[hman85]

I personally have heard both sides. I do my shrugs with shoulders. Everyone tell me your opinion.

[CRUNCH]

They're technically a back muscle...upper traps. Once I started doing heavy deads, my traps blew up, so I completely stopped doing any shrugs.

To answer your questions...I used to do them with back.

[PumpingIron]

My shoulder day would be pretty short without them and my back day would be packed...

They fit into my routine better on delt day.

[dlew308]

I do them on back day. If i forget, then shoulder day

[MentalTwitch]

Leg day. I give alot on shoulders and dont feel im gettin enough out of shrugs on back or shoulder days casue i put so much in. So i give alot on leg day to, but....it had really nothing directly to do wiht them except settin weight there.
Squats
Smith Calf raises
leg press
shrugs
curls
Done. short intense day.

[CarterMalone]

I like them on my back day. As others have said, they are a back muscle.

Deadlifts
Pulldowns
Bent over raises
Shrugs

[thewilman]

I do them with shoulders too...4 day split...

Mon - Chest/Tri
Tue - Back/Bi

Thu - Legs
Fri - Shoulders/Traps/Neck

[smeton_yea]

I used to switch them off and on, sometimes back, sometimes shoulders. Now if I see them lagging Ill do shoulders. But like Crunch says about The Dead-lift. Once Heavy Deads started traps seem to need not much work or none at all.

Right now Im pulling 405 conventional.

Currently doing a sumo-stance (first time ever) routine for six weeks.

and yes technically traps are back.

[PumpingIron]

Originally Posted by thewilman

I do them with shoulders too...4 day split...

Mon - Chest/Tri
Tue - Back/Bi

Thu - Legs
Fri - Shoulders/Traps/Neck

Very close to my workout routine. Holy crap...

Only difference is the order. I don't like having only one day between chest and delts.

I go:

Legs
Chest/Tri

Back/Bi
Delts/Trap/Forearms

[thewilman]

Originally Posted by PumpingIron

Very close to my workout routine. Holy crap...

Only difference is the order. I don't like having only one day between chest and delts.

I go:

Legs
Chest/Tri

Back/Bi
Delts/Trap/Forearms

Great minds think alike!

Actually, I get 3 days...T/W/TH and then 2 days SA/SU. I agree...having Chest and delts too close together will hinder progress.

BTW PI, you look great in the avy, bro. Nice work!

[OCCFan023]

I feel after a good back day my traps are slightly warm and raring for a nice bout of heavy shrugs (on the plate loaded shrug machine thing.) I also feel that doing heavy shrugs after a backworkout really puts my grip strength to the test and can really feel it the next days in not just my traps but my forearms.

Also I feel like my traps get enough work during a shoulder workout on there own and dont need to be worked on a shoulder day.

[Jayhawkk]

Depends really on how I feel or how my week is set up. Shoulders or back if I can help it.

[Chad]

back

[CarterMalone]

Originally Posted by thewilman

I do them with shoulders too...4 day split...

Mon - Chest/Tri
Tue - Back/Bi

Thu - Legs
Fri - Shoulders/Traps/Neck

How do you workout your neck?

[Rodja]

Both for me, but indirectly. They are hit on back day by deadlifts and delt day by cleans.

[snakebyte05]

I personally like to switch it up. I try and switch my routine up every few weeks. Right now I have it with shoulders, when I change stuff up ill do them with back for the next few weeks.

I also agree with heavy deads, you will really feel them the next day after doing those!