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Dumbbell Shrug
Primary
- Main muscles
- Traps
How to do it
- Stand erect with a dumbbell on each hand (palms facing your torso), arms extended on the sides.
- Lift the dumbbells by elevating the shoulders as high as possible while you exhale. Hold the contraction at the top for a second. Tip: The arms should remain extended at all times. Refrain from using the biceps to help lift the dumbbells. Only the shoulders should be moving up and down.
- Lower the dumbbells back to the original position.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the traps as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other trap exercises
- Cable Shrugs · Cable
- Calf-Machine Shoulder Shrug · Machine
- Clean Shrug · Barbell
- Kettlebell Sumo High Pull · Kettlebell
- Leverage Shrug · Machine
- Scapular Pull-Up · Bodyweight
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