Train traps and forearms directly?

[Gymaholic]

Sup all, simple question, should one be training their traps and forearms directly? Do you do it? Cheers.

[atrollappears]

Sup all, simple question, should one be training their traps and forearms directly? Do you do it? Cheers.

Traps Yes.... forearms No...!!!

[paintpronz]

^^^agree. I just add barbell/db shrugs to my back routine, and I do upright rows when hitting shoulder.

When training arms I do reverse barbell curls and hammer curls to mix things up a bit,but i personally dont think having half a gym session to hit forearms is necessary, they get hit with alot of compound exercises.

Funny when you see peeps doing forearm exercises with 3kg dbs, just after doing db rows etc, i think what is the point???

[Pseudonym]

Yeah, I like throwing in the occasional set of reverse barbell curls.

The only other time I'll train them directly is if I start feeling a bit of RSI tendonitis - a few slow sets sorts it right out.

[Wolffenbuttel]

What's the goal man?

Every exercise you perform in your routine should primarily be functional, I don't mean functional as in fluffy,spastic,gimmicky exercises but functional in accordance with " A functional exercise is any exercise which progresses you towards your goal".

[Leeroid]

My traps are ok without doing shrugs on a regular basis. I'd do them maybe once evry 12 weeks? I deadlift heavy every week though and I think that's enough. Dont do upright rows either

[Realtalk]

All types of cleans, deadlifts, barbell rows will build the traps just as well as shrugs or upright rows and they also have lots of crossover strength to other exercises. Shrugs are such an over rated exercise IMO. The traps are a very big back muscle not just around your neck like everyone who watches WWE wrestling thinks they are. It's not like a bicep muscle where it requires direct work such as silly shrugs or upright cable rows to get the best results.

as for training forearms directly... No, just no. Those first 3 types of exercises I mentioned, variations of those is fine for your forearms... When someone looses a bodybuilding comp on their forearms I will change my mind.

[Gymaholic]

Wolffenbuttel - The goal is to get big

Everyone else - Thanks for the input guys, really appreciate it. I think im still going to do some forearm exercises because I would love some big ass forearms, I love to look at my forearms and flex them even though they arent that big haha. 

[Realtalk]

Lol what's point of asking a question if the answer to it isn't going to have any influence.

please don't waste our time.

[Gymaholic]

Lol what's point of asking a question if the answer to it isn't going to have any influence.

please don't waste our time.

As I always say the advice I get here is really helpful and unlike you say it does have a big influence and plus I was also wanting to know whether people train their traps and forearms.