8 Dumbbell Exercises for Traps Training

Training the traps can be difficult if all you have access to is dumbbells. Thankfully there is a lot of carry over from hinge variations to the traps, so a lot of these variations primarily train the hinge but as a secondary effect will create a stimulus in the traps.

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21/07/22
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28/07/22
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Lower Body
Hinge
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