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Chest-Supported Dumbbell Shrug

Also: dumbbell decline shrug, dumbbell decline shrug v. 2

Main
Traps
Secondary
ShouldersRhomboids
Equipment
DumbbellBench
Level
Beginner
Movement
Shoulder raise

How to do it

  1. Set up a decline bench at a 45 degree angle.
  2. Lie face down on the bench with your chest and stomach resting against it.
  3. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your arms fully extended towards the floor.
  4. Keeping your arms straight, raise your shoulders towards your ears as high as possible.
  5. Hold the contraction for a moment, then slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position.
  6. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım