My Traps Are Bleeding

[SgtSlaughter]

Don't start with 405, brother......with a 405 DL, you should be able to handle 315-ish on week one, just add a little every week, and before you know it 405x5 will be nothing.
By the 3rd week, I'll go out and guarantee noticeable results.

agreed^^

ILTL:
from what i've read you have a pretty much untrained deadlift of 405 too (I do as well) ... you can shrug more than 405... you just don't know it yet

I've worked up to a 6 plate per side shrug session before... you can do it, you just have to believe ... and use straps too, lol.

 

[al420]

................and my left traps still hurts like someone is pinching it lol

 

[SgtSlaughter]

................and my left traps still hurts like someone is pinching it lol

lol... that's serious DOMS right there.

just your left one? odd.

Must have used under/over grip?

 

[al420]

Not sure why - not over under grip - just "hurt" the left one way worse.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Not sure why - not over under grip - just "hurt" the left one way worse.

are you a righty?

 

[al420]

They are totally better today. Left shoulder is th one hurt so that might have had something to do w/ it - not sure, but yes I am right handed

 

[SgtSlaughter]

They are totally better today. Left shoulder is th one hurt so that might have had something to do w/ it - not sure, but yes I am right handed

Great... must feel good to go and put a shirt on without your trap talking smack when you pull your arm up

you're left is probably the weaker, non-dominant one... as is mine.

 

[Lee]

just out of curiousity, why are jump shrugs anymore effective then standard shrugs or power shrugs?

 

[al420]

you can handle more weight I would guess - I can only speak from experience, which is standard BB style trap work, power shrugs, and jump shrugs. Jump are the most effective for sive gains.

Also - jump shrugs are an Olympic "assistance" lift - meaning they are meant to help get one of the big lifts stronger.

 

[Lee]

roger, thanks for the breakdown