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Barbell Shrug

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PrimarySecondaryTertiary

Muscles worked

TrapsPrimary · 100%

Equipment

Barbell

How to log the weight

Total bar weight

Log the total bar weight including the bar itself — an Olympic bar is 20 kg empty.

Recovery window

~54h for the primary movers

Traps~54h
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Programming notes

Barbell Shrug loads the traps almost exclusively. Give the primary movers roughly 54 hours before loading them hard again. In the same session it pairs cleanly with Barbell Bench Press, whose primary movers don't overlap with anything this exercise works.

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