Trap Deadlifts

[energizer bunny]

who does them?.....and with which muscle group?......cheers

[ranging1]

i didnt even know what it was until now

dammit i wish my gym had one of these bars

[energizer bunny]

yeah my gym has excellent hardcore equipment......not one machine in sight!.......ive used them a couple of times and thay feel comfortable......but now im adding them into my routine on leg day (today), after squats.....Im still doing normal deads on back day, i was just wondering if anyone else had used them...

[dangerous dan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0aHDFNlRxE
(for people who dont know)

we have one of those bars in my gym...never seen anyone touch it....Ill just stick with deads

[thomaskstewart]

I had to watch dan's vid to know what it was... haven't seen one of those since I was in the Marine Corps and before that was High School... go figure...

I don't see how it would be much different than BB Deads... it's basically like doing deads with DB's so if you don't have one you could use DB's would be pretty light though haha

[Twist]

odd.. don't see a point. there is a new thing about people getting wrapped up with these tiny muscles. IDK why. If your traps are small, most likely it is cuz your back is not well developed; not much guys with big bis and small forearms...

[energizer bunny]

I had to watch dan's vid to know what it was... haven't seen one of those since I was in the Marine Corps and before that was High School... go figure...

I don't see how it would be much different than BB Deads... it's basically like doing deads with DB's so if you don't have one you could use DB's would be pretty light though haha

yeah they are pretty much like BB deads, but they are more comfortable to do having your hands down by your sides, therefor you can get more weight on.......

[energizer bunny]

odd.. don't see a point. there is a new thing about people getting wrapped up with these tiny muscles. IDK why. If your traps are small, most likely it is cuz your back is not well developed; not much guys with big bis and small forearms...

the main muscles worked are you're legs, its a compound movement.....i think the bar is called a Trap Bar...its good for shrugs.....but you do deads with the bar hence trap deadlift..the actuall movement doesnt really touch you're traps as you would think by the name of the excercise.....not the best at explaining myself LOL........

[Twist]

I like the bar. I also love this other bar that you put on your shoulders for lunges.. sick!

[energizer bunny]

yeah.....got one of them at my gym aswell......comfortable to use also.

[stevey_6t9]

i wudnt call them trap deadlifts, hex bars have been used for a long time for deadlifts. I guess you cud use them for shrugs aswell.

[Flagg]

Those are called "Trap Bars"?

We have a really tiny version of that at our gym and I always wondered what it was, except there is no way you could step into the middle of it and do a deadlift like that one in the video. The only time ive used it, the small one we have, is for two armed hammer curls.

[energizer bunny]

i wudnt call them trap deadlifts, hex bars have been used for a long time for deadlifts. I guess you cud use them for shrugs aswell.

well what would you call them?.....as far as i know they are called trap bar deadlifts or hex bar deadlifts.....trap bar at my gym..

[Twist]

Those are called "Trap Bars"?

We have a really tiny version of that at our gym and I always wondered what it was, except there is no way you could step into the middle of it and do a deadlift like that one in the video. The only time ive used it, the small one we have, is for two armed hammer curls.

great for tricep extensions and especially for chest. depending on how close together your hands are it can be really good. sit in incline and with elbows out, press it up. almost like closed grip bench, but the hands facing each other. hits inner chest.

[rockinred]

I've tried it for traps, but I go pretty heavy on the traps and getting it off the floor was a pretty heavy deadlift.... I usually warm up for deads so I didn't care for it as a trap exercise.....to tell you the truth, I think I want to experiment with it as a variation for deadlift days tho. I haven't done that.