Dumbbell decline shrug

How to do it

1. 1Adjust a decline bench to a 45-degree angle.
2. 2Lie face‑down on the bench with your chest and abdomen pressed against it.
3. 3Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your arms fully extended toward the floor.
4. 4Keeping the arms straight, lift your shoulders toward your ears as high as possible.
5. 5Hold the contraction for a moment, then lower the dumbbells slowly back to the starting position.
6. 6Repeat the desired number of repetitions.

More traps exercises

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

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.