Keep your gaze straight ahead to maintain a neutral spine and stand tall to keep your shoulders back. Activate your traps and raise your shoulders straight up. Do not roll your shoulders.

Raise your shoulders up towards your ears without leaning forwards. Don't let your hips help you. Hold for a second before slowly lowering down to full stretch on the traps. Classic shrugs will ...

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.

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 ...