Cable shrug

How to do it

1. 1Stand facing the cable machine with your feet shoulder‑width apart.
2. 2Grab the cable handles with an overhand grip and let your arms hang in front of you.
3. 3Keeping the arms straight, shrug your shoulders toward your ears.
4. 4Hold the contraction for a moment, then lower your shoulders slowly back to the starting position.
5. 5Repeat 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
• 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.