[quote]Professor X wrote:
kylec72 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
kylec72 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
When posts like this come up…it should be a requirement to post pics of the body part you are recommending exercises for…so we can see how well that worked for you.
I see everything from cleans to rack pulls handed out but haven’t seen that many people on the board with HUGE traps as a result of this.
Ha, you’re kidding I hope. How many people on the board can rack pull 8 plates per side for reps? Sure, shrugs will strictly emphasize the traps moreso than rack pulls, which will of course target other areas, but if you can deadlift or rack pull a significant amount of weight, while retracting your shoulders or shrugging backwards, for reps, your traps will grow.
The comment was made in jest, anyways.
I don’t deadlift. I also do NOT see people here who do deadlift with really large traps. Why the hell is it that so few people here have HUGE traps if these exercises work so damn well?
No, I’m not kidding at all. I want to see BIG people talking about HOW TO GET BIG. I do not want to see small people telling me what SHOULD work for big muscles.
You responded to my question with another question.
Here is something I quoted recently in the DC thread…
DoggCrapp wrote:
Traps arent up to snuff? Gee what does that mean? Ill tell you what that means to me…that means your three rotated back thickness exercises are floor deadlifts, rack deadlifts, sumo rack deadlifts, or hammer machine deadlifts. What is that going to give you? huge traps and a back that is as thick as a brick.
Man, if your traps haven’t grown from working up to a 765lb rack pull for reps, you got some serious genetic issues.
Why would someone worry about rack pulls if shrugs have built some of the biggest traps on the planet?
Does Ronnie Coleman do rack pulls? I know he does deadlifts and shrugs.
You seem to be missing the point here. It is IRRITATING seeing people who never got big quoting articles and random sayings as they tell others how to get big…in spite of really big guys telling them that something else worked for them.
It is GREAT that you can quote people. It is NOT great that you don’t have your own hiuge traps to show off and tell about how you built them.[/quote]
So your only point is to argue against me, not necessarily what I had to say. Gotcha.
Like I said before, my original comment was made in jest, and nothing I stated in this thread has been erroneous, including my agreement upon how shrugs will emphasize the traps more so than rack pulls. As you have said ad nauseum on this forum, it’s common sense.
EDIT: Someone might "worry’ about rack pulls due to the other benefits received from the exercise which shrugs may not offer. It does not necessarily need to be an either or situation, though.