Ask someone in the gym to point to their trapezius muscles, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds nestled between their neck and shoulders—but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

Standing arm exercises directly address this problem. They train the arms while forcing full-body stabilization, which ...

Big trapezius muscles are one of the first areas of the body athletes want to work on. Some guys develop what we call "no-neck syndrome’—their traps get so big they completely obscure the neck. They ...

Trainer Jeff Nippard dropped a YouTube short sharing two unique exercises he's using to build his traps—and no, they're not standing shrugs. His new traps routine includes overhead Lu raises and a ...

Spine Surgeon: These Uncommon Exercises Will Fix Neck and Upper-Back Pain for Men Over 40 originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Getting older means more wisdom, along with a whole lot more neck and ...

Ask someone in the weight room to point to their trapezius muscle, or “traps” in gym-speak, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds of muscle nestled in between their neck and shoulders.

When you perform upper body exercises, it focuses on your strength, endurance, posture and helps improve your daily ...

The upper back is an important enough area to train that many gym rats devote two whole days to it each week—this is what “pull day” really means. With strong lats and other upper back muscles, you ...

You can perform bat wing rows with dumbbells or two kettlebells, with a weight bench positioned at either an incline or ...

Amber Sayer is a fitness, nutrition, and wellness writer and editor. She holds a master’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in prosthetics and orthotics. She is a NCSA-certified ...

Kickoff trainer John Gardner says pull-ups work the lats, traps, rhomboids, and arms. - Jump up, grab bar with overhand grip. - Optional: Use pull-up band. - Hands shoulder-width apart, hang. - Engage ...