How to Do the Cable Shrugs
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💪 Traps🏋️ Cable📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Grasp a cable bar attachment that is attached to a low pulley with a shoulder width or slightly wider overhand (palms facing down) grip.
- Stand erect close to the pulley with your arms extended in front of you holding the bar. This will be your starting position.
- Lift the bar by elevating the shoulders as high as possible as you exhale. Hold the contraction at the top for a second. Tip: The arms should remain extended at all times. Refrain from using the biceps to help lift the bar. Only the shoulders should be moving up and down.
- Lower the bar back to the original position.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Cable Shrugs primarily targets your Traps. You'll need cable.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Cable Shrugs slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.