Should women do shrugs.
kimdawnhayden
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I'm doing a fitness program called Body Beast by Beachbody and it is really geared towards men. I'm asking should I do the shrugs in the program. Is there a benefit for me? I've heard some women bodybuilders so no, it's not a great look for women. I also know that it takes a lot, like probably steroids for a women to get big. I'm just asking will it look weird to develop that muscle? Kinda a weird question.
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I don't think its weird. I do them. I have a weak shoulder and do them to build the surrounding muscles. you can start with light weights and see how it feels? I often do exercises geared for men because they are harder and I like a challenge.1
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I've had a problem with my shoulder off and on for about 2 years. It's usually when I train chest though. It shoots from my collar bone across my shoulder. I wonder if that will help with it.0
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I just got done reading an article about why to avoid 5 exercises-what a bunch of CRAP. Personally I don't give a crap what people think about my body. I like muscles and I want to get toned. I have no problem building bulk. It used to annoy me but now that I am past 40 I glorify in it. Im proud of my muscles. I did it with no one else's help and they are mine.
I never understood the whole look thinner than a toothpick look=if that's what people want no problem. To me it seems the best way to prevent injuries is to build up the muscles- wherever that problem area is. If I get a larger looking shoulder/back so be it.
IF you feel good doing them and they don't cause pain then go for it.5 -
kimdawnhayden wrote: »I've had a problem with my shoulder off and on for about 2 years. It's usually when I train chest though. It shoots from my collar bone across my shoulder. I wonder if that will help with it.
You can try it.
I have problem knees and they ache-then I started doing calve raises=and the pain is gone..i use weights and do these every third day.
So maybe it will help? If you have bone spurs in there it wont help but best to get it looked at via mri to find out exactly whats going on structurally. Sometimes you just have to lay off heavy weights for problem areas.
I cant do heavy weights and lunges yet. That flares my knee like nothing. I am still at 14lbs for these but I couldn't do them at all before without significant pain.
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I do them. But I do bent over variations that work the lower traps and rhomboids more than the upper traps. Because after all, that's where I need to be strong while setting up my bench.0
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Disregarding a muscle will make it weaker versus it's antagonistic muscle. If one worked on just their quads, but not their hamstrings, then the hamstring usually gets pulled or strained easily due to the strength of the quads overbearing the counter resistance of the hamstrings.
Not training your traps for strength (not size) can pull your shoulders forward (think of how some older people look hunched over) and get worse over time.
It doesn't have to be crazy. Just use a couple of moderately resisted dumbells and bang out a couple of sets.
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@groetzinger659 I love your attitude!!! I feel the same way.
Shrugs will only help you, unless you feel pain Shrug away!!!!
I love my muscle and strength....I will never be a supermodel so why not be strong!!!2 -
i do shrugs on silks(not with weight lifting) and i think it's great. good for shoulders and upper back.
i do have tendonitis in my shoulders and that pain is similar to what you describe. I rest, go slow, and stretch1 -
[/quote]Disregarding a muscle will make it weaker versus it's antagonistic muscle. If one worked on just their quads, but not their hamstrings, then the hamstring usually gets pulled or strained easily due to the strength of the quads overbearing the counter resistance of the hamstrings.
Not training your traps for strength (not size) can pull your shoulders forward (think of how some older people look hunched over) and get worse over time.
It doesn't have to be crazy. Just use a couple of moderately resisted dumbells and bang out a couple of sets.
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Thanks!
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I've always thought of shrugs as a bro-move, but reading this thread is quite interesting... lately, I've felt strain in my trap for a few days after lifting, and I had decided that it was due to my bench press. I lowered my weight on bench, but maybe what I need to do is counterbalance it with some shrugs! fascinating.1
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It's all about muscle balance. Muscle imbalance can lead to injury.0
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i've always enjoyed doing shrugs, and they're a move you can go fairly heavy with.0
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i've never seen a woman in the gym with awkwardly large traps from doing shrugs.0
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Why are you asking us? It's completely a personal thing.0
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Why are you asking us? It's completely a personal thing.
Because I was genuinely curious and wondered if there was a benefit.i've never seen a woman in the gym with awkwardly large traps from doing shrugs.
I've honestly never saw a women do them ever at my gym. But I go to a YMCA.
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kimdawnhayden wrote: »Why are you asking us? It's completely a personal thing.
Because I was genuinely curious and wondered if there was a benefit.i've never seen a woman in the gym with awkwardly large traps from doing shrugs.
I've honestly never saw a women do them ever at my gym. But I go to a YMCA.
I go to a YMCA. YMCA aren't necessarily non serious gyms. Here's a news article about power lifters (just a few, we also have a world masters champion/world record holder and lots more competitors).
And yup one of them is a woman
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Sports/2016-04-19/article-4503324/Local-lifters-bring-home-gold-from-New-Brunswick/11 -
She should if she wants to do them. 1
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Any workout geared towards men is fine for women, the thing is you don't have the hormones to look like a man so you have nothing to worry about. It's the same with a man doing a workout designed for women, it's not going to make them look female.
Exercises are exercises. If you do an all body balanced routine over time everything balances out.2 -
I do them, love the look it gives.0
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I've never done shrugs. I seem to get enough trap development other exercises (deadlifts, face pulls, lateral raises.) Nothing crazy but enough to make me happy.0
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I've worked them back into my accessory stuff in the past couple of months. I've just been admiring my trap development 0
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I love the shape shrugs gave to my shoulders/upper back.
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I did shrugs once, and it caused me to grow a penis.4
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I've never really understood the mentality that somehow men's workouts are supposed to be different than women's because of a "look" you may or may not get.
We all have the same muscles, and functionally, they all have to be balanced to allow our entire body to be centered and prevent injuries. I know if I work my shoulders and don't focus on my lats and back, then my shoulders take on too much and end up strained, because they take on the load my back couldn't. So I focus on engaging my back muscles to help take the load so my shoulders don't end up with too much of an unbalanced load. It's nothing to do with a look, you simply have to keep your entire body engaged and balanced, or you're asking for an overuse injury down the road related to the group that you ignored.
Muscles grow because we ask them to do work. There really isn't a reason women should feel like they should look less "masculine", because all that means in the world of function is that your muscles aren't able to do work.4 -
pomegranatecloud wrote: »I did shrugs once, and it caused me to grow a penis.
Pics or... nevermind.0 -
pomegranatecloud wrote: »I did shrugs once, and it caused me to grow a penis.
You may wish to avoid using public restrooms in North Carolina then...1 -
I do shrugs only when one of my friends is doing them near me- and I only do it to be a d*ck.
They shrug 225 or 275- and I get over there on the little shrug machine and shrug after them.
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Fitness is unisex. Anything that works for a man works for a woman and vice versa.
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Fitness is unisex. Anything that works for a man works for a woman and vice versa.
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