Always have had a love/hate relationship with the trap bar. Lately, its been love. Nothing I do hits the upper rhomboids and lower traps like the trap bar deadlift. And those are important muscle groups for pressing! Also the quads get hit nicely too - however I disagree on the high handles. Should not really be using them. You’re cheating yourself out of gains. I like the trap bar deadlift on days when I don’t feel like squatting.
Love a landline row or prone raises to hit the rhomboids. But I do love the full compound lift of a trap bar hitting a bit of everything. I tend to use the trap bar to focus on hinge patterns and hamstrings over quads. The high handles are advantageous if someone is not yet able to achieve the full ROM. We are all built differently and working on different paths. I would consider it cheating on gains if someone was approaching movements that they can’t achieve without good execution.
@@TheHealthyHabit Fair enough. I should’ve expounded a bit. I have been training for almost 30 years so gains Re harder to come by for me. A new lifter would certainly see benefits from the high handles.
@@TheHealthyHabit lol thanks. I’m old. I still remember the exact moment I decided to start lifting and never stopped. Someone was making fun of me and my feelings got hurt. I remember exactly where I was walking too.
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Always have had a love/hate relationship with the trap bar.
Lately, its been love. Nothing I do hits the upper rhomboids and lower traps like the trap bar deadlift. And those are important muscle groups for pressing!
Also the quads get hit nicely too - however I disagree on the high handles. Should not really be using them. You’re cheating yourself out of gains. I like the trap bar deadlift on days when I don’t feel like squatting.
Love a landline row or prone raises to hit the rhomboids. But I do love the full compound lift of a trap bar hitting a bit of everything.
I tend to use the trap bar to focus on hinge patterns and hamstrings over quads.
The high handles are advantageous if someone is not yet able to achieve the full ROM. We are all built differently and working on different paths. I would consider it cheating on gains if someone was approaching movements that they can’t achieve without good execution.
@@TheHealthyHabit Fair enough. I should’ve expounded a bit. I have been training for almost 30 years so gains Re harder to come by for me. A new lifter would certainly see benefits from the high handles.
@@danski6694 30 years! That’s awesome. 💪💪💪
@@TheHealthyHabit lol thanks. I’m old.
I still remember the exact moment I decided to start lifting and never stopped. Someone was making fun of me and my feelings got hurt. I remember exactly where I was walking too.