tough traps

[kid1dakota]

Dead lift, rack pulls...

See question above please

 

[ScottMcD1]

If done for bodybuilding purposes I don't see a really good reason to use the over/under grip. Double overhand+straps is the way to go for back development.


If you are into strongman/powerlifting that's a different story.

 

[kid1dakota]

If done for bodybuilding purposes I don't see a really good reason to use the over/under grip. Double overhand+straps is the way to go for back development.


If you are into strongman/powerlifting that's a different story.

makes sense.Thanks bro

 

[qbkilla]

for those who do barbell shrugs how the hell do you keep the bar from shrugging your nuts??? it always grabs my nuts on the way up, i tried leaning forward but that is how i injured my back

 

[repmks]

i got size from. heavy deadlifting,rack pulls, and cheat shrugs very heavy weight for many reps to failure.

 

[concreteguy]

If yours are stubborn, add a couple of heavy sets of DB shrugs and that should do it.

Lean a little forward and look down at your feet while doing them. Go slow and hold the top of the rep for a moment each rep.

 

[kid1dakota]

for those who do barbell shrugs how the hell do you keep the bar from shrugging your nuts??? it always grabs my nuts on the way up, i tried leaning forward but that is how i injured my back

No shit Me too!! I think we have the exact height and arm length that cause that problem.I have asked others that say they don't have that prob.Or maybe we just have huge balls!

 

[a1951zorro]

so Ive been doing the bent over shrugs- I think I could do a lot more weight but the position stresses my low back- I thought maybe the smith machine?

 

[dropshot001]

No shit Me too!! I think we have the exact height and arm length that cause that problem.I have asked others that say they don't have that prob.Or maybe we just have huge balls!

i've seen some strongman competitors doing shrugs with the cambered bar so as to prevent the nut whacking. you might consider trying this out.

 

[kid1dakota]

i've seen some strongman competitors doing shrugs with the cambered bar so as to prevent the nut whacking. you might consider trying this out.

good idea.

 

[Pawwn]

I noticed some increase in size when I started getting serious about t-bar rows. The kind like Ronnie Coleman does in "Redemption" by jamming an olympic bar into a corner and throwing some 45s on the other end. The more I stand up with the bar the more I feel it in my upper-mid traps. The closer to parallel, the more I feel it in the lats.

 

[BigJB]

Dead lift, rack pulls...

Ditto. Squeeze those traps as hard as you can at the top and they'll grow.

 

[aj1]

Gotta agree with those that said rack pulls and deadlifts. I've also had alot of success with hang cleans just to mix things up.