Bodyweight Traps Workout (GET BIG TRAPS!)

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Build muscle without weights here - http://athleanx.com/xero Subscribe and get every video here - http://bit.ly/2b0coMW Some think it is impossible to build big traps with a bodyweight traps workout. That’s not the case. In this video, I show you 6 bodyweight trap exercises that you can put together into one killer shrug free workout to develop complete traps. I will show you how to hit not just the upper fibers of the traps but the all important (and overlooked) lower traps. Before we start however it is important to know the anatomy of the traps and their importance in the development of the back. This muscle group takes up almost as much space as the lats. Nobody ever forgets to train the lats but the traps don’t get nearly the same attention. The problem is, the traps are one of the most important muscle groups for providing stability for your entire upper spine during almost every other lift you do. The trapezius is a large muscle group that takes up a long area top to bottom. The orientation of the fibers not only changes along this length but so does the function of the muscle as you work your way down. The lower traps are used to primarily depress the scapula and downwardly rotate them. The middle traps help to stabilize the shoulder blades medially and retract them. They also eccentrically decelerate and control scapular protraction (as would occur during a throwing motion). The upper traps are most commonly trained as we all tend to do lots of shrugs.

Published 2016-08-27 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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