Are shrugs effective?
Shrugs are a very effective exercise for building your traps, but most people who perform shrugs do them incorrectly (i.e. they use too much weight and don’t fully contract the muscle). … There are four very effective exercises that isolate the traps and done correctly will cause your traps to grow tremendously.
How many major muscles are worked during shrugs?
Muscles Activated
The rhomboid major and minor are other muscles of the back that connect the shoulders to the spinal column. The shrug also activates secondary muscles including the biceps, flexors, serratus anterior and the three muscles of the abs: rectus abdominis, transversus abdominis and obliques.
