HOW TO BUILD MASSIVE TRAPS (You're Doing It WRONG!) 

Anybody else have this guy's channel pop up out of nowhere and now you're addicted to it?

Anybody else watching Ryan talk about traps at 7 am to start your day?

Finally a jacked dude who shoots from the hip with a funny side. Ryan knows his stuff. Keep it coming, I’m listening

Ryan got his traps by shrugging every time someone asks him if he's natural

Im 61yrs old now. Ive worked out my whole life. Ive learned so much from you just recently. Great stuff, thanks man.

Tip: The upper fibers of the traps (in most people) tend to be type 2A fiber dominated (fast twitch oxidative) since we use them when carrying things (similar to the calves). If you dont see much results from the standard 8-10 range, do HIGh reps with added intensity (slow controlled eccentric contractions and a powerful concentric burst) for a few months and see what comes of it. I got little results in my traps until i adopted a high range (minimum of 20 reps). Started with 135 and saw BIG progress in a short amount of time

Your sense of humor is amazing. Been following for a bit over a month, got the 30 day garage program and love that there are other people out there that enjoy pain. Thank you sir for all you do.

Been working out for 28 years, I used to think I know It all. Thanks for schooling me, I have been following you for 2 months, best 2 months of my life!!!

This here is my favourite channel, always precise and straight to the point

Okay, the last exercise is seriously EXACTLY what I needed! This gives me a crazy pump directly in my mid to upper traps and it doesn't feel awkward! It doesn't feel like I'm getting other muscle groups involved, at least minimally... and it allows me to work hard! I'm feeling it right now... this is all at my home gym where I don't have any cable machines at all. Thanks Ryan, I love your stuff. Been a follower for a couple years now.

Tha is man I’m the guy who grabs the heavy weights and shrugs and you’re correct they don’t grow much definitely not a fast growing muscle .... I will try this method for 2 months hope to see a difference. Thanks bro

Thers Not 1x ive watched Ur videos I didt come away knowing something new & helpful, ur probaby best Ive found & Im doing this 5 decades!🎸

Love these videos. short, sweet and to the damn point. It finally got me going after a long battle with depressions and making excuses. He make sit sound easy to start and it is. I was in my own friggin way the whole time. Thank you!

As always, great content. Traps are usually an afterthought for many and even if it’s not, all most do are simple shrugs. This video is fantastic because it doesn’t only show a few more movements, but it educates on effective movement patterns which could result in some good experimentation to have more fun on those traps! Nice work brother!

You sir, are my favourite RU-vidr for training, you show different ways of using simple gym equipment without a condescending overtone and all in 5 minutes or less thank you 🙏🏻

Appreciate your off the beaten path exercises. For the first time in my life I have traps that are swole from the side. Keep up the content my man

I love that Ryan displayed the seated, open-palmed, version of really isolating those traps and showing what it looks like to wrap those elbows during the contraction. I have also found that you can do those standing while holding 2 dumbells, open-palmed and leaning slightly forward, to the side - really finishing off the contraction with a good pull and second squeeze. Also, I too have become a fan of using the handle extensions during the seated pull to hit that 3D look. Great Video!

I can't explain how perfect the timing of this video is. I've neglected traps and after seeing myself in a picture recently I realized they are an important element of a well-rounded physique. Thank you!

Did this workout today and it CRUSHED me....thanks again for kicking my ass, Ryan!

Haven’t been this excited to go to the gym in a while. Thanks Ryan

Reach around with every visit!!! Lol!!!!!! Great tip with light weight for traps!!!! Get a great connection

Yoooo this foo is hilaaarious lol!!!! Annnd I’ve learned a great deal from him.. keep it it up Ryan!!!!

I raced Bmx since I was 7, and the first exercise mimics pull manualing a single. I didn’t touch a weight until I was in my 20s, but still had the trap development all my life from just performing that motion over and over. Great content for developing upper traps 👍🏽

About a month ago was the last video of yours I watched and today you look way bigger and stronger than a month ago. I need to pay more attention. Thanks .

Here before that "Natural Hypertrophy" fella.

When he makes fun of homeschooled kids 😂I can’t I’m actually homeschooled 😂😂

DUDE YOU CRACK ME UP AND I AM SOOO GLAD THAT i HAVE COME ACROSS YOUR VIDEOS.

Information and comedy.... best combination EVER!

"Since I was a little girl" :)))

Ryan... The humor in this video was so hilarious...I peed my pants a little! Now I know this is totally off topic, but you should really do just a video of raw dark humor... 🤣🤣🤣💪🤣🤣🤣

No BS, just straight forward talk. Great vid.

Keep doing these videos.Great new alternatives to old school.Keep the humor really funny.

P.S.: release a program! Get that paper man! The value we get for free is fantastic. Some of us are ready to throw some cash at you for some programs behind a paywall!

Hey Ryan, I’m 63 and have been following you since the beginning of March while quarantined. I’ve added muscle increased strength and developed a need to work out with dumbbells only. How about a trap workout similar to this with dB only

Other trap vids Ryan did helped tremendously...also, trying different angles on different machines helped too. Just getting us to think differently about activation is key.

You are absolutely correct it's about the squeeze in the shoulder blades not the elbows and finishing it off with shrugs just tops off a perfect workout finally someone pointed this out

“I haven’t done heavy shrugs since I was a little girl.” Hahahahaha Ryan your killing me Hahahaha!

“Heavy shrugs since you were a little girl?” Me too! Lmao

This is what needed to see! Appreciate you and the time you take for your videos

Excellent! I see so many people just standing there with a heavy bar.... just twitching..... Looking forward to trying these - gym is back open Monday! Yay!!

“Looks like they’ve been homeschooled their entire life”...🙋🏼‍♂️

“Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights”

Maaaaaan these training videos just keep me engaged wanting to get to it and lift ....Solid info jammed into these videos!!

Absolutely love the channel! Great editing, brutally honest sarcasm and great workouts. Keep up the strong work! Pun intended

"Free reach around" comment had to be inspired by Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. That's brutal! 🤣🤣

Haha “Homeschooled”

Really excellent. Thank you for changing this old jello roll.

Love the homeschooled comment! Homeschooled all 7 of my kids... got them all on these exercises now.....keep up the good work!

First time I felt my traps contract. That shit hurt lol

Don't say 'Free reach around' when i'm drinking coffee! :)

been doing the first exercise for a long time..love it

I feel like I want to hit that notification bell EVERY TIME I see your videos. Sure, I get the notifications; I just feel like they should be in all caps or maybe the first notification I see... you’re the man. God bless you.

It's a good thing I get a reach around from my doctor then....

“I haven’t done heavy shrugs since I was a little girl”. 😂😂😂

Yooo the timing of this video is soo perfect, I just got to the gym and received this notification. And I will be training chest, traps and arms. Ryan just knows what his youtube audience needs. I will record my workout and probably upload it on my channel as well.

Your videos are the best. Short, useful and hilarious! Thank you!

Hey there now mister, I was homeschooled my whole life!! And my side trap profile is...uh...well...MY MOM SAYS IM COOL!

😂😂 a free reach around 😂😂 I just pissed my pants 😐

You've gained a subscriber for the following reasons: 1) You are knowledgeable and are directly to the point and spit factual statements that i have added to my routines. 2) Your dry, dark sense of humor is identical to mine, and somewhere deep down in my heart it makes me laugh, No homo of course

Big fan of your knowledge and way of conversation

Dude hurry up and release a program. My wallet is ready.

I just hit traps yday as well ffs😂😂 oh well lets do them again lol

Love all the videos, keep them coming! I watch and rewatch your videos for whatever body part I’m doing that day. It never gets old

Wow did this workout my traps are on fire like never before ! Thank you

“Look like they been home-schooled all their lives”🤗

Is there an alternative to this at home g?🤔

I find it funny that while brushing my teeth this morning, I had this same thought about traps. Turn the hands over and squeeze. Great content AGAIN!

Did the first trap on this video yesterday. Traps sore AF today. Thanks sir!!

As a father who proudly homeschools my three kids, I find your jokes funny because I did not learn to be a sensitive soyboi in a government indoctrination camp

*_When you’re so early your traps haven’t gotten after it nor trapped those gainz!_*

Every time I go on RU-vid I'm looking for something else and Ryan pops up. And I forget why I was here. Cuz you have very interesting twists and tweaks to your exercises and great sense of humor on top of that. Keep up the good work Ryan 😉

Excellent video Ryan, great information

I was homeschooled and have huge 3D traps.....

As some who's homeschooled I feel triggered. 😅

You win. As usual. Thanks man, always appreciate the great info and clear tips you offer, much appreciated

Thanks for the video it really taught me how to prevent more injuries to my shoulders while doing traps.............

A couple weeks ago I did the seated T Bar handle seated shrug like you show and did a super set with rope shrugs in the cable stack then straight to a farmers carry... It was brutal and I was crazy sore.. Was doing 12-15 reps and it was just killer. Love your content

keep it up bruh, always a knowledgable content in every vid u made. thank you! ur #1 fanboi from philippines.

Awesome as always Ryan. You deliver!!

Okay, yesterday I did those two cable pull exercises but with bands, because that’s what I’ve got right now, and my traps are on FIRE today. Thanks for always putting out great content that offers up new things to try, Ryan.

Love this dude he keeps it real 💯

Just found your channel. Awesome! Love the humor, I am getting after it.

Im pretty sure we can all agree that this is the go to channel for traps.........................................biceps, quads and everything else, with a cheeky chuckle thrown in now and then

Best sense of workout humor. Period!

Yay, shoulders & traps tomorrow! I have lumbar issues, so heavy shrugs are out. Glad for these alternatives, lots of contraction instead.

Always some helpful info thanks man

ryan is actually changing my life thank you

My first view of your videos and I enjoyed your humor mixed in with some cool training techniques!

Those r some good advice , plus I like ur delivery style of information

Good stuff Maynard keep em comin👍🏼

Love all the videos. I had actually been doing the same thing with a barbell, have to lighten and go lower then a pendlay row but man you can feel those lower traps. You deliver on the videos man.

The video I have been waiting for my friend, yeeeessss

Love your videos man. No BS straight to the point

Always helpful thanks!

I have to watch these twice, because I laugh so much the first time thru. Great stuff. Home schooled, lol.

This is what I needed just those tweaks I felt the difference at half the damn weight. Shouldna made those home schooled kids cry tho. They had enough to deal with the campus bully growin up. Keep it coming.

Great stuff Ryan.I agree with his approach to Traps. I am 55...have worked out for years off and on...but decided last year to see how much NEW muscle I could build at my age. Decided to focus on TRAPS because I never really worked them much at all my entire life...so any growth would be NEW muscle as opposed to recapturing what I previously had. Tried heavy Barbell and DB Shrugs...never felt right..never got a good pump...never felt like it isolated just the traps. Did a bunch of experimenting...mostly diff ANGLES...lighter weights...using a short bar, db's, farmers walks at end. My traps have REALLY grown. Gotta focus on them as a MAJOR bodypart and train them 2x a week...if they are not sore or at least tight after every workout you were not activating them properly. My Top Exercises where I feel it the most : 1) Face Pulls with varied angles using bands or cable 2) Bill Kazmeier WIDE Grip High Pulls 3) Bertil Fox style upright row with a short bar (there is vid of him doing it on youtube) 4) Farmers Walks to end the workout My traps now rival any of you young bucks doing heavy rack pulls. Haha Good luck to everyone!

Brother I hardly throw in a comment but I had to this time because this is the best trap workout that I’ve done and seeing instant results. My traps were buffed afterwards!!! 💪 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

Best workout narrater of all time

I love how I'm focusing on the importance of what Ryan is saying to me, and then be like, "did he just roast me?" Definitely subscribed. 😂😂