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  • n  either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms

  • In long agonies of sculpting the trapezius and the rhomboids, the body builder eventually risks crossing over into grotesquery.
  • One of the trapezius muscles in his right shoulder could flicker a little.
  • He merely observes: "What an entirely perfect trapezius you have.
News & Articles

  • Clay Buchholz unlikely to pitch again until at least Tuesday
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Don't bet on Clay Buchholz pitching again until at least next Tuesday. After not throwing for three consecutive days, Buchholz played catch here today and felt some residual stiffness in the trapezius muscle on the right side of his neck. And although manager John Farrell wasn't ready to come right out and say it, the Red Sox appear to be leaning towards pushing back ...
    June 12, 2013 - Boston Herald
Quotes

  • Jerome Harrison in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    I can make it the whole season like this,Harrison said. "We've got good trainers and stuff anyway. Mostly I leave the game with my shoulders sore and my (trapezius). Besides that, my legs, my lower body always feel great. As a running...

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