Originally Posted by min0 lee

I've tried them a few times but never enough to really give a review, It does feel like it's hitting another area of the traps.

This is also the way Lee Haney did his shrugs.

Originally Posted by kenwood

i do them in front and it seems to do nothing...i've did them behind a few times they were great...i dunno why but what really makes my traps sore are skullcrushers and i dunno why

Originally Posted by Nate K

I normally do front shrugs. I tried some back ones today and slightly strained my right trap. You have to really focus on the trap muscle like you might with crunches and abs. In the picture I think Lee is just un-racking the weight, not doing a rep.

Originally Posted by dougnukem

I do shrugs with dumbbells so I can't say. I've tried barbell, but don't like running the barbell across my nuts every rep and behind the back feels uncomfortable for my lower back for some reason.

Originally Posted by Nate K

I normally do front shrugs. I tried some back ones today and slightly strained my right trap. You have to really focus on the trap muscle like you might with crunches and abs. In the picture I think Lee is just un-racking the weight, not doing a rep.

Originally Posted by lnvanry

I injured my left trap...not I cannot do heavy shrugs w/ BB or DB...heavy trap bar deads and upright rows...sometimes bent-over 45degree BB rows.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Sprained the right trap? I did something liek that once. I was either going too heavy or I turned my head slightly during the lift. I never feel shit from a front shrug. Gotta be from the back, afterall, thats where the muscle lies.

Back shrugs, DB shrugs, shrug machines

In that picture it doesnt look like Lee is doing shrugs at all. SInce when do you bend your elbows during a shrug?

Originally Posted by Nate K

Bull shit they have to be from the back. I like front way more than back. "Gotta be from the back, afterall, thats where the muscle lies." That makes no sense. So I should always do Pulldowns behind the neck because thats closerto where the muscle lies. It depends on if the person has the control to put the stress on the muscle being focused on. Personally I think its better to do the movement that is more natural. In this case it means with the bar in front of you.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

These are being done incorrectly. You should bring the bar further back and lower.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Youre tradezius runs from your middle back to your upper back. Some of it is on top of your shoulders. So youll get some stimulation, but not as much as from the back.

But if you like it from the front, then do it. But the muscle is where it is.

Sorry.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Youre tradezius runs from your middle back to your upper back. Some of it is on top of your shoulders. So youll get some stimulation, but not as much as from the back.

But if you like it from the front, then do it. But the muscle is where it is.

Sorry.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

These are being done incorrectly. You should bring the bar further back and lower.

Originally Posted by Hlanderr

How do you do shrugs?

I have a tough time trying to "feel" the exercise in my traps, and I often feel it in my delts and arms.... but recently I have been doing them behind the back.... it feels GREAT..... but is this as effective as in the front? Cause I never really see people doing it behind the back.

I've read how people do both..... does that imply a difference? What do you do?

Originally Posted by PirateFromHell

I do shrugs behind my back with the smith machine. It keeps my shoulders from rolling forward and helps me target the traps.

Originally Posted by PirateFromHell

I do shrugs behind my back with the smith machine. It keeps my shoulders from rolling forward and helps me target the traps.

Originally Posted by Nate K

Behind the back and on a smith machine......Unnatural positioning with a unnatural fixed range of motion.