 Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
 Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps. Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps.
 Hold the contraction for a moment. Hold the contraction for a moment.
 Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position.
 Repeat for the desired number of reps. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
 
                                     
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                 Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
 Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps. Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps.
 Hold the contraction for a moment. Hold the contraction for a moment.
 Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position.
 Repeat for the desired number of reps. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
 
                                     
                                 
                             
                         
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                 Stand in front of a cable machine with a handle attached to a low pulley. Stand in front of a cable machine with a handle attached to a low pulley.
 Grab the handle with both hands and stand up straight. Grab the handle with both hands and stand up straight.
 Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps. Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps.
 Hold the contraction for a moment. Hold the contraction for a moment.
 Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position.
 Repeat for the desired number of reps. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
 
                                     
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                 Stand in front of a cable machine with a handle attached to a low pulley. Stand in front of a cable machine with a handle attached to a low pulley.
 Grab the handle with both hands and stand up straight. Grab the handle with both hands and stand up straight.
 Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps. Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps.
 Hold the contraction for a moment. Hold the contraction for a moment.
 Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position.
 
                                     
                                 
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                 Stand inside a Smith machine with the bar at thigh level. Stand inside a Smith machine with the bar at thigh level.
 Grip the bar with both hands, palms facing down. Grip the bar with both hands, palms facing down.
 Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps. Lift your shoulders up towards your ears, squeezing your traps.
 Hold the contraction for a moment. Hold the contraction for a moment.
 Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position. Slowly lower your shoulders back to the starting position.