[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
So, yeah, just wanted to say I’ve trained traps maybe 5 times directly in my life.
Deadlifts (primary contributor to my trap growth)then upright rows and even heavy laterals have contributed to growth. Posting a pic, my traps are small.[/quote]
nice traps,heavy laterals raises does stimulate traps.
will like to continue to DL but because of work and other sport my lower back gets overlaped
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Never done a shrug in my life. I’ve only ever done deadlifts and power cleans back when I played football. Traps, like any other muscle group, are going to be different for everyone. If your traps grow from deadlifts, rack pulls, or rows, don’t assume you have to do shrugs just because ____ says you need to. If you have no traps at all and aren’t doing shrugs, don’t just assume they’re not necessary for you because ____ says they’ve never done them.
Bottom line is find out what works for you. Copying those who have made progress is a good start, but at some point you need to figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are and go from there. Some people never train calves directly and have huge ones while others train them every day and still consider them a weak point. People can argue both sides all day, but it’s apples and oranges.
I think my concept of “huge traps” is different than some others.
No one said you can not build ANY sort of development at all from deadlifts…but any kind of development isn’t the goal in bodybuilding.
My traps are bigger than most posters on this site and they are rapidly growing.
Clearly I’m not going to have traps the size of someone with 10 years gym time on me. Give me a year.
Iron thanks man.
I just trained at a gym here in Florida. They have that seated/standing HS Shrug machine. Holy Hell that is a beautiful piece of equipment. I could feel my traps much better than with a BB (with better leverage) and not quite as awkward as shrugging with a trap bar.
[quote]riddle22 wrote:
[photo]30897[/photo]
Never done a shrug in my life. I’ve only ever done deadlifts and power cleans back when I played football. Traps, like any other muscle group, are going to be different for everyone. If your traps grow from deadlifts, rack pulls, or rows, don’t assume you have to do shrugs just because ____ says you need to. If you have no traps at all and aren’t doing shrugs, don’t just assume they’re not necessary for you because ____ says they’ve never done them.
true 110%.
Bottom line is find out what works for you. Copying those who have made progress is a good start, but at some point you need to figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are and go from there. Some people never train calves directly and have huge ones while others train them every day and still consider them a weak point. People can argue both sides all day, but it’s apples and oranges.[/quote]
genetic rules (but this doesn’t mean you don’t have to bust your ass in the irongame).
Heavy Deadlifts, Heavy rackpulls, Heavy Shrugs. I think the general consensus is attacking them with heavy weight.
Shrugs over 315 for high reps, traps may be predominately fast twitch, but the respond best to heavy weight and higher reps; plus farmer’s walks
I don’t think your traps will “take off” till you reach certain deadlift or squat #s. Shrug #s are meaningless.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
I don’t think your traps will “take off” till you reach certain deadlift or squat #s. Shrug #s are meaningless. [/quote]
My traps did when i didnt Deadlift/rack pull. And a squat isnt going to build traps. Shrug #s most certainly arent meaningless.
I don’t dead lift or rack pull, I shrug.
Am I doing it wrong ?
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
I don’t think your traps will “take off” till you reach certain deadlift or squat #s. Shrug #s are meaningless. [/quote]
? What if you don’t squat or deadlift?
This thread is now locked to ONLY people who have pictures of their huge traps. Everyone else will be heckled to death.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
I don’t think your traps will “take off” till you reach certain deadlift or squat #s. Shrug #s are meaningless. [/quote]
Squatting to bring up your traps; now I’ve heard it all.
heckle away… but there’s a chicken-egg problem with heavy shrugs: you’re limited by what the rest of you can hold (meaning, your back, shoulders etc). Deadlift seems like the fast way to enhance that.
I suspect that’s why people associate the two exercises.
As for the original Q, While mine aren’t huuuuge, what there is didnt take off until 300 lbs.
Here’s a nice article from 1947 about building the different parts of the traps:
Its interesting that Google Images can find NO pictures of his back.
I can shrug a weight for reps that is much higher than my 1RM deadlift.
If my goal is “bigger traps” I’m not sure why I would limit myself to deadlifting for them.
Is it better to train traps with shoulders or on back day?
[quote]law8 wrote:
Is it better to train traps with shoulders or on back day?[/quote]
I do them on both, normally i can then further on shoulder day coz my grips isn’t burnt out like at the end of a back session.
