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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Sean Klein
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Sean Klein
Published on
21/07/22
Last updated
12/01/23
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