QUOTE(LadyVanity @ Jul 13 2010, 10:26 AM)
I have a question.
I know its bad to roll your shoulders when you do shrugs... but what about alternating shrugs to the back and to the front? meaning.... i do one set of shrugs behind the back.... and another set of shrugs holding the dbs in front of my thighs... and another set with dbs at the side of my body. and then i repeat all 3 variations again.
am doing about 12 reps per set, with a 2-5 sec pause at the top of the rep depending on how fatigued i feel. is this okay (the alternating angles) or do i still risk injury?
I do shrugs on shoulder day as the last exercise.
hmmm...
Why not try this, do it on a smith machine for the first time first...
Close grip barbell shrug, then normal barbell shrug, then wide grip barbell shrug then barbell shrugs behind the back...
u dont have to go super heavy on this, just high reps...
actually im not really sure, u have to really see which suits ur body more...
some people grow when they do super high rep but med weights, some with just really heavy shrugs...
but if one doesnt workout, change it. just my 2cent.