TRAPS - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

TYSON · 23-02-2005, 03:49 PM

I couldnt help notice the little remarks between dirty barry and sport dr regarding their aviator pics

but personally im impressed with the trap muscle on both you guys.

So what should i do to build this muscle, i am currently doing upright rows and thinking of starting shugs, is this all i need to build this muscle and also i know form is allways important but which is more important for the traps form or heavy weight.

**hackskii** · 23-02-2005, 06:30 PM

Shrugs and or deadlifts.

Killerkeane · 23-02-2005, 07:02 PM

Free weight shrugs are best. Heavy as you can.
i always squeeze and hold at the top of every rep, blasts them good doing that.

**big** · 23-02-2005, 07:02 PM

Deadlifts all the way. If you can pull REAL heavy, you will have BIG traps.

DB · 23-02-2005, 07:19 PM

Cheers tyson!
Deadlifts are good for traps..i pull about 190kg so its not massive compared to Chris jenkins but its alright...i find it really strains em..also heavy shrugs thats about it personally i think SDD may use synthnol?? lmao

John · 23-02-2005, 07:25 PM

personally i think SDD may use synthnol?? lmao

i tried to give you rep points for that baby, but it says i need to spread the love, before you get them.

TYSON · 23-02-2005, 08:16 PM

Cheers lads but i think i know why my traps are not great....

WHAT IS A DEAD LIFT :confused: never done these before and will up rows still help

**hackskii** · 23-02-2005, 10:16 PM

Dead lifts are where you pick the bar up off of the ground.
Should use legs and look up but alot of guys tend to use more back than they should.
Correct form is really critical for this lift.

Some feel this is the best guage for strength. I actually tend to agree. One of the best core lifts you can do.

**big** · 23-02-2005, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dirty barry

Cheers tyson!
Deadlifts are good for traps..i pull about 190kg so its not massive compared to Chris jenkins but its alright...i find it really strains em..also heavy shrugs thats about it personally i think SDD may use synthnol?? lmao

Wow, that's the shock of the day - you look like you can dead WAY more than 190.

You can choose to either take that as a HUGE compliment on your physique, or a diss on your weak-as-a-kitten strength.

(Seriously - it was meant as the compliment! 190 is still strong - don't get me wrong.. you just look lots stronger which is a testament to how you look.)

**robdog** · 23-02-2005, 10:24 PM

Man i odnt even train my traps and they just seem to grow. Always have done.

I do no deads or shrugs. I must be a genetic freak lmao!!!

bignol · 23-02-2005, 10:27 PM

Heavy shrugs are the bomb mate.

**Pscarb** · 23-02-2005, 10:56 PM

i have done plenty of trap exercises in my time these are what i found the best in no particular order...

Heavy DB's (up and down movement not rotating)
Rear BB shrugs
Seated lighter DB shrugs (bend your elbows slightly and as you shrug pull your elbows back slightly and hold at top)

Carlos901 · 23-02-2005, 11:58 PM

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I must be a genetic freak

yeh, u have awsom genetics with your hair.

demon · 24-02-2005, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TYSON

WHAT IS A DEAD LIFT :confused:

Have a look here:

http://abcbodybuilding.com/deadlift.htm

**hackskii** · 24-02-2005, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by demon

Have a look here:

http://abcbodybuilding.com/deadlift.htm

Thanks Demon, Spot On!!!!!

I noticed that my traps only grow going really heavy.
Almost to the point where it hurts my back :axe:

Just me tho, all others have to do with genetics (me, I dont have traps or biceps), winger too. hee hee :boohoo:

But if you find what works for you then just bang that.

23-02-2005, 03:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
TYSON Looking Freaky Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK (Bedfordshire) Posts: 731	TRAPS I couldnt help notice the little remarks between dirty barry and sport dr regarding their aviator pics but personally im impressed with the trap muscle on both you guys. So what should i do to build this muscle, i am currently doing upright rows and thinking of starting shugs, is this all i need to build this muscle and also i know form is allways important but which is more important for the traps form or heavy weight. __________________ :lift: BODYBUILDERS DO IT TILL IT HURTS:lift:

23-02-2005, 06:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
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23-02-2005, 07:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Killerkeane The Geezer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Somerset although im not proud lol. Posts: 2,977	Free weight shrugs are best. Heavy as you can. i always squeeze and hold at the top of every rep, blasts them good doing that. __________________ Fortes Fortuna Paratus Mens-Fortune favours the prepared mind.:amen:

23-02-2005, 07:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
DB Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW London Posts: 11,089	Cheers tyson! Deadlifts are good for traps..i pull about 190kg so its not massive compared to Chris jenkins but its alright...i find it really strains em..also heavy shrugs thats about it personally i think SDD may use synthnol?? lmao __________________ DB To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. often imitated never duplicated To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. DB sleeps with a night light. Not because DB is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of DB. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by DB; 23-02-2005 at 07:22 PM.

23-02-2005, 07:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
John EFBB Winner Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,245	LMFAO Barry personally i think SDD may use synthnol?? lmao i tried to give you rep points for that baby, but it says i need to spread the love, before you get them. __________________ *“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”*

23-02-2005, 07:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
big Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Beer me Posts: 5,171	Deadlifts all the way. If you can pull REAL heavy, you will have BIG traps.

23-02-2005, 08:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
TYSON Looking Freaky Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK (Bedfordshire) Posts: 731	Cheers lads but i think i know why my traps are not great.... WHAT IS A DEAD LIFT :confused: never done these before and will up rows still help __________________ :lift: BODYBUILDERS DO IT TILL IT HURTS:lift:

23-02-2005, 10:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
hackskii Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 22,452	Dead lifts are where you pick the bar up off of the ground. Should use legs and look up but alot of guys tend to use more back than they should. Correct form is really critical for this lift. Some feel this is the best guage for strength. I actually tend to agree. One of the best core lifts you can do. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

23-02-2005, 10:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
robdog Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,528	Man i odnt even train my traps and they just seem to grow. Always have done. I do no deads or shrugs. I must be a genetic freak lmao!!! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

23-02-2005, 10:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
bignol Newbie Trainer Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7	Heavy shrugs are the bomb mate. __________________ If you do what you ahve always done then you will get what you have always had !!!! :lift:

23-02-2005, 10:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pscarb UK-Muscle Moderator and NABBA Champion Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,187	i have done plenty of trap exercises in my time these are what i found the best in no particular order... Heavy DB's (up and down movement not rotating) Rear BB shrugs Seated lighter DB shrugs (bend your elbows slightly and as you shrug pull your elbows back slightly and hold at top) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Nutrition is your greatest anabolic agent; everything else is just the icing on the cake