Instead, you should be aiming to squeeze and drop our shoulders — called scapular depression. The continuous upward driving and squeezing motion of the shrug is the opposite. The minimal gains ...

Secondly, the key function of your traps you train when you shrug is that of elevating your shoulder blades. You can execute that same motion whether you're looking at the ground or looking ...

Lots of shrugs. We wish it were that simple. This trademark trapezius muscle exercise is overrated, and when it comes to a productive shoulder workout, shrugs are more underwhelming than effective.