One of the best exercises for this purpose is shoulder shrug. This exercise specifically targets the trapezius muscle, which plays a crucial role in the movement of your shoulder blades ...

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 ...

Weak trapezius muscles also allow the shoulder ... to as superior dysfunction and is characterized by excessive shoulder shrugging of the scapula and is a motor control problem.

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.