Heavy Barbell Shrugs - WTF?

[Roger Bacon]

Are you suppose to hold the bar off your body, or bend slightly frontwards so it hangs away a little bit?  If I do heavy barbell shrugs, it's hard for me to keep the bar from rubbing up against my penis.  

(No trolling)

[AVBG]

^ hit two birds with the one stone! Pump the traps and rub one out 

[AbrahamG]

^ hit two birds with the one stone! Pump the traps and rub one out 

This.

[wild willie]

Are you suppose to hold the bar off your body, or bend slightly frontwards so it hangs away a little bit?  If I do heavy barbell shrugs, it's hard for me to keep the bar from rubbing up against my penis.  

(No trolling)

db shrugs are far superior.....imho

[WOOO]

Bend your knees and lean forward slightly. You get a better ROM this way and avoid genital injury.

[Donny]

db shrugs are far superior.....imho

i agree...or do them behind your back...or use a trap bar if available ..

[WOOO]

i agree...or do them behind your back...or use a trap bar if available ..

i've been sticking to kettlebells these days... seated

[Donny]

i've been sticking to kettlebells these days... seated

sounds good Wooo...never tried them to be Honest with you...maybe time i did !!

[WOOO]

sounds good Wooo...never tried them to be Honest with you...maybe time i did !!

i like the fatter grip and the way that the weight hangs a bit lower than the dumbbell version


(no homo)