How to Do
How to Do Cable Shrug
The cable shrug should begin with a good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the cable shrug.
Beginning
Beginning Cable Shrug
1. Assume a standing position with one cable handle in each hand and set two cable handles as low as feasible.
2. To raise the shoulders, inhale and contract the traps. Squeeze the handles firmly at the top and slowly drop them back to the starting position.
3. Rep until you've completed the appropriate number of repeats.
Movement
Cable Shrug Movement
1. Adjust the pulleys to the lowest anchor point and clip the straight bar attachment to the pulleys.
2. Standing directly in front of the bar, grasp it with both hands shoulder-width apart. Your palms should be facing your thighs.
3. You'll be standing upright with your arms fully extended with the bar in front of your thighs. Your shoulders will be relaxed and down.
4. Tighten your core muscles to ensure that your body is aligned and your spine is supported then slowly lift your shoulders up to your ears, before returning them to their original position. Rest and repeat until you've completed all repetitions.
Benefits
Cable Shrug Benefits
Perform this exercise in the gym.
This exercise is a very small and subtle movement that works the shoulders as well as the trapezius muscle, which connects the neck to the shoulder.
Swimmers tend to have very well-developed traps.
Exercise Aliases
Shoulder Shrug Exercise, How to Do a Shoulder Shrug, Shoulder Shrug Machine, Deltoid Machine Exercises.
