The 6 Kettlebell Trapezeius Exercises To Add To Your Upper-body Workouts

The good news is growing your traps with kettlebells is very achievable, the bad news is there are very few specific exercises that can be used to achieve this goal. Carries are a great option here for working your traps with kettlebells as you can endure a lot of time under tension, the same goes for heavy kettlebell deadlifts which are a full body movement, but are still very effective at working the traps.

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Sean Klein
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23/05/22
Last updated
12/01/23
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The 6 Kettlebell Trapezeius Exercises To Add To Your Upper-body Workouts

Tertiary
Upper Body
Vertical Pull
Warmup
Lower Body
Hinge
Core
Trunk
Resisting Rotation
Core
Trunk
Resisting Rotation
Primary
Upper Body
Horizontal Pull
Secondary
Lower Body
Hinge

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