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Leverage Shrug
Leverage Shrug is a beginner strength exercise using machine. It works the traps, with help from the forearms.
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- Main muscles
- traps
- Also works
- forearms
How to do it
- Load the pins to an appropriate weight. Position yourself directly between the handles.
- 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.
- 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.
- Raise the weight by shrugging the shoulders towards your ears, moving straight up and down.
- Pause at the top of the motion, and then return the weight to the starting position.
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Similar exercises
- Calf-Machine Shoulder Shrug · machine, beginner
- Smith Machine Behind the Back Shrug · machine, beginner
- Smith Machine Upright Row · machine, beginner
- Barbell Shrug · barbell, beginner
- Barbell Shrug Behind The Back · barbell, beginner
- Cable Shrugs · cable, beginner
- Dumbbell Shrug · dumbbell, beginner
- Scapular Pull-Up · other, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).