Dumbbell Shrugs
How to do it
- Stand with a heavy dumbbell in each hand at your sides, arms straight.
- Stand tall, shoulders relaxed down to start.
- Shrug straight up toward your ears.
- Pause at the top, then lower slowly.
- Dumbbells at your sides let you shrug slightly higher than a bar in front of your thighs.
Muscles it trains
Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.
- Mid-back / traps 70%
- Forearms 30%
Other ways to train this
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