Comments on: The Difference Between Traps and Shoulders http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/ Your Path To a Better Body Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:01:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anthony Myers http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Anthony Myers Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:59:17 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-41 John. Big compounds lifts should target your entire body, however some people do have lacking parts and direct stimulation of those areas is necessary. Deadlifts are king, by the way ;). Deadlifts will give you a nice back, legs and pretty much everything else... You may not have time to do a body part specific routine, however at the end of each full body you could spend a little bit of extra time isolating your lagging parts. It wouldn't take more than 5 or 10 extra minutes. That's the method I was using recently to further target my chest. John. Big compounds lifts should target your entire body, however some people do have lacking parts and direct stimulation of those areas is necessary. Deadlifts are king, by the way ;) . Deadlifts will give you a nice back, legs and pretty much everything else…

You may not have time to do a body part specific routine, however at the end of each full body you could spend a little bit of extra time isolating your lagging parts. It wouldn’t take more than 5 or 10 extra minutes. That’s the method I was using recently to further target my chest.

]]> By: John http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-37 John Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:17 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-37 Hi Anthony. I might be genetically blessed with big traps, but I find I never have to train them directly. Hitting heavy deadlifts seems to give them all the stimulation they need. That and power cleans. At the moment my delts are lagging relative to my trap development, but I don't have the time to make bodypart split type workouts. My priorities are athletic performance, so its no biggie - my point is that compound lifts can provide plenty of trap stimulation. YMMV. -JW Hi Anthony. I might be genetically blessed with big traps, but I find I never have to train them directly. Hitting heavy deadlifts seems to give them all the stimulation they need. That and power cleans. At the moment my delts are lagging relative to my trap development, but I don’t have the time to make bodypart split type workouts. My priorities are athletic performance, so its no biggie – my point is that compound lifts can provide plenty of trap stimulation. YMMV.

-JW

]]> By: Anthony Myers http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Anthony Myers Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:40 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-36 Hey Jai. The upright row does target shoulders as well, yes. It isn't exactly a "more is better" exercise though. It would be a different story if we were talking about something like Squats, bench press, deadlift, etc. The upright row is best executed with a moderate amount of weight that you can lift with good form... I guess that's the case with any exercise though.. quality over quantity. Nonetheless, you're not going to be able to go super heavy on an upright row, they're still very effective though. I myself only use about 15lbs on each side and I can tell you with absolute honesty even when I do light upright rows I know for a fact that I get a much better trap workout than the days I skipped out on upright rows. P.S - I like the direction you're heading in with huemanlife. If you need any help or advice with that contact me on facebook. Let me know when it's ready to go, I look forward to seeing what post... and you can count on me as a regular visitor. Hey Jai.

The upright row does target shoulders as well, yes.

It isn’t exactly a “more is better” exercise though. It would be a different story if we were talking about something like Squats, bench press, deadlift, etc.
The upright row is best executed with a moderate amount of weight that you can lift with good form… I guess that’s the case with any exercise though.. quality over quantity.

Nonetheless, you’re not going to be able to go super heavy on an upright row, they’re still very effective though. I myself only use about 15lbs on each side and I can tell you
with absolute honesty even when I do light upright rows I know for a fact that I get a much better trap workout than the days I skipped out on upright rows.

P.S – I like the direction you’re heading in with huemanlife. If you need any help or advice with that contact me on facebook. Let me know when it’s ready to go, I look forward to seeing what post… and you can count on me as a regular visitor.

]]> By: Jai http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jai Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:17:19 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-35 Nice read Anthony. As far as traps (or is it a shoulder workout, hmmm. I see it being both actually, but you tell me)I like the (upright) bar raises. I'm on this high rep kick (that I really need to get off of), but it keeps me lean to get to that ultimate T.O. bod. :) (tru, he kinda does set the bar). So on a 45 lb bar, I usually do 5-7.5lbs on each side for 4 sets of 20. out., Jai p.s. keep up the good work. visit me at huemanlife.com later this fall. I also post motivational blogs to my FB page from time to time. Nice read Anthony. As far as traps (or is it a shoulder workout, hmmm. I see it being both actually, but you tell me)I like the (upright) bar raises. I’m on this high rep kick (that I really need to get off of), but it keeps me lean to get to that ultimate T.O. bod. :) (tru, he kinda does set the bar).

So on a 45 lb bar, I usually do 5-7.5lbs on each side for 4 sets of 20.

out.,
Jai
p.s. keep up the good work. visit me at huemanlife.com later this fall. I also post motivational blogs to my FB page from time to time.

]]> By: Anthony Myers http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Anthony Myers Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:09:50 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-33 Nice tip KP. I always bring my raises slightly above parallel for the same exact reason. Some guys can't do it because they go to heavy (they've got some sort of complex where they NEED to be lifting heavy at all times) going light with proper form is the way to go :) Nice tip KP.

I always bring my raises slightly above parallel for the same exact reason.
Some guys can’t do it because they go to heavy (they’ve got some sort of complex where they NEED to be lifting heavy at all times)
going light with proper form is the way to go :)

]]> By: itskpmofo http://www.fitness-path.com/35/the-difference-between-traps-and-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-32 itskpmofo Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:27:06 +0000 http://www.fitness-path.com/?p=35#comment-32 another exercise you could do if you are training your traps on shoulder days, is the Dumbell Side Laterals. but instead of just bringing them parallel to the floor, raise them slightly higher to engage the traps. it's a quick way to hit the traps while also hitting the medial head of the deltoids. another exercise you could do if you are training your traps on shoulder days, is the Dumbell Side Laterals. but instead of just bringing them parallel to the floor, raise them slightly higher to engage the traps. it’s a quick way to hit the traps while also hitting the medial head of the deltoids.

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