Muscles worked
traps, shoulders
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dumbbell shrug
Secondary muscles
How to perform it
- 1
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing your body.
- 2
Keep your arms straight and let the dumbbells hang by your sides.
- 3
Raise your shoulders as high as possible, as if you are trying to touch your ears with your shoulders.
- 4
Hold the contraction for a second, then slowly lower your shoulders back down to the starting position.
- 5
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
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