robert landy

My all time favorite movement for full, thick, and functional traps is the farmers carry. It's like killing three birds with one stone – big traps, huge forearms, and the grip strength to carry heavy loads. You can hit farmers for heavy short runs, lighter distance runs, or somewhere in between. At the end of it all your traps will have no choice but to grow! – Chad Coy

The Reeves deadlift which typically uses a traditional barbell is an old-school exercise developed by legendary bodybuilder Steve Reeves. Unfortunately, it involves such a wide grip that it tends to be fairly awkward for many lifters making it quite difficult to overload. Fortunately you can fix this by doing it with a trap bar since the grip placement tends to be 25-30% narrower in comparison to Olympic barbells. With a trap bar, you can use a grip that’s wide enough to crush the traps yet not so wide that it feels difficult to grip the plates. – Joel Seedman