Upright Rows?

[New Jack]

Do upright rows work more of the shoulders or the traps?

 

[therookie]

SHoulders

 

[gilly6993-recreatedbygeorge]

Both depending on hand placement...Not a very good exercise IMO...A very awkward movement that 's bad for the wrists. There's other exercises that will accomplish the same thing.

 

[genarr3]

Wider the grip the more shoulders, closer the more traps. But you shouldn't be doing them anyway, they are very bad for your rotator cuffs. An Orthopedic surgeon that I was seeing for shoulder problems told me this. Actually it's pretty well known these days. Suprised anyone still does them.

 

[M.O.D]

my two trap movements are:

DB shrugs, never rotating the shoulders just squeezing up and down.

reverse grip(bar behind the quads) on a smith machine keeping elbows straight and leaning just a bit forward and rep the shit out of them

 

[Andy13]

Wider the grip the more shoulders, closer the more traps. But you shouldn't be doing them anyway, they are very bad for your rotator cuffs. An Orthopedic surgeon that I was seeing for shoulder problems told me this. Actually it's pretty well known these days. Suprised anyone still does them.

agree 100%

 

[BackintheSaddle]

Wider the grip the more shoulders, closer the more traps. But you shouldn't be doing them anyway, they are very bad for your rotator cuffs. An Orthopedic surgeon that I was seeing for shoulder problems told me this. Actually it's pretty well known these days. Suprised anyone still does them.

I can personally verify the truth of Genarr's post. Any kind of weight at all on this exercise and my right shoulder hurts like hell. If you want you can do them on a seated cable row machine and pull the resistance toward you instead of upward as is normally done. Still hits the traps but much easier on shoulders.

 

[Elapid]

Upright Rows contributed to my biceps tendon impingement and rotator cuff problems which I had to have scoped so listen to these guys and avoid them. They actually are effective at hitting my traps but at too much of a price. Just do heavy DB shrugs and deadlits and you'll be fine.

 

[Dutch windmill]

I do them..and i like 'm...

Maybe worth reconsidering them in my workouts

D.W.

 

[haxedout]

Do upright rows work more of the shoulders or the traps?

do them every back day.... depends on how you do them.. you can isolate different muscles... back.. traps.. front delts..