Dumbbell shrugs
- Basic
- Dumbbells
Shoulders to your ears, lower slowly
Muscles worked
- Primary:
- Traps
How to do it
- Stand with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
- Raise the shoulders straight up toward the ears.
- Lower under control without rolling the shoulders.
Common mistakes
- Rolling the shoulders (useless and risky).
- Using momentum.
Tips
- Move straight up and down.
- Brief pause at the top, squeezing the traps.