6 months pregnant and dealing with constant overactive traps! Led to bad neck and back soreness. This worked like nothing else! Thank you!
@mohammedbaramim7639
3 жыл бұрын
are you honest ? i just saw too much video I started to believe I,m going to live with it forever
@akiraperera9574
3 жыл бұрын
@@mohammedbaramim7639 Did u try this?
@joshjackson9317
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been searching for a video like this for years as my traps have been active in everything I do even the tiny tasks. Thank you!
@cosimo9197
3 жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@talkoftheday9746
2 жыл бұрын
did it?
@metallifan84
6 жыл бұрын
I have been suffering from an overactive trap for over a year now that has cost me a ton of gains since i wasn’t able to train properly due to trap and shoulder tightness. Also. Lots of time and money with physical therapists to help me give me a proper diagnosis (they thought it was a shoulder tear). Just from the two exercises alone, my trap is already feeling infinitely better. Im going to start doing these everyday and see how my trap is in a month. Feeling very confident. You are a liffesaver!!
@theuniversedoesntgiveashit1819
5 жыл бұрын
Kyle Natoli did they get smaller??
@vishalsingh-tg8ms
2 жыл бұрын
Bruh wanna share your progress?
@BodyFixExercises
4 жыл бұрын
👍Adding an external hand position (Finger facing away from the body with thumbs facing forward, not in) for the first two exercises would be a good addition. Our internal shoulder rotators tend to be overactive too. An externally rotated hand position would help avoid shoulder conditions like rotator cuff issues.
@jimmybee6736
Жыл бұрын
First off, Amazing video Josh! This one really helped me. Secondly, great comment, @bodyfixercises. With the fingers facing out and thumb forward you can get a better contraction in the serratus. It also helps take the tension out of the traps. If you have tight pecs (which definitely contribute to overactive traps imo, or at least make them more achy) this helps to ensure that your pecs aren't pulling your shoulder down and forward. 1 more thing I will add for people experiencing OVERACTIVE TRAPS, check your pecs! If they seem really tight then this will hinder your progress here. The tight pec will basically pull your shoulder forward making it really hard to feel the right muscles working in exercises like these. One thing that's helped me is doing a manual massage on your pec major and minor. I find it best to do this laying down on your back. Take the arm of the side you are massaging and stick it out straight, perpendicular to your body. Then bend your elbow at a right angle and keep your fore arm pointing up to the sky. Massage the tight trigger points with the opposite arm of the pec your are focusing on. Get close to the collar bone and also into where the pec connects to the shoulder. Play with different arm positions. Do this before you try stretching your chest and it will help a lot. Now that your chest isn't super tight, you can perform these exercises with more efficiency and hopefully better connection of the right muscles.
@mrymdz4578
7 жыл бұрын
thanks to you i fixed my antrior pelvic tilt easly in about 3 month .thank so much
@Strengthside
7 жыл бұрын
That's great to hear
@talkoftheday9746
2 жыл бұрын
Brother really
@Dina-he1uc
2 жыл бұрын
ive watched SO many videos on how to relax my upper traps, I was about to give up because nothing was working for me then I found this and it's perfect, for once I can feel them relaxing. thank you so much!
@ad8739
4 жыл бұрын
I've watched your videos & they have been THE BEST to help me fix my posture, compared to all the other people on youtube. I definitely being feeling a difference in my posture. Your methods are simple & make so much sense. THANK YOU STRENGTH SIDE!
@msjbaking7088
2 жыл бұрын
I was so suprised! I've had huge traps for at least 2 years by now, and they always left me in pain. (I'm in college and have to carry a huge backpack everywhere) But thanks to this after one day they smoothed dramatically down. I can't thank you enough for this video!
@copernicus99
6 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video. I was suffering from some shoulder impingement on my right side and dysfunctional biomechanics in several of my upper body lifts. The culprit? Tense upper traps. The exercises you suggest are very effective, though I prefer doing the second one standing and pushing my hand against the edge of a table. In any case, thanks very much. My shoulder is beginning to feel much better. Staying away from heavy shrugs for a while...
@theuniversedoesntgiveashit1819
5 жыл бұрын
Y Fish did they get smaller?
@maxbetteto12
4 жыл бұрын
my exact same problem right now
@sushio4357
2 жыл бұрын
@@theuniversedoesntgiveashit1819 What
@Embodiedflor
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video ! I started lifting weights about a year ago and as a person who is very high stress my upper body is always so tense and it’s caused my traps to grow like crazy , I’m going to try doing this short excercise everyday to see if it helps with that
@HolySensei842
Жыл бұрын
I'm facing the same issue did it help, or did you find some other solution ?
@tommywikstrom9100
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. My upper traps are killing me so big thanks 👍
@Dubuajay
4 жыл бұрын
This seems to be fixing my shoulder impingement and nerve popping pain in elbow. Exercise #2!!!!
@StephiePpn
3 жыл бұрын
I think you just literally changed my life. I’ve had insane trap pain on and off for years. I don’t know who taught me this, but for YEARSSSSSS I’ve been practicing sucking my belly IN even on the in breath!! The reasoning was so that you don’t build your abs out. Wth! A trainer told me that I don’t breathe while I work out a couple of years ago and I was confused because i thought I was. I really can’t thank you enough. I feel like from here on out im going to see a big improvement in pain.
@dylanrifling9533
2 жыл бұрын
Hey how's your pain now? I've been having bad trap and neck pain for a while also and realized I've been shrugging my traps before pretty much every movement without realizing
@jonnyb5701
2 жыл бұрын
Same. How are you feeling now? I just found this video
@IFX951
3 жыл бұрын
1:30 4:28 7:42
@nickc.2116
2 жыл бұрын
Dude this is the video that got me started with your channel (on my other account) and I think you had maybe like 20k subs….you’re almost at 1 million….CONGRATS!!!
@MrStrutxD
7 жыл бұрын
i wonder why your channel doesnt have many subscribers, it's a good channel!
@omalone1169
6 жыл бұрын
Tzar because he is boring. he needs a tan
@KimikoMaui
5 жыл бұрын
I no it sounds, no pun intemded, too simple but for me a better mic would keep me engaged tho i do like the info and use it as reference for my massage clients. Good stuff imo
@jongunkim6297
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, in many of his video, the content are great, but only few or dozen views. so underrated.
@maikjansen2332
5 жыл бұрын
I hope this helps, my left trap is so dominant I can't do bench press anymore because he takes over and I couldn't keep my shoulderbladrs together
@Neiiiiil
4 жыл бұрын
Maik Jansen same exact problem with me bro. My scapula wings and upper traps come into the movement
@ZonaManSol
3 жыл бұрын
Any news on how this helped? I have a similar problem, let me know if anything else you did helped!
@mohammedbaramim7639
3 жыл бұрын
man i,m struggling with that right now , I just stoped all the push movement, did you recover ?
@jasonmay4341
3 жыл бұрын
exactly
@VivaRonaldo19
3 жыл бұрын
Same issue and because of this all the muscles on the right of my body are bigger except for the trap.
@Aandersson001
2 жыл бұрын
My left ear really enjoyed this video. Thanks for the tips :D
@briana14333
4 жыл бұрын
Says the man with huge traps😄 THANK YOU for this! So helpful.
@sixzerozero3187
5 жыл бұрын
Your videos are more informative than any Arnold Schwarzenegger video or even those of Bruce Lee because it describes human anatomy so much more and tells the relationship between the scalenes and the diaphragm.
@vanillaloves1640
4 жыл бұрын
how to i make my traps DISAPPEAR, like they’re poking out, i want them GONE
@szyszak9424
4 жыл бұрын
why u hate that much the upper traps? Rid of that stupid advices from physio and trainers about back and down because it's stupid cue and hurting many people. If no massage and stretching helping you, think about strenghten this muscle because most of the time it's tight not because it's overdeveloped but because it's too weak and cannot hold that load. uppe traps is very important muscle which stabizlie your shoulders, neck and provide good upward rotation working together with serratus.
@vanillaloves1640
4 жыл бұрын
Szyszak i want to get rid of them because i’m a female and it makes me look muscular, i think it might be due to bad posture
@szyszak9424
4 жыл бұрын
@@vanillaloves1640 Don't hate the muscle only because u look more muscular especially uper trapezius, like I said this is very important muscle for your shoulders and neck health
@454Casull
4 жыл бұрын
vanilla loves rock it, muscle on anyone looks good. On the other hand if they are tight and stiff and hurt to massage, you need to relax them because they can bunch up and look bigger than they actually are (plus give you neck pain). Activating and developing the lower traps usually cures that
@szyszak9424
4 жыл бұрын
@@454Casull in 90 percent cases what you said is wrong.
@christianyoung1575
2 жыл бұрын
Truly Thank you. Much love for this brother.
@BHAWESHJHAbj
7 жыл бұрын
hey, thanks man. I have elevated shoulder problem and the 1st ex is very relaxing to shoulder.
@Strengthside
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear
@derfalsche46
Жыл бұрын
For more than a year I have been doing every exercise to release my back pain, rarely something helped -especially in the long run. Doing the breathing exercise and breathing properly into my stomach have released my pain within a half day. I suddenly feel completely different and much more relaxed I am gonna practice the breathing every day now.
@bryrst
4 жыл бұрын
This is witchcraft 😲 I've had a ton of trouble with my shoulders shrugging up on bench press and doing these exercises every day has (a) relaxed my tight traps, and (b) allowed my scapula to depress while benching. Thanks!
@luispereira2863
4 жыл бұрын
Could my neck pain be coming from this? I always get tense neck and traps after workouts and i feel i activate those same muscles on exercises like push ups ... Great channel btw, congratulations!
@1NewsNewZealand
4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@PierogiRavioli1
6 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna try these, I’ve already had dry needling in my upper traps & it helped tremendously, however, everytime I’m back in the gym my upper traps take over no matter how much mind/muscle connection I try doing. It’s causing me so much neck pain & problems 🙄
@deann86
5 жыл бұрын
Brandi I have the same problem. Josh's videos are so helpful. I did dry needling as well and it helped until I worked out again. I also overuse my lats.
@ashlee7831
5 жыл бұрын
SAME, UGH
@David-mu8hn
4 жыл бұрын
Same problem
@VivaRonaldo19
3 жыл бұрын
Guys how did it work out?
@AboutTheAirplane
2 жыл бұрын
Love the first excercise
@AJTheAppleGuy
3 жыл бұрын
So basic yet such truth.
@sushio4357
2 жыл бұрын
Any reason why my spine pops like crazy? My spine usually cracks a lot from thoracic extention, but even after a good "cracking session" th second exercise makes my back pop a lot. What does it suggest? Am I too tight in the lower traps too?
@elyssahost4907
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video! As a dental hygienist and a Mom of twins, my traps never get a break 😵💫
@chloehammond2836
Ай бұрын
If one more PT tells me pull shoulders down and back and I tell them I feel worse I’m gonna scream lol thank you for sharing this video I’ve done these and I already feel better after one day. It’s not a complete fix but it’s better than getting worse
@jacquelynnjones3335
4 ай бұрын
what muscles need to be strengthened to stop over activation of the traps? I have numbing down my right arm that starts in my trap and goes to my shoulder blade and down my outer arm.
@erickuhlmann4110
7 жыл бұрын
love the channel man, keep it up!
@djj3357
3 ай бұрын
Thank U! 💯🔥💪🏾
@mathieufredette3157
3 жыл бұрын
I got one trap that is bigger than the other. So I'm basically watching this video to do the opposite of what you're saying to get it bigger.
@rudygon426
3 жыл бұрын
What
@nemesis656
3 жыл бұрын
thanks man this helped so much
@HP-tw6tl
Жыл бұрын
AMAZING VIDEO!
@Wonderlvnd
5 ай бұрын
How many times do you do the second exercise?
@jacobbannier
4 жыл бұрын
Really good video mate. Nailed it.
@naylaharris6632
3 жыл бұрын
Omgggg. Second exercise showed me how tight my upper traps are. I felt the whole world lifted off of my traps.
@colino5056
4 жыл бұрын
GUYS TRY IT! I have scoliosis that has lad to a ton of tightness in the traps they're almost constantly firing but with this exercise I finally understood how to turn them off
@JustME-ft4di
4 жыл бұрын
Colin o Do you have clunking and grating I’m shoulders and mid back?
@colino5056
4 жыл бұрын
Just ME yeah I do
@majestic6303
Жыл бұрын
Do you have upper trapezius isometric exercise. I get terrible muscle spasm.
@chong9082
6 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video man. this really helps!
@pablito1904
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, could this exercise help shoulder's impingement/bursitis ?
@discobean54
3 жыл бұрын
I am going to give this a try. I must have overdone the upper body strength crap at some point because now I suffer from these horribly masculine, rounded over developed/over active traps that have discouraged me from continuing to do ANY upper body workout because I can't seem to work any other muscles now other than these :( Nothing feminine or sexy about that.
@miafiller8592
3 жыл бұрын
I have the same problem :( have these exercises helped you at all?
@ethanconnellan2285
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks man!!
@ErinM-2024
Жыл бұрын
Should the scapula depressions help the rotator cuff
@jimmybee6736
Жыл бұрын
yes. it will put your shoulders in a better position to perform every move.
@aaronvermeersch2936
2 жыл бұрын
Audio is out in majority of this video in the right earbud. Works for the intro.
@frankautiwele3810
4 жыл бұрын
I usually think about like my sternum or wind pipe when breathing through my nose, because I tend to think of how it has to go down past my chest, usually reaching down to my stomach and coming up. Kind of cool to learn the context for what effect, mouth breathing has on the posture though. Some people are highly dependent on mouth breathing, in general. Learned from another video that mouth breathing was this highly problematic isssue for anybody that did it. I've always been less conscious about mouth breathing myself, as I was always better about breathing through my nose than I think most people, who tend to have a harder time remembering to breathe through their's.
@BrainToMush
4 жыл бұрын
The volume is so low on your video, I can't hear anything you're saying.
@sebastiandiaconu1221
6 жыл бұрын
instantly feel better. you're awesome. subbed.
@nadiamary5869
4 жыл бұрын
I want my traps to disappear Plz reply
@nadiamary5869
4 жыл бұрын
@@szyszak9424 thnk u
@nadiamary5869
4 жыл бұрын
@@szyszak9424 but isn't there a way to make them gone u know
@Shady-79
Жыл бұрын
@@szyszak9424 thanks, but i can't feel my serratus muscle or is too week?
@szyszak9424
Жыл бұрын
@@Shady-79 try go against rhe wall put the hands and slide up while pushing forward wirh your elbows you should feel your serratus working under your armpits
@joeyshias
Жыл бұрын
謝謝!
@symbolicmeta1942
5 жыл бұрын
I was literally just doing push-ups and thinking my shoulder popping comes from my traps being too active and pulling the shoulder girdle up....and then I open youtube and they’ve recommended this video. Has KZitem installed secret camera to watch us????
@seanandres2787
3 жыл бұрын
brutha, do u freestyle ur lines? i see ur a comedian w a poker face lol. RESPECT
@spartanwarrior706
4 жыл бұрын
This is great!
@vos6556
7 жыл бұрын
Hi I always have the idea that my right shoulder, trap, is more tight than my left shoulder, trap. Got any tips how to solve this?
@Strengthside
7 жыл бұрын
Massage the trap and do the exercises in this vid
@lullabylife6991
3 жыл бұрын
Am I doing it wrong if I feel a stretch in my thumb up to my elbow?
@beatrizramos9414
Жыл бұрын
Hey! I work at a desk all day. When I tried the first exercise, only putting my hand by my side felt weird on my wrists and up my arm. Anybody have any idea what that might be?
@lucasemenza2640
4 жыл бұрын
Can i make similiar side plank for excercise number 2 for better strenght? It is good?
@figrolls_aaron176
Жыл бұрын
my left ear enjoyed this video
@Noahskaterat123
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t get the second exercise. I just felt my traps tighten closer to my shoulder cuff the whole time
@adriangpuiu
5 жыл бұрын
When pushin the ground you should be seated on the opposite but cheek. Due to the muscles insertions at the mid back .... getting that fascia crossed activated...
@HLMFitnessHeatherMatthews
4 жыл бұрын
Love this thank you!!
@DHEspana
5 жыл бұрын
Feel my traps like CRAZY on the second exercise! How is that supposed to help relax them?
@Dcent_K
5 жыл бұрын
Right? I am usually in that position when sitting in bed so I think that is exactly what is causing my over activated traps. I'm confused.
@Skadivore
5 жыл бұрын
30 breaths like that and i am sound asleep man :D
@JustME-ft4di
4 жыл бұрын
My upper traps and neck are so tight that if try to do first one can’t depress shoulders and head gets pulled back and down and shoulders can’t depress because something stuck at waist level on left side? Second one - everything clunks and grates as move. Stuck rigid in upper back. Have T2/3 that has fused but it has briefly let go in past so know it can. Any ideas?
@SnakeC666
7 жыл бұрын
great stuff :)
@deerajsing1453
3 жыл бұрын
Does this build the upper triangle neck trap?
@prasantamit6156
3 жыл бұрын
Can i do it twice per day
@ahappyimago
4 жыл бұрын
Is it ok to do the breathing on a bed?
@palex761
6 жыл бұрын
"point to your girl across the gym" points at a skeleton. love it when people adds a comedic factor to dry info
@languagelover9170
4 жыл бұрын
♥
@kaustubhbagwe6718
6 жыл бұрын
While doing 1&2 exercise I feel tightness in forearm and bracioradialis why???
@hermiesrokmysox
4 жыл бұрын
So it’s only my right trap. I am able to move my whole shoulder blade on that side independently up and down but not my left side. It is also tight and sore. I’m guessing it’s because it is hyper active. I don’t know why and it’s weird it’s only the one side!
@maxbetteto12
4 жыл бұрын
mine is only on my right trap also
@hermiesrokmysox
4 жыл бұрын
Max are you right handed? I am.
@maxbetteto12
4 жыл бұрын
@@hermiesrokmysox Yes i'm right handed as well. Both of my traps are tight but my right is worse especially when moving overhead
@abujunayed
2 жыл бұрын
My left trap always seems to be elevated/engaged and I have to mindfully relax it for whatever reason... But gets jacked up again after a few minutes -_-
@catieryan3883
4 жыл бұрын
anyone else feel like their arms are too short to do the first exercise
@sleepygirl96
3 жыл бұрын
But a book or smth under your hands
@laurareed2612
3 жыл бұрын
The first stretch was difficult because my arms are shorter than my torso like a dinosaur. What would be a good modification? Thank you!
@yishujia186
3 жыл бұрын
I have the same problem too. But I realize this is an illusion. Our arms are actually moved upward because the upper traps is pulling the shoulders up. Try to support your hands with two thick books or yoga blocks. Then you should be able to lift your butt up.
@laurareed2612
3 жыл бұрын
@@yishujia186 thank you so much! I will try this but I also think I have short arms for my body lol.
@lettyunate1136
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I don’t need to calm down my traps, it’s more like spank them and put them on time out forever! 😂 The other day a guy at the gym asked me if I was stressed out and mentioned I seriously needed a massage because my traps looked flared up. 😩 I’m like so so embarrassed to go out in public again!!!!
@XAVargasX0206
5 жыл бұрын
How old are you?
@justletitgo601
5 жыл бұрын
What would you say are the most important muscles overall for good posture?
@ToxicTubeAgario
4 жыл бұрын
Infraspinatus supraspinatos teres minor serratus anterior lower traps
@ThePaul303
3 жыл бұрын
My mum wants to show YOU some new exercise she says ;)
@Otpeeto614
Жыл бұрын
🙏
@khrizgonzalez
6 ай бұрын
Woah bro what u gotta bring my mom into this for?!??🤨
@bobo4691
5 жыл бұрын
If you've never deliberately exhaled "all the way out", you've got some very funky gas at the bottom of your lungs. It's so bad, that you don't want to inhale again, because the worst of it is still in your mouth and throat. But do it a few times, and you'll start to get that foul air changed. This is one of many yoga detoxification exercises, and happens automatically with certain abdominal exercises (like nauli).
@Amman49
2 жыл бұрын
what's up with the audio dude...can't hear anything -.-
@zvonimirkrpan1162
5 жыл бұрын
Aren’t traps supposed to be active in your posture? I haven’t heard what it is the problem you are talking about that they are causing? What you showed is forward shoulders and anteriorly tilted shoulderblades - nothing to do with traps fault. Shoulderblades in posture have to be held by traps and posteriorly tilted slightly. What you provoke with soft inactive traps is shoulder impingement, and all kinds of nerve problems with narrowing down costoclavicular space. As far as neck pain from shoulders being up, it is probably forward head and shoulder posture and if anything weak traps.
@donaldswens8560
3 жыл бұрын
Cannot hear you.
@borgjohannes
3 жыл бұрын
Try inserting your other earplug
@ChibiKeruchan
3 жыл бұрын
What a bad audio
@leoliu7840
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had overactive traps I have overactive pecs
@RockUnicornCorn
3 жыл бұрын
None of these excersises ever help me, if someone knows how to open the most overactive muscles that have been like that for 10 years, lemme know.
@zanegarcia2200
3 жыл бұрын
If your body has been tense for 10 years how do you expect the problem to be solved fast? I can guarantee if you stay persistent and dedicated to living pain free you will find relief… trust the process
@suxxid100
6 жыл бұрын
He sounds like someone who smoked a little bit to much joint a liiittle bit to long and then made a life changeing descion to do something with his life so he cut down on the weed and studied and learned everything about biomechanics and stuff. love it!
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