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muscles above collar bone

jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/04, 10:18 AM what are good exercises for these muscles ......
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/04, 06:06 PM Hey are you talking about ther traps? The best exercises for those are shrugs and upright rows.
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/04, 07:13 PM what are upright rows thanks.......
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/04, 08:14 PM You take a bar bell or a curl bar with a light weight to start. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Grip the bar with palms facing your legs. pukk the bar up keeping it close to the body. You want your elbows to come up past your ears if possible. They should have a description here for it.
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/04, 08:17 PM thanks alot mutt i will give it a try my muscles up there are kind of shallow since the 35 lb wt loss thanks again
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/04, 08:19 PM These target the traps as well as the main head of the deltoid. They work very well you really do not need a lot of weight to do it right. I would go light at first to get the groove. Good luck!1 keep going! I need another 60 lbs and i reach my goal!
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/04, 08:23 PM you look pretty muscular in the upper body i must say good job ........
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/07/05, 01:35 PM Deadlifts also work the traps, as well as the lower back and legs. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/05, 02:22 PM Well thanks jnellie! I hope to increase that look without the bf there. rpacheco is right good heavy deadlifts work wonders for the traps. As do the T-bar row if you stand upright a little more than normal, there was an article on that in M&F a few months back.
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/07, 10:52 AM hey mutt i tried the upright rows what a burn thanks alot you got me on track i also did some dead lifts and some shrugs these should wake up the traps huh thanks again
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/07/07, 11:14 AM Yes they are great for that! Good job keep it up!
jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/07/07, 11:25 AM thanks again