Cable Shrug Video Guide

1. Set up for the cable shrug by attaching a straight bar to a low pulley cable machine. 
2. Select the amount of weight on the stack and stand facing the machine with your feet about shoulder width apart.
3. Grasp the bar with an overhand grip (palms facing behind you), with your hands about shoulder width apart.
4. Keeping the bar close to your body, let your shoulders "sag" as far as possible. This is the starting position for the exercise.
5. Slowly shrug your shoulders up as far as possible.
6. Pause, and then slowly lower the weight back to the starting position.
7. Repeat for desired reps.

​Exercise Tips:

1. Focus on lifting the weight with your traps and not your biceps.
2. Pausing at the top of the cable shrug makes the exercise more challenging and you'll get more out of it. Try and pause for a count of 1-3 at the top of each rep.
3. There's no benefit to roll your shoulders forward or back when you shrug - that's a myth!
4. Just raise the bar straight up and straight down.