Power Shrugs

[JTwood]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=3849693

impressive. but if he were to do it the way i do he would have to half the weight.

I bend slightly over the bar and let my legs start the pull then i pull as high as i can without bending arms. then i hold it there for a second or so then let it down slowly. i am absolutley dead today.

[ExtremistPullup]

Impressive I don't even think I could pick it up.

[Emoney3636]

I'm too lazy to look it up, but to the guy who suggested Power Shrugs as a great exercise for traps, to my suprise your right. This is the second week I've done them, and my traps were sore like never before, and I've already noticed a difference. I do them very controlled and hold the contraction for a count, as well as stop just slightly short of vertical because I like to shrug up and back. They're great!

To everybody to bashed them, I really suggest you give them a good chance. They certainly aren't dangerous if you don't go too heavy, and the KILL your traps. The additional weight and partial deadlift movement is only beneficial.

The reason this works so well is because of the tug at the bottom after you do the movement. That shrug id the weighted stretch which is the holy grail of muscle growth