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Douglas7777
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I loves me somes Traps!
For a "wider" look, should I ignore traps?
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thesuaveone
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Island Son said:
Kevin McHale
Well yeah you look like you are carrying way too much body fat too be jacked. Body weight dont mean shit unless you carry a scale around with you .
I am not saying 185 being that tall is the right answer but carrying over 240lbs at a high body fat is not surely not the answer .
I am not saying 185 being that tall is the right answer but carrying over 240lbs at a high body fat is not surely not the answer .
thesuaveone said:
JohnRobHolmes
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Deadlift. It will make you wider. You will look wider, you will BE wider.
Guinness5.0
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I totally agree here. If you watch yourself in the mirror while doing deads, you can see that your side delts are doing quite a bit of work.JohnRobHolmes said:
ghettostudmuffin
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These guys preaching about deadlift know what they are talking about.
When I did DF 5x5 cycle I did no direct trap work and my traps were the biggest they had ever been.
Squats are a great trap builder over time as well. Sounds silly, but several powerlifters I know, one being a nationally ranked super heavyweight and compete in one of the strictest drug tested feds for PL, all said shrugs aren't needed for big traps. Heavy deads and squats over time build them up.
Think about it. The deadlift puts your traps under an extreme load to literally keep your arms from ripping out of their sockets. It is gettign a high tension load placed upon and they flex from the bottom to the top as well.
When you squats, you have teh bar sitting on your traps. Your traps move that bar abit as you squat and if you are nice and tight they are heavily contracted under that weight.
Every guy I have seen that can squat and pull over 500lbs has had great traps. I know that's a generalized statement, but these are guys that don't do any direct trap work that I know.
Ignoring your traps can over time create imbalances and make you look stupid.
When I did DF 5x5 cycle I did no direct trap work and my traps were the biggest they had ever been.
Squats are a great trap builder over time as well. Sounds silly, but several powerlifters I know, one being a nationally ranked super heavyweight and compete in one of the strictest drug tested feds for PL, all said shrugs aren't needed for big traps. Heavy deads and squats over time build them up.
Think about it. The deadlift puts your traps under an extreme load to literally keep your arms from ripping out of their sockets. It is gettign a high tension load placed upon and they flex from the bottom to the top as well.
When you squats, you have teh bar sitting on your traps. Your traps move that bar abit as you squat and if you are nice and tight they are heavily contracted under that weight.
Every guy I have seen that can squat and pull over 500lbs has had great traps. I know that's a generalized statement, but these are guys that don't do any direct trap work that I know.
Ignoring your traps can over time create imbalances and make you look stupid.
Figure I'll chime in here since I have the same physique you described almost to a tee.... big triceps, delts, traps, no chest, narrow shoulder girdle
When I was younger, in highschool, I looked really silly. Very skinny with very oversized traps relative to my size, and no shoulders to speak of. I got some bad news for you, alot of it is genetic, and if it's a bone structure thing, there is only so much you can do about it.
I've been lifting for 3 years now, tried a buncha different splits, as well as the 5x5, and regardless of what lifts were going well and what ones weren't, I alwayus pretty much looked the same. Any change was simply due to eating more or less, but body shape stayed the same.
The best advice I can give you is simply to hit the compounds hard and eat eat eat. The only way to really solve the problem is to get bigger all around... trust me, you will look better, and the bigger traps will only enhance your look. Trust me, alot of guys would kill for big traps.
You don't have to work traps directly. I never did, they tend to get hit with deads, cleans, rows quite a bit anyhow. Maybe others can help with isolating lagging muscle groups more (chest), but for your shoulders, trust me man, keep up with the compounds hard n' heavy, and eat , then eat some more. You will notice improvements over time.
When I was younger, in highschool, I looked really silly. Very skinny with very oversized traps relative to my size, and no shoulders to speak of. I got some bad news for you, alot of it is genetic, and if it's a bone structure thing, there is only so much you can do about it.
I've been lifting for 3 years now, tried a buncha different splits, as well as the 5x5, and regardless of what lifts were going well and what ones weren't, I alwayus pretty much looked the same. Any change was simply due to eating more or less, but body shape stayed the same.
The best advice I can give you is simply to hit the compounds hard and eat eat eat. The only way to really solve the problem is to get bigger all around... trust me, you will look better, and the bigger traps will only enhance your look. Trust me, alot of guys would kill for big traps.
You don't have to work traps directly. I never did, they tend to get hit with deads, cleans, rows quite a bit anyhow. Maybe others can help with isolating lagging muscle groups more (chest), but for your shoulders, trust me man, keep up with the compounds hard n' heavy, and eat , then eat some more. You will notice improvements over time.
