favorite trap exercises

[meat12]

bb shrugs, 3 sets with as much weights as i can handle

[dl1874]

I am a huge fan of hitting the traps via the standing calve raise machine. Simply place your feet square on the foot rest and use your shoulders to thrust the weight upward. This way you exhaust your shoulders and traps before killing your forearms.

[beefcake]

I am a huge fan of hitting the traps via the standing calve raise machine. Simply place your feet square on the foot rest and use your shoulders to thrust the weight upward. This way you exhaust your shoulders and traps before killing your forearms.

True, but I like to give my grip a good workout since I don't directly train it. Helps when I hit the deads, so my grip doesn't go out on me.

[speedracer59]

I get asked this question at least once a week in the gym.
My typical trap work out.

barbell shrugs
warmup 2 set 225x10
set 1 315 5-8 reps
2 325 5-8 reps
3 295 8-10

db shrug or 1 arm smith press shrug
set1 with db's 90 x 8-10
set2 100 dbs 8-10

[mr8907]

bb shrugs to the frunt(3 sets) behind the back(2)
calv rasie machine but i run out of room for weight to stack
i like using the hack squat machine it's killer.