Shoulder Shrug Training Tip

Let me ask you a question, how do you usually perform your shrugs? I'm guessing that you stand straight up, and with a pair of dumbbells or a barbell, you shrug the weight up and down.

You possibly might even shrug the weight up and move the weight up in a circular motion with your shoulders. Check out the image below.

This is the traditional way of doing the shrug and it is an effective traps builder. Now, I’m going to pass on a tip that will make this exercise so much more effective. Before I give you the tip, the next time your looking at the muscle magazines, take a look at how some of those pro’s perform the shrug. This little movement is very subtle but it makes a world of difference in the results from the shrug exercise.

What I’m talking about is making the shrug exercise a little more difficult to perform while reducing the amount of “cheat” that’s involved in the exercise.

I’m sure most of you seen dudes in the gym using 300 or even 400 pounds for the shrug but barely moving the weight up and down.

The problem here is that the target muscle group isn’t being trained in the most effective way.

I’ll tell you right now that you don’t need to slap on 300 pounds to get the most from the shoulder shrug. Way too many times have I seen guys in the gym perform this exercise in the most ridiculous manner by using too much weight.