Ask someone in the weight room to point to their trapezius muscle, or “traps” in gym-speak, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds of muscle nestled in between their neck and shoulders.

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ONE OF THE most abused exercises in strength training is also one of the simplest. The shrug is about as straightforward as a movement can get: Hold weight, raise weight, lower weight, repeat. But ...

Early on in the Dave Bautista thriller “Trap House,” it occurred to me that its writers and director have an unusual understanding of what an “undercover” law officer is. Or maybe it’s just me. My ...

There is something special about deadlifts. Lifting the big weights off the floor invokes primal masculine behavior, giving us a sense of being strong and invincible (at least sometimes). For those of ...