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A pretty versatile exercises! The dumbbell variation can be annoying to set up, I prefer the row style and it feels better too. Once you do a working set with this, explosively, with this line of pull, you'll feel how much better it isI never thought about or considered this, but I'm definitely intrigued by it.
I've seen guys tag these on at the end of their rows since the traps are usually the last to fatigue. I never had trouble growing traps with standard rows but if I did I would try this.
You can't actually, since adjusting torso position doesn't change the fact that gravity points down. The cable's line of pull being perpendicular to the DB's is the reason it works the trapezius. The trapezius' function is not purely elevation of the scapula, it's retraction as well.Or you can just make it more simple by just leaning forward when performing a DB/BB Shrug, or do it leaning forward in a Smith Machine, or while leaning back in a Chest Supported Row machine(similar to the seated cable shrug you show, but a pad would offer stability and standardize the movement).
The DB/Cable setup you show is far from ideal, as the cable's line of pull is pretty much perpendicular to the line of pull of the DBs. Just have your clients either lean slightly forward doing the DB Shrugs, or if it feels awkward(it would still be less awkward that the DB/Cable setup) have them rest their chest on an incline bench for support.
Kelso shrugs are a coupled dynamic + isometric in the shrugged position at a ~45-deg incline of chest support, no? That's not similar.The DB variation is definitely novel
The others are just Kelso shrugs. Good movement, but hardly "new"
You can't actually, since adjusting torso position doesn't change the fact that gravity points down. The cable's line of pull being perpendicular to the DB's is the reason it works the trapezius. The trapezius' function is not purely elevation of the scapula, it's retraction as well.
Nope definitely the traps.I'm fully aware of the traps functions, but in your DB/Cable setup, it's actually the LATS which are pulling/resisting isometrically against the cable.
Lean forward, and let gravity plus the weight of the dumbells be in a perfect line of pull to work the upper/mid traps, which pull up and back.
Kelso shrugs are a coupled dynamic + isometric in the shrugged position at a ~45-deg incline of chest support, no? That's not similar.
I doubt nobody in the world has never done this exercise but I also can't find much about it. It's certainly not my IDEA, it's Chris Beardsley's.
I just actually put it into practice, and the way it feels is obviously better than the dumbbell shrug. It lights up the full trapezius. How it works in the long-run remains to be seen, maybe activation doesn't predict growth. We shall see...
Nope definitely the traps.
Nope definitely the traps.
Or you can just make it more simple by just leaning forward when performing a DB/BB Shrug, or do it leaning forward in a Smith Machine, or while leaning back in a Chest Supported Row machine(similar to the seated cable shrug you show, but a pad would offer stability and standardize the movement).
The DB/Cable setup you show is far from ideal, as the cable's line of pull is pretty much perpendicular to the line of pull of the DBs. Just have your clients either lean slightly forward doing the DB Shrugs, or if it feels awkward(it would still be less awkward that the DB/Cable setup) have them rest their chest on an incline bench for support.