haha good one
are you african american btw?

wtf do traps have to do with your squatting range of motion? and aren't you one of those guys that are content w/ being 150 lbs? I'm sure highly overly developed traps that are disproportional to the rest of the body would look weird but so does any other overly developed muscle group.

There's a lot of guys I've seen at the gym and in here that look like they've hardly touched a weight before and a little trap+shoulder development on them would greatly change that. Definitely when talking about wearing shirts, traps+shoulders are probably one of the most noticeable indications of somebody lifting.

name 1 pro physique competitor (guys who are widely recognized as having some of the most aesthetic physiques in the world) that doesn't have traps.

This post was edited by MrDuDu on Feb 28 2017 05:57pm

I have good traps without directly working them out
shoulders and upper chest is what makes someone look good wearing t shirts

e/ no1 is saying you should aim to not have traps

This post was edited by iRespect on Feb 28 2017 05:59pm

compare left to right... etc

This post was edited by iRespect on Feb 28 2017 06:03pm

Reading comprehension. 10/10.

My first statement was referring to the fact that you look like an idiot if you have pretty developed upper traps because you focus on them, but even more so if you can't get atg in a squat.

Of course this is all relative to the idea that the person spends a decent amount of time working on upper traps. This also is me talking strictly about upper traps.

And since you're trying to make it personal, no I'm not content with being 150 pounds. I'm 156 and content with my progress when considering health problems, but frustrated in my overall progress. Although, I'd rather be 150 and be able to control my weight and go through full range of motion than be an ogre who is fine with being close to obese and putting up large numbers with terrible range of motion and control.

bro if you have big upper traps.. it's likely from doing correct deadlifts, which is an indication of someone who likely squats.. properly. Idk why you're going on this tangent sounds like you salty tbh. Not a lot of people directly train traps other than throwing in some shrugs after deads or something. If a muscle group is lagging you hit that.. just like you don't train arms every day and have big bis/tris and no shoulders

squats legit have nothing to do with traps, other than big traps give you something to rest that heavy ass weight for squats on.

Everybody is different. OP said his traps are lacking which means he's clearly searching for more development in his traps and yes isolation training would be beneficial for him. I agree 100% that not everybody has to dedicate exercises solely to the purpose of training traps but as I said, every person is different.




All of those guys have beastly traps and your comparison of "the left to the right" are 2 completely different poses. Jeff Seid (the one of the right who you're insinuating doesn't have developed traps) has monsterous traps.



That's a different view of Jeff Seid , the guy you're insinuating doesn't have developed traps.



I wasn't trying to personally insult you or bash you. There are guys in here that prefer to look like a long distance runner (or holocaust survivor) so I was curious if you were one of those guys as those guys don't really have much room to input on lifting/aesthetics. I agree that the stereotypical powerlifter (ogre) physique is not appealing but there are people who do prefer that and have different goals than others. As I stated, to each their own. I think you're attributing monsterous traps solely to powerlifters and that's the first thing that pops in your head when you think/hear/read "traps." All of those physique competitors with great physiques in the above post ^ have developed traps.

Any muscle group looks ridiculous if it's highly disproportionate to the rest of the body.

This post was edited by MrDuDu on Feb 28 2017 06:26pm

Upper traps are overly utilized by the majority of people these days just due to bad posture and their way of life of sitting all day at a desk. This leads to people activating upper traps for the majority of their movements that shouldn't be using upper traps. It takes away activation of scapular stabilizers which can lead to rotator cuff problems. It also can lead to neck pain or other shoulder pain.

You guys are taking the point that I'm saying so far out of context.

Targeting upper traps with specific movements like shrugs is straight up dumb, unless you have a good reason. You're obviously going to hit them with other movements like deadlifts. To spend time to target just them is moronic and is better spent on working on more important things like proper range of motion.

You guys keep saying that people do shrugs when their upper traps are lacking and that's what you guys don't understand. Upper traps aren't supposed to be enormous and these guys that have huge traps are actually quite unproportional.

All good homie. No offense taken.

His traps looks like he has sacs of fluid in them.

jeff is purposely only showing his traps here
comparing his trap development to his other muscles, its nothing to write home about

if traps were aesthetic youd see everyone in physique doing most muscular

This post was edited by iRespect on Feb 28 2017 06:33pm