Train which first: Shoulders or Traps?

[min0 lee]

Which would you train first, if you were doing both on the same day: Shoulders or Traps?

 

[CowPimp]

I would probably work my shoulders first. I tend to cram traps near the end of my workout, if I even work them directly.

 

[KarlW]

Same

 

[Duncans Donuts]

I would rotate it...

 

[LAM]

I train traps with back

 

[CowPimp]

DD is probably right. Another idea is to prioritize the smaller/weaker body part first.

 

[ZAGLOBA]

I always do them at the end of my shoulder workout because it makes me so tired to work my traps

 

[crazy_enough]

same here, i work shoulders and traps on the same day, traps last.

 

[vegman]

I do traps last. I can't get a good shoulder work-out with fatigued traps

 

[Musclebeach]

I do traps on back day and shoulders on shoulder/quad day...

-Jeff.

 

[soxmuscle]

I would rotate it...

What are the advantages of rotating it? Your body adjusts to the rotation that you use?

 

[musclepump]

I train them on opposite days

 

[ChrisROCK]

What are the advantages of rotating it? Your body adjusts to the rotation that you use?

It's not a matter of the body adjusting to it... it's a matter of which part, if any, is getting a little neglected in that workout. By rotating the sequence, you'll hit the traps harder one day, and maybe slightly less the next time around.

 

[westb51]

I train traps with back

Me too.

 

[Yanick]

I train traps with back

Ditto.

Not all the time of course, it all depends on what type of program i am on at the moment.