Resistance Band Shrug

Start

Finish

similar: Dumbbell Shrug

How to do it

Stand on the middle of a band holding a handle in each hand at your sides, then shrug the shoulders straight up against the band tension and lower slowly.

Muscles worked

Primary: traps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Bending the elbows as the band tightens near the top
• Standing on so much band that there is no tension in the bottom half of the range
• Letting the band pull the shoulders down fast instead of controlling the descent

Variations

• Single-arm band shrug
• Band shrug with a three-second hold at the top

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Shrug
• Barbell Shrug
• Cable Shrug

Related exercises

• Barbell Shrugtraps
• Dumbbell Shrugtraps
• Cable Shrugtraps
• Band Pull-Aparttraps
• Prone Y Raisetraps
• Dumbbell Rear Delt Flytraps