Best workout for a thicker neck?

[NickW]

i want a thicker neck. Whats the best exercise for this?

 

[powerlifterjay]

The only thing i can think of that produced my 21 1/2 inch neck currently is straining my ass off. I actually wish it was around 19 or so. Finding a dress shirt is really hard. But forearms and the neck grow from just picking shit up and straining. Give it time and it will just swell on its own!

 

[Sebass67]

Yeah damn it...last time i put on my dress shirt i had to have a buddy of mine do up the top button. Geez...how must i have grown...lol

 

[Welsh power house]

Any work out tips or exercises?

 

[acuraman]

Deadlifts and shrugs that are heavy as hell work good!

 

[GR8SCOT]

for me i tend to do heavy barbell shrugs with a slow ecentric (lowering) part. For variety i do heavy dumbell shrugs with the dumbells in line with my feet (ie at my sides).

Not 100% about this one tho but i was reading about some training regime that uses only body weight exercises (i know your thinking what for?) but it was a routine for an ultimate fighter type dude. One of the exercises was called a 'back bridge' basically you plant both feet firmly on the ground and than arch your body backwards till your forehead is on the floor. Guess its a variation of what some old school wrestlers would do. Can see that something like that would put a bit of strain onto the neck and back.

Maybe when i lose some of this excess weight ill give it a try but for now <shrugs> heh

 

[Exodus]

Guess its a variation of what some old school wrestlers would do. Can see that something like that would put a bit of strain onto the neck and back.

a bit of strain?.......... TRY A FREAKIN BUTTLOAD OF STRAIN.

we use to have to do that crap when i was captian of the team, face down, with our body flat and parallel to the floor and role our head from ear to ear and from nose to as far as you could.......... flip and do the same thing............

yeah it sucks and builds strength but it didnt do much for size on us .......... if you do it for years though like the guys in the olympics do it will result in size...... but not quickly.

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