Thread: Can't get Traps to grow!

You could try to do Upright Rows as well as HEAVY Shrugs. Buy some straps for your wrists so you can pack on the weight for Shrugs. If you are doing 75 lbs dumbells you should be able to Shrug 225-250 using a barbell and straps for sets of 5-8 reps. I feel a good trap workout when I use the Hammer Low Row machine too (It will hit your upper back as well)

Good Luck
YM

I dont think my traps are that great and I finish with 125 pound dumbells.

There is no way I can use dumbells really for the base work, I use a barbell or a machine.

Besides going heavy, you can try slow reps and hold at the top and do negatives also. This will require lower weight of course, but you can try it every other trap workout.

switch it up between db and bb.. i was doin db for about 3 month.. just switched to bb and i feel it so much more

I dont much like the dumbells at all, if anything is grip limited for me its dumbell shrugs especially since they slide against your leg adding resistance.

hi,
try out high rep alternating dumbbell shrugs

try doing farmer walks after your trap w.o. ...........using straps, grab dumbells as heavy as you can handle, and walk around trying to keep your arms moving as little as possible. i use 80's or 90's and do these after every trap w.o., and my traps are one of my best bp's, this exer. really fries them.

also, you could try doing dumbell shrugs while seated. most people use too much body swinging when doing shrugs, so there bi's, shoulders and even lower back and calves work just as hard as their traps.
arch your back (so you're stable), then shrug away....it isolates your traps......you'll feel the difference.