Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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no traps???

theycallumister
theycallumister
Posts: 4
Joined: 2003/07/04
Canada
2003/07/15, 06:07 PM
hi i just got a program from here how come they dont work traps at all? ive seen my first two weeks and traps arent worked in neither shoulder or back days? should i add something?

thanx

karl
plfitness
plfitness
Posts: 198
Joined: 2003/05/25
United States
2003/07/15, 09:53 PM
Personally I am not sure why the would omit traps as I feel they are one of the most important muscles for functional strength. In my particular case neglecting trap developement led to an impingement in my shoulder. As far as when & how to train traps I personally would reccomend the following; Be sure to work all portions of the traps(there are 3) standing shoulder shrugs work the upper & middle portion & doing a variation of a seated row with keeping the arms straight & squeezing the shoulders together does a good job for hitting the middle & lower portion. If I am trainig for strength I have found it best to work them with shoulders however during a mass cycle I perfer to work them with back, but ultimately do whatever works best for you.

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