Hmm, thanks for the response guys (and the compliment, tmittan). I can see how it could mean to pick a weight that you can only just get for that number of reps, though I think that it would be hard to figure without a good bit of trial and error. Also, it would be difficult to be so precise with so many reps as how you are feeling day-to-day would vary it at least 5-10 reps, I'd think. If how I originally understood it was correct, I'd guess I could only get around an inch ROM with that weight and that would only be for the first 10 or so until I got too tired. I'd guess that around 3" would be about optimal.

Whats up Chris.. I am just trying to advise you guys to pick a weight that you guys are going to struggle with. Most people see 50 reps and pick a light weight .. I pick a heavy weight that will nearly crush me.. Yes form will be a bit suspect and I expect a small cheat rep but its about burning them up I PROMISE they will grow I use this method and I easily have some of the bigger traps in the game.

Thanks for the clarification! I will try to work this into my next shoulder day. I think I may start with 225 to see how that works and adjust from there. 50 seems like a whole gob and I'm sure I'll be able to handle bigger weight the more I do it. If I think about it, I'll get back on to report how things went.

And yea you're a beast with the deadlifts lol

Thanks, bigriggs42! So, I gave the 50 reps a go. I thought I would just do one set as I only sometimes train my traps and didn't want to be super sore. I was pretty tired at the end of this workout when I did it. I went with 225 and things went relatively smoothly through the first half. At 25 I was fairly spent, so I just held the weight in my hands and took a 10 second or so pause, then did another 5, another pause, then another 5 before I was out. A total of 35. I think I'll try it again with 205 next week and hopefully won't have had such a tiring day at work beforehand. I did feel a pretty good burn when I was done.