Strength · Shrug · Barbell
Barbell Shrug
Barbell Shrug is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the traps, with help from the forearms.
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 10–15 reps with 1:15 rest. When every set reaches 15 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Traps
Also
- Forearms
Joints it loads
- Neck some
- Grip and forearms some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of barbell shrug, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.