Smith Machine Wide Shrug
The Smith machine shrug with the bar in front of the thighs and the hands set wider than the shoulders.
How to do it
Setup
Facing the Smith bar at hip height, overhand grip wider than the shoulders, feet under the bar's line.
Steps
- Unrack the bar and step in so it hangs at the thighs.
- Shrug up, keeping the wide grip and straight arms.
- Lower to a long hang, then rack the bar.
Common mistakes
Grip narrowing through the set: the hands stay wide. Bar dragging over the thighs: stand so it rises just in front of them. Shrugging in short, fast pulses: full height, a pause, a slow lowering.
Breathing
Exhale on the shrug, inhale lowering.
