How To: Dumbbell Shrugs

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How to perform dumbbell shrugs with an animated image showing the move.

How To ยป Dumbbell Shrugs
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  1. Stand with your legs about shoulder width apart.
  2. Grasp a dumbbell in each hand with your arms hanging straight by your waist and your palms facing inward.
  3. Keep your back straight at all times; you should only be moving your shoulders.
  4. Shrug your shoulders by lifting them as high as you can; if you are flexible enough touch your ears with your shoulders.
  5. Pause at the highest point for a moment.
  6. Slowly drop your shoulders back to the starting position.

2 Comments

  1. john y
    john y on December 16, 2005 at 11:50 am

    nice work,

    (by keeping the head down and chin on the chest, its easier to get a full ROM and better contraction in the traps, just my opinion.)

  2. Blaine Moore
    Blaine Moore on December 16, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    Those shots seemed to go together the best; they weren’t actually taken on the same lift since the camera can’t shoot pictues particularly fast. Hence the blurred out guy in two of the frames.