Progression

Progression ladder for the Cable Shrug

Pick an exercise to see the easier and harder steps either side of it, and log your sets so you can see when you are ready to move up.

Easier and harder steps around the Cable Shrug

These are the substitutes for the Cable Shrug, ranked by difficulty from the substitutes list: the ones we score below it, then the ones we score above it. They are not reviewed progression steps, so treat the order as a starting point and judge the jump yourself.

Easier steps

Nothing in the substitutes for the Cable Shrug scores easier than it.

Where you are now

Cable Shrug

  • Beginner
  • Cable
  • Traps

Harder steps

  1. dumbbell shrug

    • Beginner
    • Dumbbell
    • Traps
  2. Smith Machine Behind the Back Shrug

    Smith Machine Behind the Back Shrug

    • Beginner
    • Machine
    • Traps
  3. scapular pull-up

    • Beginner
    • Body-weight
    • Traps
  4. Cable Shrugs

    Cable Shrugs

    • Beginner
    • Cable
    • Traps
  5. cable straight arm pulldown

    • Beginner
    • Cable
    • Lats

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