I’ve started doing a particular movement, purely as an Interest*, to work my traps a bit more. I’d like to share it with you, but keep in mind that this isn’t a required movement for beginners. Below is the explanation, plus a video for you.
* Interests are defined as non-critical exercises that you do simply because you like them or because you want to do something extra for some muscle group. In my 6x6x6 Routine, you’ll see a place for them. I want to stress again though, that beginners really don’t need to do this and in fact beginners (and even intermediates) need to be careful of time-wasting and/or over-training that can come from doing too many Interests…
I call this exercise “Wheelbarrow Lifts and Shrugs” and hopefully it will be clear why.
Take a set of heavy dumbbells. “Heavy” is a relative term of course – depending on your strength, maybe start with 25 lb to 30 lb dumbbells until you get the movement down. Whatever you use, it will be much lighter than if you were doing regular shrugs. (more…)
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