How often can I do shrugs?

[boomstikit]

Right now I am doing shrugs three times a week (M-W-F). I do three sets of dumbbell and three sets of barbell. I am seeing a difference definitely, but not as much as I would expect. Am I over-working my traps? Should I go down to twice a week? Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[tbomb]

Originally posted by boomstikit
Am I over-working my traps?

yeah.

Originally posted by boomstikit
Should I go down to twice a week?

go down to once a week.

how many times a week to you work your legs?...your chest?..back? why would you treat your traps any differently?

granted, different people respond differently to different things, but 3 times a week is a little much...and youre only doing this with traps?...if you keep growing you like say you are, be prepared to be all out of proportion.

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

way over-kill unless you were doing a full body split, but even then that would be overkill (6sets for 'em).

cut it down to once, or possibly twice, depending on your split.