Raising and lowering the shoulders while standing ► shoulder shrug

Individual work

Standing upright with your arms hanging at your sides, simultaneously pull the weights up towards your ears and lower them back down to the starting position. The movement only takes place from the shoulders.

Starting position:
- Stand with shoulders wide apart (looking straight ahead)
- Tense torso
- Arms hanging beside the body, holding dumbbells in a neutral grip

Finishing position:
- Shoulders pulled up towards the ears

Variant:
The exercise can also be performed with a barbell. The barbell is held with an overhand grip in front of the thighs and the movement is performed as described above.

2 dumbbells/kettlebells

1 barbell ► Variation of the exercise