Shrugs
Step-by-step technique for Shrugs, an exercise for traps using barbell. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Stand tall with a barbell or dumbbells in straight arms.
- Raise your shoulders straight up toward your ears.
- Hold briefly at the top.
- Lower under control.
Coach tip: Don’t roll your shoulders. Lift straight up and down.
Muscles worked
Primary: Traps
Secondary: Forearms
Shrugs is a strength exercise that loads the traps using barbell. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Traps
- Secondary
- Forearms
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Type
- Strength
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