Yeah that's it goodskie.

Unfortunately they don't have any thicker bars. My old university gym did, but this one doesn't.


That would greatly help if they did.

I used to do them with dumbbells, but the problem is that the highest weight of the dumbbells is 100lbs. @ 100lbs its not hard to grip, its just when it goes past 315 when i begin to have problems.

So, when i shrug 405, basically ill be able to get out 3-4 then drop it.. pick it back up and do 3-4, drop it and repeat. I just do these on the squat rack so it only drops about 2-3 inches. It's just frustrating.

Thanks for the advice though, have you ever done shrugs on the free motion machine? I've seen a few people do them that way, but i've never personally done them. I tend to do all the old school stuff.


btw, best avatar ever.

Ill give that a shot and report back, thanks bro.