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Are Smith Machine shrugs a good alternative to standard barbell shrugs?
Posted on 11/27/14 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 11/27/14 at 2:59 pm
Just wondering, cause when I do standard barbell shrugs and I go heavy, the bar ends up rubbing against my unmentionables. 
This post was edited on 11/27/14 at 3:04 pm
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Posted on 11/27/14 at 3:05 pm to Ironhead985
Use dumbells, kettlebells, or do high pulls
Posted on 11/27/14 at 3:14 pm to Ironhead985
Upright rows > shrugs
Posted on 11/27/14 at 4:09 pm to Ironhead985
Do them in the squat rack.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 4:49 pm to Ironhead985
So you're saying you work out and have a long penis. Subtle brag thread.
Posted on 11/27/14 at 6:27 pm to Ironhead985
Posted on 11/27/14 at 6:31 pm to Ironhead985
I feel weird doing shrugs with a barbell too. I get the feeling tht everyone sees the bar hit my dick each time I shrug
Posted on 11/27/14 at 10:12 pm to Ironhead985
Get a hex bar, brah.
Better, safer deadlifts, too.
Better, safer deadlifts, too.
Posted on 11/28/14 at 12:18 pm to Ironhead985
sit on incline bench with chest and face on pad. Let dumbbells/arms hang naturally down towards floor. Start shrugs. Total different angle and burn.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 12:55 pm to Ironhead985
Doing any exercise on a smith machine will not be as effective as true free weights bc you are limited to one specific plane of motion and therefore are only isolating very specific muscle groups and not using any stabilizers. It can lead to injury when doing a different exercise with similar motion but needs to recruit more stabilizer muscles which are not developed.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:06 pm to Ironhead985
No, use dumbbells and stay the hell out of my thread if you are even thinking about using the barbell again!
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:18 pm to Ironhead985
quote:
the bar ends up rubbing against my unmentionables
Yup. I use dumbbells now. If you just don't like dumbbells, I used to use the hex bar, it helps.
I'm not trying to do a crazy amount of weight though, I hit traps mostly with pull ups/rows/T-bar rows, the shrugs are just to isolate and fatigue them real quick at the end.
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