After the newsletters on direct-indirect work for each muscle, my first training partner from way back in high school emailed me about lateral shrugs…
It’s a move that targets both upper traps and medial-delt heads. That exercise got his attention because he said he’s never been able to feel shrugs in his upper traps…
That newsletter had photos of a seated cable version. He doesn’t have cables, so he asked for demo pics with dumbbells. Here you go, Bill…
If you have trouble feeling shrugs, you may want to consider using lateral shrugs instead. Not as isolated, but the synergy can often help better excite the nervous system…
Do lateral shrugs at the end of your workout, after delts and arms. That way you get some upper-trap work with your shoulder routine…
After that, your delts and traps get a rest while you do arms. Then you hit lateral shrugs for more medial-delt and upper-trap work.
You’ll get the short-rest mass effects for delts and upper traps during your shoulder routine, and long-rest effects with the lateral shrugs at the end of your workout.
It’s an efficient double blast for packing on new mass.
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