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    Always with shoulders for me. Right after rear delt work. Upright rows on Smith and behind the back shrugs on Smith. For now with one arm in sling I do one handed up right rows. Should hold off atrified so when I return with both sides I can recover sooner.

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    Very rarely ever, heavy dead lifts takes of them

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    I do 4 sets of one exercise for traps with shoulders.
    I would do more, but the higher the traps get, the narrower the shoulders will look.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinCouch View Post
    A lightbulb just went off in my head (thru a PM) that I have been underworking my traps. So True. Do you guys work traps with delts or lats? I know some of you are doing deads and rack deads which really build the entire back including traps. Something I've NEVER done because of lower back issues. What do you guys say?
    ha! how does that PM go, "yo dude, didn't want to post on the open board but you gotta hit your traps more" based on your avatar and your 30yrs training, i can't imagine they are too underdeveloped but we all got weak points, I look forward to one do NOT having to train traps directly cause they are too massive!

    On training them thou, sometimes I train them with back and sometimes with shoulders, depends on my current program. I guess it depends on if you need to bring them up or not. Currently I train them on back day and I like that best. My traps need work so alot of the back exercise hit the traps plus then direct trap work. I feel I have made the most improvement when I switched to hitting them on back day.

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    Dante, over at intensemuscle swears just doing deads and rack deads are all you need. I still do shrugs but honestly the heavy deads would probably do it.

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    My traps grow easily and are actually too big for my delts. If I don't pay attention to posture I have that dreaded slope-shoulder look.

    Deads or rack deads are all I ever do for traps now. When I was younger I got terrific trap development from hang cleans. Ever see the awesome traps on olympic lifters?

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    I train traps after my back workout. I do barbell shrugs then later dumbbell shrugs.
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    I dont do dead lifts. I have had 3 back surgeries. I used to do heavy smith machine shrugs (over 400lbs with slow and proper form) but now I do them one armed with lifting straps up to 200lbs. This way I put less strain on my lower back and still get the heavy work out. I do 8-10 sets 10-15 reps with good intensity. I warm up with a couple sets of DB shrugs. I do shrugs before my shoulder work out.

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    well to be honest with you, i work them with both actually. i do back tuesdays and delts fridays. so that gives me plenty of time to rest and recover and hit them twice a week. thats worked very well for me these last few months of off-season, i've gotten some good growth doing them this way. give it a try and see what works for you. keep us posted.

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    Both.

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    I have always put them with back. After reading here will need to give them a go with delts to see how it works out.

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    I do traps with delts.

    Dumbell shrugs and upright rows.

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    I train traps with back. but also train traps with shoulders separately. I don't do a lot of trap work just enough to ensure my tie ins are coming together.

    What I have always read back in the day was that big traps take away from your delts, so I try to ensure that I am working for that X-FRAME.

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    4 back exercise and a trap exercise
    4 shoulder exercises and a a trap exercise.

    This seems to have worked for me.

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    Traps are like everything else, some people have a predisposition to have them from ear to shoulder. Yea, dead and racks suffice for those. Also has to do with position and movement of the scapula.
    I need extra work...I have pretty long trap heads laterally and it takes alot of work to get them to peak. When I throw my scapula out (like in the avi) they look thick...because they are. However, in the relaxed, the look flat.

    I have seen newbies in the gym take one cycle and look like JOJ. It is what it is...do what you gotta do. No disrespect to Dante, but everyone is structurally different in regards to the mechanics of certain movement, meaning I need more scapular movement as opposed to just the stretch and retraction of a dead.
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