From Tom Hardy's Bane to the world's strongest men, enormous traps are a hallmark of some seriously imposing physiques ...

FOR TOO MANY guys, back muscles like the lats and traps get short shrift in training. Not on purpose, of course—after all, who doesn’t want a back that turns heads from behind or fills out a t-shirt ...

The bent-over row is an elite exercise for building a thick, muscular back. Both barbell and dumbbell variations demand effort from the lats, traps and rhomboids, making it one of the most effective ...