Barbell Shoulder Shrugs
How to Do Barbell Shoulder Shrugs
- Place your feet shoulder width apart and using an overhand grip at a little more than shoulder width, hold a barbell in front of you.
- Your arms should be fully extended towards the floor, palms facing in towards your thighs. This is the start position.
- Exhale and raise or shrug your shoulders up in a slow controlled movement. Do not use your biceps to assist in lifting the barbell.
- Continue as high as possible then hold for a count of one.
- Return to the start position in a smooth movement, inhaling as you do so.
- Pause then repeat.
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Related Neck & Upper Traps Exercises
Barbell Shoulder Shrugs Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Barbell Shoulder Shrugs targets neck & upper traps and also works shoulders and upper back & lower traps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: barbell / ez-bar.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Seated neck turns / head rotations, seated shoulder rolls / shrugs and seated neck roll. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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