Smith shrug

How to do it

1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder‑width apart and knees slightly bent.
2. 2Grab the bar with an overhand grip, hands a little wider than shoulder width.
3. 3Keep your arms straight and your shoulders relaxed.
4. 4Raise your shoulders toward your ears, contracting the traps at the top.
5. 5Hold the position for a moment, then lower your shoulders 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
• 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.