Best Traps Excercises

[rushrugby]

Any suggestions appreciated

 

[EArch]

I love db shrugs but when I am seated on a bench. Seated db shrugs.

 

[Resolve]

Cleans, Rows, Deads, Shrugs, Facepulls...

 

[hugry4more]

Cleans, Rows, Deads, Shrugs, Facepulls...

This

 

[GeekPoop]

ive shrugged a handful of times in my life. i just do deadlifts and i got decent traps

 

[joeblow1]

Any suggestions appreciated

Heavy ass shrugs

 

[asooneyeonig]

snatch grip deads, hang power cleans, high pulls, hang high pulls, overhead wide grip shrugs, inverted rows are great additions to what has been said.

 

[Doss]

Heavy deads from just below the knee really did it for me. Shorten up the range of motion so it's more of a back/posterior chain exercise.

Also DB shrugs, but try going about 3/4 as heavy as you usually would and really get the full ROM pulling up, then back, then up some more.

Less conventional, but a good way to get some blood in there, are trap flies. Use fairly light dbs, lean forward a bit at the waist (standing), roll the shoulders forward, then do a lateral-ish movement but instead of shooting straight out to the sides, try 45 degrees in front. It's hard to explain, but there's a good Youtube tutorial I'll try and find later.