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What to EDT with shrugs?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:10 pm
by Gotsouthern
Shrugs are one of my favorites, I love building up my traps, one of my favorite show-off muscles lol. Anyhow, I'd love some advise on one or two lifts to complement/properly oppose shrugs in an EDT block.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:59 am
by scump
EDT blocks dont necessarily have to complement, infact i think if they both targeted the same muscle it would cause you to burn out faster...
how a bout calf raises?
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:00 am
by Big.jazayrli
I do mine with pushups!
Its amazing how light a BW exercise feels when supersetted with 500lb+ shrugs
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:27 am
by Hank!
I use standing Push Press or Incline DB Press
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:51 am
by RobRegish
You'd want to pair with an antagonistic exercise, if at all possible. Hank's suggestion is spot on, as usual
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:09 pm
by Gotsouthern
Very nice suggestions, thanks guys. Rob, I know for my custom program there aren't any true-to-the-letter EDT's in there, but I've got a running Word doc with lots of notes for future use, so this will get tucked in there. I'm just a freak for some shrugs so I had to ask. Thanks again guys.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:40 pm
by RobRegish
Melikes shrugs too. I like those top range rack pulls even better though. If you get a chance, check out the video here:
Top Range Rack Pull with Static Hold - Big Jaz shows us how its done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NOpBDbFMm8