Barbell shrugs: How do I protect my bollocks?

hatrickpatrick

Bit of a silly, but somewhat serious problem here:
The dumbbells in my gym only go up to 40kg. At the moment I'm doing DB shrugs with 38s, I'm about to increase to the 40s (palms facing sides). After that, I'm going to have no choice but to move on to the barbells if I want to keep adding weight.

Here's the problem: I have a very, ah… front-oriented bollocks. My weiner is even worse, hanging very far forward in an elephant's trunk kind of arc. The obvious issue here is that shrugging with barbells involves either leaning forward (and therefore not isolating the traps as much if I'm correct?), or accepting that my bollocks is going to get a bit of a bollocking every time I do a rep. Obviously I'd like to resolve this issue without making a balls of the exercise form. It's really driving me nuts at the moment - I'm starting to get very testy during my workouts as a result.

Any advice?

Mellor

Options:

1. Use a trap bar (aka hex bar)
2. Build bigger quads
3. Tuck it in

endacl

Ignore the traps. Hang weights from your mighty gonads, and focus on calf raises.

hatrickpatrick

Mellor wrote: »

Options:

1. Use a trap bar (aka hex bar)

We have one of those at my gym - is it not a bit wide for shrugs though?

[*]Build bigger quads

How would this help with the bollocks situation?

[*]Tuck it in

This in itself also involves a fair amount of bollock squishing, so a bit self defeating...

Mellor

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

We have one of those at my gym - is it not a bit wide for shrugs though?

That's up to you.
I use a regular barbell and a snatch grip for shrugs. My grip would be a lot wider than a trap/hex bar.

How would this help with the bollocks situation?

Big massive quads will force the bar to sit further out. Protecting your pecker.

Alternatively, a quicker solution I just thought of. You could do them in the power cage.
Stand just outside the cage, with the bar inside the cage, tight against the uprights.
When you shrug the bar will slide up and down the uprights, and be fixed in a plane where it doesn't "interfere" with you.

Alf Veedersane

Duct tape.

Hanley

Longer arms, smaller dick, fruit basket, dumbbells, trap bar.

googled eyes

Sumo testicular retraction ?

link_2007

Hold the barbell behind you.

Unless you already are, and if so, go and see a doctor.

Cuddlesworth

Penis reduction surgery is a thing now, you make back the weight lost in a week or two of barbell shrugs afterwards.

Kevin McCloud

I had to stop body building for this same reason.

Alf Veedersane

Do The Buffalo Bill.

Watch Silence Of The Lambs if you don't know what that is.

Tonto86

Try using an EZ bar, I run into the same problem and it works for me

househero

sellotape

Soc188

Power shrugs. Sorted.

Flood

Have you a stooped back perhaps that is sticking out your manhood?

NoQuarter

Just close your eyes and enjoy it, son. :pac:

Nervous Wreck

Sex change.

Alf Veedersane

JJayoo

Ladyboy shrugs where you took everything, effective and confusing

Kevin McCloud

Were you semi erect op by any possibility as working out your body has endorphin release.

Dozer Dave

Op I have a similar problem, have you found a solution?