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When to do shrugs

hey_yoda Posts: 36 Joined: 2002/10/03	2002/10/21, 06:02 PM Should I do shrugs on the day that I do back exercises, or on the day that I do shoulder exercises? Thx!
jplatz Posts: 196 Joined: 2002/10/08	2002/10/21, 06:16 PM Traditionally, it's a bodypart associated with shoulders, but it is connected to the back. Personally, I do them on my back day. -------------- The meek shall inherit the Earth, but the strong and muscular will carry them through it! That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/21, 06:56 PM Yes either or really. I like it on shoulder day cause my normal back day is too hard to have the shrugs with it. though to shock them I sometimes switch that. -------------- I LIFT, THERFORE, I AM!
lewdog_55 Posts: 383 Joined: 2002/01/23	2002/10/21, 07:01 PM I do mine on the shoulder day too. After some hanging cleans,military presses, and arnold presses, I do some heavy shrugs and the next day is usually painful but great.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/21, 07:05 PM I was thinking, how heavy do you guys go for shrugs and how developed are you traps? I have tried every way to get them to grow. Light weights high reps, heavy weights low reps and everything in between. I feel it the dy after but they still grow to slow for me. -------------- I LIFT, THERFORE, I AM!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/10/21, 07:17 PM I switch my shrugs off, one 8-10 week cycle I will do them with shoulders, the next I will do them with back. And to 7707MUTT...Have you ever done upright rows right after behind the necks? They are great for trap developement. Best of luck.
hey_yoda Posts: 36 Joined: 2002/10/03	2002/10/21, 08:05 PM Thanks guys. I think I will do them on back day because I generally have less exercises to do that day.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/10/22, 09:15 AM Well I have done u[right rows but not regularly. And I can not do behind the neck presses I had a old shoulder injury that does not let me do them. But thanks -------------- Those who lift understand it. Those who do not, think we are crazy!