1-2-3's and rear smith machine shrugs... seems to work well.

[MFT81]

what are 1-2-3's???

[NotSmall]

what are 1-2-3's???

They are like 3-2-1's only in reverse.

[Midwest Viking]

1-2-3's are great.
It is when you take a dumbbell in each hand, like your are going to do dumbbell shrugs. But, don't grab anything too heavy, because they will burn you up.
You do one shrug, the rest at the bottom for a moment, then do two shrugs, then rest a moment, then 3 shrugs, pause, then 4 shrugs, pause, then 5 shrugs, pause, ect... You do this until you get to like 12 reps... It is killer, it really gets the traps burning, and pumped.... Most of the time, it will literally knock me down to failure, and I cannot finish the whole set.

[boostedevo8]

hmmmm never heard of it....ill try it some time.....

I normaly do front bb shrugs then rear bb shrugs.....andill add db shrugs.....

if it feel like they can take some more beating Ill grab 2, 45lb plates and hold them in my handwhile holding peak contraction for aslong as I can....

[Coop77]

1-2-3's are great.
It is when you take a dumbbell in each hand, like your are going to do dumbbell shrugs. But, don't grab anything too heavy, because they will burn you up.
You do one shrug, the rest at the bottom for a moment, then do two shrugs, then rest a moment, then 3 shrugs, pause, then 4 shrugs, pause, then 5 shrugs, pause, ect... You do this until you get to like 12 reps... It is killer, it really gets the traps burning, and pumped.... Most of the time, it will literally knock me down to failure, and I cannot finish the whole set.

This sounds like you're basically just doing reps until failure. I don't see what the pausing is for.

[Midwest Viking]

well, when I do the shrug, I go up until my shoulders are basically touching my ears, so I get plenty of squeeze, when you go down, and let the weight of the dumbbell pull on your traps, it gives it a really good stretch, and brings in alot of blood. Well, the more you do this, the harder it gets, but whats even harder is that each time it gets harder, but each time you still have to perform one more rep then the time before that.

If you have tried these, or would like to try them, you will definately feel a big difference. For example, for regular shrugs, I can always just grab the 150's and shrug those. If I were to grab the 40's, and just rep out, it feels like I never get tired. But, if I grab the 40's, and let them hang on my traps, then pull them up as tight as I can, with a pause at the top, then go back down to letting them hang on my traps, and pause that way at the bottom, and have to then do 2 reps up, pausing at the top and bottom, and then 3 reps up, etc. I usually only get to my seventh "mini set" where I have to perform seven reps, but usually will fail on the 8th attempt.

[JMan06]

You are doing something wrong then. this is a medial and posterior deltoid oriented exercise.

It also hits the trap tho