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 ...

The shrug is a "good example of a universal gesture that is used to show that a person doesn't know or doesn't understand what you are saying," they write. "It's a multiple gesture that has three ...

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.