They arent essential per say but Im not sure why people wouldnt do them unless they are VERY blessed.
To make up for no shrugs youd have to put extra effort into excercises like upright rows and perhaps do alittle higher rep deadlift and yates rows work.
I find shrugs do a great job at hitting the upper traps while most other excercises tend to hit the lower traps. To me the extra work it would take to eliminate them is not worth getting rid of them.
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Thread: Are shrugs necessary?
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02-19-2007, 10:40 AM #31
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02-19-2007, 10:53 AM #32
I dont put in any extra work to compensate for the lack of shrugs in my routine. my traps have made steady progress with the subtraction of shrugs from my routine. Shrugs didnt really do anything for me, i am making more progress now without them then i did when i was doing them, different strokes for different folks.
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02-19-2007, 10:56 AM #33
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02-19-2007, 10:59 AM #34
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02-19-2007, 11:17 AM #35
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02-19-2007, 11:24 AM #36
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02-19-2007, 11:48 AM #37
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02-19-2007, 12:03 PM #38
The two bodybuilders with the best traps - Johnnie Jackson and Ronnie Coleman, both deadlift very heavily, and did lots of shrugs (I think Ronnie still does them, Jackson stopped a while ago). If you want big, full traps, you'll need to do both. I only know one person with truly large traps that has never done shrugs, and he's a powerlifter that deadlifts 800. However, it has taken his traps around 20 years to get as big as they are.
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02-19-2007, 12:44 PM #39
Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway, because it's sterile, and I like the taste
I have seen it from both ends of the feild. My boss is a 6'4 300lb bodybuilder who has neer done a shrug in his life, but has by far the biggest traps i have ever seen. They would honestly rival ronnies. They almost look like a second set of shoulders. On the other hand my other boss who is similar in stature does them all the time and still doesnt compare to the guy who has never done themLast edited by pit stain; 02-19-2007 at 12:46 PM.
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02-19-2007, 06:23 PM #40
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I know I am not very blessed genetically guardian. But I've had to stop all forms of upright rowing an shrugging becuase the peak of my traps grows too fast and always dominates my delts. I try to keep my shoulders balanced so that I can have the wide shouldered look but when I start doing direct trap work my shoulders have a steep incline too them and I begin looking narrower again. Though I know it's an illusion it still bothers me.
So I no longer do any direct trap work at this time though I love the look of full, thick traps. It just sucks that my bonestructure won't allow me to have both fully developed and in balance at the same time.
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02-19-2007, 08:00 PM #41
Well your more advanced, your situation is basically analyzing your body to decide what makes it look the best, in this case one muscle group underdevleoped may actually make you look better. What Im suggesting is for people that actually want to develope their traps as much as possible it would be alot of work to get around if they opted to leave out shrugz.
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