Which Exercise Would You Choose?

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Which exercise would you choose…

to build strength in the shoulders, trap area.

overhead press

or rack pull with a shrug.

They’d be done in the 10x3 Range.

I’d be following either of these with one hand dumbbell snatches (5x5)

So which would you choose for strength/size development. To get that ‘power look’

the rack pull+shrug

Or

the Overhead (standing military) press

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Pulls for general upper back mass.

3

Rack pulls.

4

Power cleans.

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How do rack pulls compare to OL pulls for building trap mass?

I’ve built what trap muscle I have by doing lighter, faster pulls - first KBs, more recently snatch and clean pulls and OLs. I haven’t ever done rack pulls, so I’m wondering how they compare.

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Clean and press with either dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, or a sandbag.

Mike Mahler

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I’d go with the overhead press because you say you’ll be doing snatches after. Don’t know about you, but I do deadlifts so my traps would be covered.

Nate

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Personally I like the Clean and Press. But as already mentioned you are doing snatch so go with the press.

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Reps with the clean and jerk with dumbbells (heavy ones).Augment your program with the Diversity for Hypertrophy by Chad.Amazing…

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All of them. Varity will give you the best results. Throw in some seated dumbell shrugs and some rope face pulls (WSB) and your shoulder girdle will be complete.