Leverage Shrug

Leverage Shrug is a isolation strength exercise using machine that trains the traps.

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Primary muscles: Traps

Secondary muscles: Forearms

How to do it

1. Load the pins to an appropriate weight. Position yourself directly between the handles.
2. Grasp the top handles with a comfortable grip, and then lower your hips as you take a breath. Look forward with your head and keep your chest up.
3. Drive through the floor with your heels, extending your hips and knees as you rise to a standing position. Keep your arms straight throughout the movement, finishing with your shoulders back. This will be your starting position.
4. Raise the weight by shrugging the shoulders towards your ears, moving straight up and down.
5. Pause at the top of the motion, and then return the weight to the starting position.

Track it with MyoAmigo

MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Leverage Shrug from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Traps volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.

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