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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Trapezius

Equipment Required

Dumbbells

Experience Level

Beginner

Force Type

Pull

Secondary Muscles

Shoulders

Exercise Description

The gittleson shrug builds stronger, thicker trap muscles. This exercise helps fix rounded shoulders and creates that powerful upper back look.

How To

1. Hold dumbbells at your sides with arms straight down 2. Keep your chest up and shoulders back in starting position 3. Lift your shoulders straight up toward your ears as high as possible for the gittleson shrug 4. Hold the top position for one second, squeezing your traps hard 5. Lower your shoulders back down slowly to complete the gittleson shrug rep

Form Tips

• Keep your arms completely straight throughout the entire gittleson shrug movement • Don't roll your shoulders - lift them straight up and straight down • Focus on squeezing your traps at the top of each gittleson shrug rep • Use a full range of motion from bottom to top

Common Mistakes

• Rolling shoulders forward or backward instead of lifting straight up during gittleson shrug • Using your arms to lift the weight instead of just your trap muscles • Not going through the full range of motion on each gittleson shrug rep

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