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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 3:53 pm to lsucoonass
quote:
high pulls
Will put way more size on your traps than 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 11:44 am to Ace Midnight
Thanks for the suggestions, guys 
Posted on 11/28/14 at 11:54 am to Ace Midnight
Yeah we got a hex bar at the gym a few months ago and I really like it.
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 12:34 pm to jennyjones
quote:Done them for the first time yesterday morning. My traps are toasted right now.
quote: high pulls Will put way more size on your traps than shrugs
I love it.Posted on 12/9/14 at 12:42 pm to Ironhead985
I'll have to try high pulls. I've been doing shrugs on the smith machine for a while, but it hits my junk as well. Sometimes it will flop over the bar and it's blatantly obvious. Just nothing you can do about it.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 12:50 pm to Ace Midnight
Love the hex bar shrugs.
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 10:03 pm to Austin Cajun
quote:
I'll have to try high pulls. I've been doing shrugs on the smith machine for a while, but it hits my junk as well. Sometimes it will flop over the bar and it's blatantly obvious. Just nothing you can do about it.
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 10:11 pm to lsu480
I think whiskey and women are better than all of the above.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:17 pm to jennyjones
What's a high pull?
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