The muscles which are known to increase muscularity, power and dominance to a person’s physic are known as traps and trap exercises need to be targeted to the part a person wants to use mostly in their activities and thus needs to be decided on effectively.
While trap exercises are plenty as per need, here we are with the top ten moves to triple- sized traps!
Heavy Barbell Shrug
This exercise is best done using the heaviest of barbell that you can probably carry with an over hand grip and then shrugging the shoulders up and down. While this motion helps build stress and creates tension in the traps helping in muscle growth, doing it wrong and shrugging the shoulders front and back might harm the spinal cord. Thus, beware.
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To do this, you would need to get hold of dumbbells which are equal or more than your total body weight and carry and walk with them for at least a distance of 50 to 100 yards. This one is a true gem in terms of building up of shoulder traps as well as upper body traps and also provides relief to any injuries of the back inflicted previously.
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To practice this one, you would need to stand with your legs about half a meter away from each other and then lower the hip backwards with the weights. This exercise helps due to the fact that it creates a way higher level of tension and helps one lift more weight as the strength gets distributed all over the upper torso region too!
Overhead Squat Exercise
Simple as its name, it just needs one to hold a weight bar with the help of a wide grip behind the head region and then completing the usual round of squats. Even though technically and usually, squats are associated with the lower body and leg exercise regime, this one helps build and grow the traps in the upper body parts as well, and effectively too!
Face Pull
Another exercise which helps build greater traps is the face pull which can be easily done by getting the hold of an attached rope usually attached to a cable machine and then by pulling it towards the face. While you do this, make sure that your body is still and that your shoulders should only be in motion, which in turn helps gain traps in the upper chest region as a
While trap exercises are plenty as per need, here we are with the top ten moves to triple- sized traps!
Heavy Barbell Shrug
This exercise is best done using the heaviest of barbell that you can probably carry with an over hand grip and then shrugging the shoulders up and down. While this motion helps build stress and creates tension in the traps helping in muscle growth, doing it wrong and shrugging the shoulders front and back might harm the spinal cord. Thus, beware.
Hang Snatch and Hang …show more content…
To do this, you would need to get hold of dumbbells which are equal or more than your total body weight and carry and walk with them for at least a distance of 50 to 100 yards. This one is a true gem in terms of building up of shoulder traps as well as upper body traps and also provides relief to any injuries of the back inflicted previously.
Hex Bar Dead …show more content…
To practice this one, you would need to stand with your legs about half a meter away from each other and then lower the hip backwards with the weights. This exercise helps due to the fact that it creates a way higher level of tension and helps one lift more weight as the strength gets distributed all over the upper torso region too!
Overhead Squat Exercise
Simple as its name, it just needs one to hold a weight bar with the help of a wide grip behind the head region and then completing the usual round of squats. Even though technically and usually, squats are associated with the lower body and leg exercise regime, this one helps build and grow the traps in the upper body parts as well, and effectively too!
Face Pull
Another exercise which helps build greater traps is the face pull which can be easily done by getting the hold of an attached rope usually attached to a cable machine and then by pulling it towards the face. While you do this, make sure that your body is still and that your shoulders should only be in motion, which in turn helps gain traps in the upper chest region as a