bodybuilding exercise: vertical barbell row for traps

Video clip showing proper form of the vertical row exercise for traps.

As with any dumbbell exercise, form is key if you want to maximize your muscle building efforts and minimize the chance of injury. Don't use too much weight, if you can't do the exercise slowly then you need to go lighter. Count aloud "one onethousand, two onethousand, three onethousand" on the way up and the way down, if you cant do this on this exercise then you are using too much weight. The reason this exercise method maximizes your muscle growth is because it confines the motion to the muscle you are trying to work out, if your body squirms, swings, and kicks, all you are doing is taking the focus away from the muscle you are trying to exercise.

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Sports

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• bodybuilding
• exercise
• bodybuilder
• traps
• shoulders
• barbell
• vertical
• row

[ecksile]

I think hes stressing the point of slow perfect form, the actual weight he is doing in the video is irrelevant...

[harmonicstyle]

because it's all about muscle mass and strength. not how hard you can throw a lot of weight around.

[DreamTool]

well, by professional I meant, you have a great body, so you know what you're doing. I am studying to become a physical therapist (in fact a physiotherapist), and you are right they are the experts

[scooby1961]

I am not a professional by any stretch, just someone with a lot of experience wanting to share. Physical therapists are the experts!!!

[major253kannon]

If you are doing a heavier weights more quickly the power is still coming from the muscles and not momentum for example in the bench press tension in the muscles is nearly always there regardless of speed for it was not the barbell would fall and crack you rib cage.

[DreamTool]

sorry for that bad comment, I didn't know this guy was a professional.

[bonbon18]

stop hating if you goto his website youll see y he is doing that like that and i wanna see your sholders

[DreamTool]

Man you don't have to stop breathing while you perform the movement. And build more shoulders, they look so small compared to the rest of your body. You have pretty good arms but the rest doesn't follow!

[faraskan]

Kruszakus... you need to learn a lot about correct training without causing injuries to your body...

the amount of weight doesnt matter at all... what matters is that you do clean and slow movements during the training... it doesnt help yourself if you manage 6 repititions with 180 lbs and using a bad form if you can do clean and slow 8 reps with "only" 100 lbs

[Menace702]

why so slow ? because it`s the best way to pump up your muscles,of course you can put on more weight if you`re doing high speed reps, but the power then doesn`t come from the muscle but from your momentum