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BigRedCat
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Everybody needs to COOOOOOOOOL OUT! Arguing over shrugs?
Anyway, here is a response I found on this subject from another board:
Re: are rolling Shrugs bad ? _
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by:Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D., MSS
International Sports Sciences Association
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Your trapezius muscles (called "traps") elevate and support your shoulder girdle (i.e., pull your shoulders toward your ears). Simply hold a bar in front of you and "shrug" your shoulders straight upwards. You don't have to rotate your shoulders -- just shrug. _
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An alternative method is to shrug with heavy dumbbells while either seated or standing. The straight bar must be held out in front of you, while seated dumbbell shrugs allow the arms to hang naturally at your sides. This makes dumbbell shrugs a bit more comfortable and definitely easier on your low back. Holding a heavy bar in front of you requires strong contraction of your erector spinae muscles.
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Normal shrugging technique (as explained above) activates the two upper portions of your trapezius (i.e., trapezius I and II). By leaning forward (about 20-30 degrees), and then shrugging straight up -- not toward your ears, but vertically toward the ceiling -- you will activate trapezius III and IV. You may wish to support your upper body against a padded surface (like a preacher curl bench) in order to alleviate unnecessary stress on your lower back while leaning forward.
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By the way, I fucked my left rotator cuff up real good by doing rolling shrugs 2 years ago- I still have a loss of strength in the shoulder. It seems to be getting better but I have found up and down works them a hell of allot better anyway. Rotator cuff injuries suck! It hurts doing incline bench and shoulder presses.
Anyway, here is a response I found on this subject from another board:
Re: are rolling Shrugs bad ? _
_
by:Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D., MSS
International Sports Sciences Association
_
Your trapezius muscles (called "traps") elevate and support your shoulder girdle (i.e., pull your shoulders toward your ears). Simply hold a bar in front of you and "shrug" your shoulders straight upwards. You don't have to rotate your shoulders -- just shrug. _
_
An alternative method is to shrug with heavy dumbbells while either seated or standing. The straight bar must be held out in front of you, while seated dumbbell shrugs allow the arms to hang naturally at your sides. This makes dumbbell shrugs a bit more comfortable and definitely easier on your low back. Holding a heavy bar in front of you requires strong contraction of your erector spinae muscles.
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Normal shrugging technique (as explained above) activates the two upper portions of your trapezius (i.e., trapezius I and II). By leaning forward (about 20-30 degrees), and then shrugging straight up -- not toward your ears, but vertically toward the ceiling -- you will activate trapezius III and IV. You may wish to support your upper body against a padded surface (like a preacher curl bench) in order to alleviate unnecessary stress on your lower back while leaning forward.
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By the way, I fucked my left rotator cuff up real good by doing rolling shrugs 2 years ago- I still have a loss of strength in the shoulder. It seems to be getting better but I have found up and down works them a hell of allot better anyway. Rotator cuff injuries suck! It hurts doing incline bench and shoulder presses.
