Working Your Traps?

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drifta86

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Just curious to what you all do to work your traps? I switch between dumbell shrugs and heavy barbell shrugs. I have heard upright rows can cause slow damage to your rotator cuff if done for a long period of time
 
I avoid upright rows, behind the neck press and bodybuilder benching to protect my rotator cuff muscles. The best trap exercise is probably rack pulls, but deadlifts and grip work (farmers walks, static holds) are good as well.
 
I built my traps up doing tons of upright rows and have not experienced any adverse affects to my rotator cuff, but people respond to exercises differently.I have heard upright rows have the potential to damage the rotator cup from several different sources though.

I think the most productive exercises I have ever used for trap development are repetition snatches and cleans from the hang position, and single-arm snatches with either a kettlebell or dumbell.Lacking the technique to do snatches or cleans, I think high-rep dumbell shrugs with an isometric contraction at the top of each rep would be a good trap builder.But this is from the fact that my traps always responded to lots of volume as opposed to lots of weight.
 
i switch up b/w upright rows, shrugs, high pulls and always deadlifts.

there was an exercise in mens fitness where you layed face down on an inclined bench and raised dumbells upwards. i took note of it to try it later. :)
 
I do dumbbell shrugs for my traps and upright rows, but I also do a few exercises (usually only 4 sets) for my rotator cuff. My mother's had surgery for hers, and I don't want to end up like that, too.
 
abear: i saw that exercise in mens fitness...the technique is kind of awkward, but you can feel it in yoru lower traps.
 
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