Shrug (Kettlebell)
Trains the traps, with help from the shoulders and upper back. You need a kettlebell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
Technique
How to do the Shrug (Kettlebell)
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and hold a kettlebell in each hand by your sides using a neutral grip.
- Keep your arms straight and raise both shoulders directly toward your ears.
- Pause briefly at the top and squeeze your upper back.
- Lower your shoulders with control to the starting position, then repeat.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Shrug your shoulders straight upward rather than rolling them.
- Keep your neck relaxed and look straight ahead.
- Lower your shoulders fully between repetitions.
- Exhale as you shrug upward and inhale as you lower.
Muscles worked
What Shrug (Kettlebell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Shrug (Kettlebell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a traps exercise that is, there are 2 on the Traps page.
Substitutes
Swap Shrug (Kettlebell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Shrug (Kettlebell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.