Cable Shrug
Step-by-step technique for Cable Shrug, an exercise for traps using cable. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Grip a bar attached to a low cable pulley.
- Stand tall with straight arms.
- Raise your shoulders straight up toward your ears.
- Lower under control.
Coach tip: The cable keeps constant tension throughout.
Muscles worked
Primary: Traps
Secondary: Forearms
Cable Shrug is a strength exercise that loads the traps using cable. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Traps
- Secondary
- Forearms
- Equipment
- Cable
- Type
- Strength