Main Muscles Affected
- Shoulders
Exercise Difficulty
Easy
Performing Barbell Back and Forward Shrugs:
- Stand up straight and keep your feet shoulder-width apart
- Grab a barbell with your hand shoulder-width apart
- Bring the barbell and hands in front of your thighs and raise your shoulders as high as possible
- Get down by pushing your shoulders back and return to the starting position
- To perform the forward shrugs, shrug your shoulders and then come down by pushing them forward.
- Arch your back
- Perform the movement too quickly.
