Smith Machine Standing Shrugs
Back ·Machine ·Beginner
Muscles worked
Trapezius
How to do Smith Machine Standing Shrugs
- Set the Smith bar to about mid-thigh height and stand facing the bar with feet shoulder-width apart.
- Grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder width with palms facing the body.
- Unrack the bar by rotating the wrists and stand tall with arms hanging fully extended.
- Brace your core and shrug your shoulders straight up toward your ears as high as you can.
- Pause briefly at the top, squeezing the upper traps for a full beat without rolling the shoulders.
- Lower the bar slowly over 2 to 3 seconds back to the start position before the next rep.
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