Interesting pic of Oly lifter traps

[collegiateLifter]

he's definately jacked, if he is infact a real old timer though he spent a considerable amount of time pressing (40%) and for that reason has a bigger upper body than most modern OLers. It would be great to have that kind of development

 

[HighIntensity]

iv had my traps this big before

farmers walks

heavy dbs with holds 140 pds plus

heavy shrugs for reps 505 pds

heavy deads


will do it,

 

[PolishHammer1977]

hard worker

Freak first
Hard worker second

Agreed!
Looks like a little bull doesn't he? I fought a guy like that early in my college career. Lets just say that it was chalked up as a loss. We get it sometime.

 

[Judo Tom]

I don't exactly to tell you the truth, but most probbaly based around a lot of squats, cleans, jerks, snatches, pulls and other assitance lifts like hypers, overhead presses, push presses, jump squats etc. They are pretty much pulling machines

thats exactly what i want to improve my judo game..

you win if you can pull the other guy off balance.. simplified but very helpful

 

[coolcolj]

well you should be doing some thick bar training as well

 

[WarriorPL]

Almost as big as my traps.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

great pic! thanks for posting

 

[bignate73]

HEY he looks like me!!!!

well, i have those pants at least.

 

[Fortes]

There's something to be said for how gnarly heavy cleans can nail your traps. Think about it, it's like a shrug but wayyyy better range of motion, and on the eccentric (racking phase), your traps play a part in reversing all of the inertia your whole body just put into making a damn heavy barbell fly in the air.

Looking at that guy really make me want to stop benching and start my workout with either the military press or the push-press or jerk first.

Ohhh yeah, and about their training, many coaches and scientists have said that it takes about 2 years of training to achieve the work capacity that these monsters have. You lift like it's a full time job . . . we're talking 6 hours of front squats, back squats, cleans, snatches, hang cleans, high pulls, hang snatches, overhead presses, deadlifts and so on, 6 or 7 days a week. But that's the price you pay to be one of the most badass human beings on the face of the planet . . .

. . . An Olympic Weightlifter.

 

[Judo Tom]

well i was looking for a routine that was not that demanding.. i could honestly put an hour of extra work in now but i also dont plan on being in the olympics.. like i said i would just like to be able to pull whoever i want off balance with little effort.. it would be very nice and would fit my "style" really well.. also i am not a bodybuilder or a powerlifter .. i kinda fall in between somewhere and like trying out new routines..

any links???