Dumbbell shrug

How to do it

1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder‑width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing your body.
2. 2Keep your arms straight and let the dumbbells hang at your sides.
3. 3Elevate your shoulders as high as possible, as if trying to touch your ears.
4. 4Hold the contraction for a second, then lower your shoulders slowly back to the start.
5. 5Repeat for the desired number of reps.

More traps exercises

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• Lever gripless shrugLeverage machine
• Smith back shrugSmith machine
• Lever gripless shrug v. 2Leverage machine
• Dumbbell decline shrug v. 2Dumbbells
• Dumbbell decline shrugDumbbells
• Cable shrugCable
• Scapula dipsBodyweight

This page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.