The Kelso Shrug System: A Practical Guide for Body Builders and Strength Athletes - Softcover

Kelso, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093452338X ISBN 13: 9780934523387

Publisher: Middle Coast Publishing, Incorporated, 1993

Synopsis

Do you own a trap bar, anticipate buying one, or does the gym where you work out have one?

Do you want to learn from an expert how to use a Trap Bar to grow bigger, stronger, faster?

In Kelso's book, you will learn the basics of shrug-weight training and how to perform the many shrug variations, Trap Bar Training methods that will allow you to utilize the Trap Bar to its fullest potential. No matter whether you are a Powerlifter, Bodybuilder, Football player, Mixed Martial Artist, or Olympic Weightlifter, the knowledge you gain can help you reach your training goals,

How Paul Kelso Stumbled upon the Shrug Exercise

In the late 1960s, tall, lanky, big-boned Paul Kelso was finishing up a training session when a miracle occurred. He carelessly bent over to move a loaded bar out of the way, heaving it aside, when he felt a response in his lower traps that year's worth of power cleans and bent-over rows hadn't touched. Curious, he picked up the bar in a bent-over rowing position and shrugged it again with the same response. Kelso dedicated the rest of the training session shrugging with various grips and hand widths, experimenting with which ones worked for different muscle groups. At the end of the day, the now-famous Kelso Shrug System was born

It is essential to grasp the principle that a Kelso Shrug is not a magical, single exercise. But rather a natural principle based on the natural adduction and retraction of the scapula and other ranges of movements involving the entire shoulder girdle. Paul Kelso's techniques utilize the natural mobility of the shoulder girdle to build a foundation for heavy lifting and isolate specific muscle groups as an adjunct to regular training.

Bonus Section: Trap Bar variations and a Bone Structure course

In addition to explaining the theory and mechanics of using a trap bar, this book also includes two bonus sections: The first one on Gerard trap bar exercise variations and a bone structure course.

What experts say about the Kelso Shrug Book

"You've taken the shrug farther than anyone in the game."
Peary Rader.

"Should be part of every trainee's program."
Doctor Ken Leistner.

"The Mark Twain of iron-game storytelling returns to his how-to roots with very positive results."
Mike Lambert
Editor/Publisher - Powerlifting USA

"There is something in it for everyone who trains."
Paul Kelso - Fitness Author

"The trap bar deadlift is the king of exercises!"
Thomas Inch - Gym Rat

About the Author

Paul Kelso was active in the world of weights for fifty years, having published more than 100 articles and three books on the iron game. His credits include Hardgainer, Muscular Development, American Fitness Quarterly, International Powerlifting (IPF), and three Japanese magazines. As an Asian correspondent for POWERLIFTING USA magazine, he reported six Asian Championships, two IPF World Championships, the 2001 World Games, and multiple national championships in Japan and the Philippines.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Middle Coast Publishing, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093452338X
• ISBN 13: 9780934523387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76