Big traps are the muscles that let other people know you workout !

[GreatDutchHope]

never worked them directly , started yesterday
People who are not working traps directly are beta *******s

So OP, how were your first 23 years on this earth as a *******?

[WatIsThat]

I workout traps as a finisher for shoulder days. Most of the time my shoulder/back workouts traget them anyways.

[muscleholic]

I workout traps as a finisher for shoulder days. Most of the time my shoulder/back workouts traget them anyways.

Targets, but only a little.

isolate them *******ron

[Amel]

thats like 5 months old

here is one from a month or two ago

and eat a dick

[Trevy-trev]

What are some good traps workout? Mine was SO underdeveloped and lagging, shrugs just don't do justice

deadlifts


srs, when I deadlift regularly my traps grow like weeds in comparison to the rest of my muscles. No deadlifting, very little growth. Just my experience.

[supersaiyan-dre]

Deadlifts and pull ups are great for traps.

[TooAnabolic]

I think they're like calves, mostly genetics.

I haven't worked traps directly a day in my life - just do deadlifts and the other compounds and they're pretty decent.

[drfuzzy]

Yep traps are mainly genetics, I do shrugs and deadlifts once a week and mine are pretty good compared to the rest of my body.

[AshC]

Hardly. I never work them directly but they still grow.

And yeah, when you're wearing a t-shirt, shoulders and traps will let people know you lift.

Deadlift does the job.

[warnebrah]

I hate my traps, they are big at the back but they dont go up my neck very far

Looks cool from the back though

Work your rhomboids to lift them up dude. (srs)
Do rhomboid pushups where your forearms are resting on ground shoulder width apart,
parralel to body and lower your back down to ground and push it up.
Works..

[AverageAaron]

I shrug twice a week. They were decent when I never trained them, but when I hit them twice they exploded

So yeah traps are genetic

[aesethicsplz]

IMO they are the least aesthetic muscle you can have, and can only look good when the rest of your body is also jacked. If you have huge traps and just decent sized everything else, it looks anywhere from a bit odd to downright disgusting and alot of women are turned off by them. Anyone lifting for aesthetics/women is retarded if they're trying to get big traps.

Oh wait it's the misc, aesthetics are for *******s we train for functional strength and to look like monsters.

I'd say delts are the muscles that let other people know you 'workout'

[Hockeylift3r 09]

good progres op

[soyuuz]

Smith machine trap shrugs FTW

[phillyfreak7]

Having large traps is awesome but not when you start to look like a frog... **** must still be in proportion with rest of your body. You should still have some neck between your traps and jawbone...

unlike this out of proportion retard

LMFAO this can't be real lift

[Hamzzza]

BB shrugs or DB shrugs?

Interested in knowing this too

DB

'natural position' - the dumbbells pointing right in front/back of you(have them straight) and dont roll your shoulders at the end of the movement
also you can do them by lying face-down on the incline bench to hit your lower traps

there was a article on this on T-nation i think not too long ago

[muscleholic]

IMO they are the least aesthetic muscle you can have, and can only look good when the rest of your body is also jacked. If you have huge traps and just decent sized everything else, it looks anywhere from a bit odd to downright disgusting and alot of women are turned off by them. Anyone lifting for aesthetics/women is retarded if they're trying to get big traps.

Oh wait it's the misc, aesthetics are for *******s we train for functional strength and to look like monsters.

I'd say delts are the muscles that let other people know you 'workout'

negged after recharge

[D-1Gladiator74]

wore a tight football shirt at my uni today, random asians that hardly speak english asking for my autograph because they think im on the team lulz. Im bigger then most if not all the people on the football team at my university, if they are bigger then me then its because they are fat ( doing direct trap work for years is the best thing you can do to look like you lift)

having huge traps and wide lats are the best way of letting people know you lift + it creates a very intimidating look

[Tip Top]

o rly now?

[slowman41]

isolations are dumb

sick traps/yoke is acquired from olympic lifting

klokov/10

[flvinny521]

ITT: OP admits he was a beta ******* his whole life until yesterday.

[studentt]

I think big traps are where it is at but if you have them because you have rounded shoulders and no chest, you look stupid. I have big traps and when wearing a t-shirt I like the look of them flaring up.

[Tip Top]

isolations are dumb

[ThrowinWeight]

Love working traps.

Although shrugging with DB's I slightly lost my grip with the 120's and boom slight separation of ac joint.

[slowman41]

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problem?

besides that this pic is over a year old, you're welcome to come lift at my gym just outside boston any time brah, to acquire yoke

[TestEnDBOL]

best way to get big traps??? gear.

[NOMIEZVR4]

I love having big traps..currently doing lots of deadlifting, rows and barbell pulls to really give them the mass...

[bbowsh54]

Eff yeah, I want huge traps... Love shoulders/traps day. I do as many variations of shrugs as I can. Big traps look BA

Watch the movie "Warrior" ... I want to look like Tom Hardy. Dem trapezius

[fit4business88]

fuuu traps are the one body part that doesn't respond well for me, as some others have said my traps look big from behind but hardly noticeable from the front.

edit: my delts are my best body part by far. so maybe my traps just look small in comparison

[rc_p90]

Traps. High reps and focus on the squeeze. I never go heavy