As you go about your business in the weight room, have you ever glanced over at a personal trainer during one of their client sessions and idly asked yourself something like, Dang, I wonder if they ...

The human body can reveal a plethora of information. One intriguing gesture that often captures our attention is the shoulder shrug. While it may seem innocuous, shoulder shrugs can hold subtle cues ...

If you’ve walked into an old school gym, you’ve probably bumped into an iron age strength sage who tried convincing you that there’s only one way to build a set of big traps: Shrugs. Lots of shrugs.

Ask someone in the gym to point to their trapezius muscles, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds nestled between their neck and shoulders—but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

ONE OF THE most abused exercises in strength training is also one of the simplest. The shrug is about as straightforward as a movement can get: Hold weight, raise weight, lower weight, repeat. But ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." ONE OF THE most abused exercises in strength training is also one of the simplest. The shrug is about as ...