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Smith machine shrug

A isolation exercise for the traps, with help from the forearms. Equipment: smith machine.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Bar at mid-thigh, hands just outside the hips.
  2. Shrug straight up
  3. Lower slowly to a full stretch

Muscles worked

Smith machine shrug: 3D figure mid-rep with the traps highlighted

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