traps.. when to work them??

[angang]

Does anyone have any preference to when the traps should be worked out? with back or shoulders. I'm currently working them out with shoulders, but i see a lot of other people working them with their back workouts.

 

[big4life]

I know people that do them on back days, but I am to worn out after working my back to hit them hard with good form and weight. I just do them at the end of my shoulder routine.

 

[GOHVYORGOHME]

I know people that do them on back days, but I am to worn out after working my back to hit them hard with good form and weight. I just do them at the end of my shoulder routine.

Right now, I have them at the end of shoulders w/o also.

 

[Tryn2]

My split did have me doing back on wed and shoulders on thurs. But the deadlifts killed my traps then I hitm hadrer after. So I suffered through shoulders, now Im swithin and doin traps and shoulders together...

 

[Tryn2]

My split did have me doing back on wed and shoulders on thurs. But the deadlifts killed my traps then I hitm hadrer after. So I suffered through shoulders, now Im switchin' and doin traps and shoulders together...

 

[cwick0]

i prefer to do them at the end of my shoulder workout.

 

[InTraining]

I do them with shoulders because I'm way too tired on back day to affectively work them...

 

[bigdho]

I do shoulders and back for thickness ie deads, t bar rows, bent over rows on the same day so I hit them at the end of that workout.............by the time I do shoulders and back my traps are ready to be killed.

 

[WalkingBeast]

I used to hit them with shoulders some years ago. That worked fine. I used to even hit them twice a week, and sometimes for 12 sets at once. Its best to fit them in your routine so that they dont interfere with anything else. I know if I do them to close to chest day it effects my pressing. These days I train them after back work. Or during my back routine when Im hitting deadlifts. When I deadlift I dont usually do any additional trap work.

 

[cwick0]

If you do deads, then you will fatigue your traps. So, why not do them on shoulder day, they will be fresher and allow you to hit your traps twice a week.

 

[d3track]

i've ben doing em with back lately, deads hit em hard

they also get worked on shoulder day, with upright rows

and sometimes on leg day if i do bb hacks

 

[Dieharder]

i prefer never to train traps directly, they already dominate my physique and are the fastest growing muscle i have

 

[cmdubs]

I do 'em with back..I only do 3 sets of BB rows so it's not too bad

 

[time2getbig]

I do mine at the end of shoulders once a week

 

[b fold the truth]

Haven't trained traps in years...

B True

 

[ChinkNasty]

been training em with back but usually not if I have done deads (do deads biweekly)...deads rape my back so I can't do traps with shrugs and give them the attention and effort necessary...

peace,
cN

 

[WD30]

with shoulders
Seated heavy and i mean heavy dumbell shrugs