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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trap exercises with dumbbells????????

tedium
tedium
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Joined: 2005/10/10
United Kingdom
2006/11/22, 12:52 PM
Hi folks,
I'm limited to training with dumbbells and an incline/decline bench. I've been doing shrugs for 2 months, and changed my workout today. The only other dumbbell exercise I know of for traps is upright rows, but having tried them today they're murder on my rotator cuffs, and there's no way I'm going to be able to use them in my new routine. Does anyone know another dumbell exercise specifically or predominantly for the traps?
coolnatedawg
coolnatedawg
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Joined: 2005/03/09
United States
2006/11/22, 12:55 PM
do some db cleans... those hit the traps a lot. plus they build explosiveness. i dont know how heavy you have for dbs... but it would be worth a try
tedium
tedium
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Joined: 2005/10/10
United Kingdom
2006/11/22, 01:03 PM
thanks Dawg. i've never done cleans even with a barbell, but I'll check them out.
SFGiantsMVP
SFGiantsMVP
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United States
2006/11/25, 04:44 PM
Upright's too!