The Trap bar

[cog]

Also had the opportunity to try one of these,it appears less weight can be used than in a normal shrug and still feel effective.Tried a few pulling shrugs.Anybody have extensive experience with this item?

[cog]

Also did a few deadlifts which are close to squat,but had no small platform for extra depth.

[cog]

Have been doing trap bar squats on a six inch platform.You can really sit back doing this movement,little past parallel.Have also been doing RDL's with this,I believe this is the best bar for this.

[tex]

trap bar is wicked! good for helping the regular dl and the squat....

[Frostbite]

I have one and I love it. Its great for shrugs. I have not tried doing Deadlifts with them yet. Never heard of squats performed with them sounds interesting though.

[cog]

I have one and I love it. Its great for shrugs. I have not tried doing Deadlifts with them yet. Never heard of squats performed with them sounds interesting though.

With deads and the larger loads there is something I noticed which I read about recently as well.Near lockout there is more risk of movement front to back.

[cog]

These trap bar squats are good but....normally I squat with a wider stance than I use with the trap bar,which is fairly narrow.Not giving up regular squats anytime soon....