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How do you train your traps (upper, middle, lower fibers), and with what volume and frequency? What do you do when you realize your traps are lagging behind?
Same. Mine take over in a lot of shoulder exercises so I need to focus on not activating them. I find that upright rows and heavy barbell shrugs really target them. Slow negatives target the lower traps.
Well I am going to have to work on mine direct because I always seem to keep straining them. I am adding shrugs into my routine and add a set of underhand grip rows to my rowing exercises.
Well I am going to have to work on mine direct because I always seem to keep straining them. I am adding shrugs into my routine and add a set of underhand grip rows to my rowing exercises.
Well its never just one issue isn't it? It's an overlap of several factors that I could identify:-
Posture - my neck is a little too far forward, putting the upper traps in an overstretched and ultimately weakened position.
Non Neutral head positioning in lifts - particularly with pressing movements this puts pressure on the cervical spine.
Tight Pecs - Good point, they are tight and I don't do the doorway stretch often enough.
So yeah, I haven't worked the traps directly so I wanna make them strong so they become more resistant to injury for the forseeable future!
Oh shit I haven't had a new mattress for years. I am gonna go for one of them chiro approved multizone hard as a rock ones, in the EOFY sales. Because I hate sleeping in a foetal position.
Oh shit I haven't had a new mattress for years. I am gonna go for one of them chiro approved multizone hard as a rock ones, in the EOFY sales. Because I hate sleeping in a foetal position.
I don't know what you guys have in your states, but in Adelaide we have the royal show and similar expos. We showed up on the last day as they were packing up and offered $900 cash on a $2k mattress. It looked more appealing to them than taking it back to the warehouse. I'll look up the brand and model, but it's a spring less mattress with individual cells instead. One person can jump around on one side of the bed and the other side wouldn't wake a baby.
Nah done King Size its not worth the effort having to buy special fat sized linen and sheets and head boards for that. Its not that much of a difference anyway lol unless you are built like magda szubanski