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so who directly trains their neck?

slimjim1985

slimjim1985

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And I'm talking about sternomastoid and etc. Not trap involvement. I read that it is the single most underworked muscles in the body. If you do what exercises can one do to achieve a wider and thicker neck? My traps and shoulders are massive yet I have what seems to be a head floating from a piece of string.
 
Standing BB Press and shrugs have helped me neck. I dont directly train me neck but only because there isnt a neck machine in the gym. My neck is quite thick anyway and I noticed it grew when I was doing a routine where I did high volume shrugs for the first time and going heavy on the standing bb press
 
I do a 4 way neck machine and some semi bridging. I used to wrestle in highschool and used to be able to do full no assisted bridges, but not anymore. I'm currently working my way up to being able to do full bridges again.
 
slimjim1985 said:
And I'm talking about sternomastoid and etc. Not trap involvement. I read that it is the single most underworked muscles in the body. If you do what exercises can one do to achieve a wider and thicker neck? My traps and shoulders are massive yet I have what seems to be a head floating from a piece of string.
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I hit the neck on shoulders day as follows:
- kneel on bench so spine is parallel to ground. Head down and up slowly, 3 x 15 to the left, right, center.
- lay on bench, left side, head off end. Head down and up. 3 x 15
- Same, but right side. 3 x 15
- Flat on back on bench with head off end. 45 lb plate on towel on forehead. Drop head back and then chin to chest. Slowly ... no jerking! 3 x 15
- If no one is looking .... open mouth wide while head is back and stick tongue out 15. Makes all the muscles tense.

Start with 5 reps and work up to 15 over 6 months.

My neck stays at 18 1/2 unless I drop lots of body weight.
No gobbler skin underneath or stringy muscles. Solid all way under.
 
bruce9241 said:
I do a 4 way neck machine and some semi bridging. I used to wrestle in highschool and used to be able to do full no assisted bridges, but not anymore. I'm currently working my way up to being able to do full bridges again.
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I don't have a neck machine at my gym. I started doing semi bridges and trying to work my way up to no assisted full bridges.
 
thelion2005 said:
I hit the neck on shoulders day as follows:
- kneel on bench so spine is parallel to ground. Head down and up slowly, 3 x 15 to the left, right, center.
- lay on bench, left side, head off end. Head down and up. 3 x 15
- Same, but right side. 3 x 15
- Flat on back on bench with head off end. 45 lb plate on towel on forehead. Drop head back and then chin to chest. Slowly ... no jerking! 3 x 15
- If no one is looking .... open mouth wide while head is back and stick tongue out 15. Makes all the muscles tense.

Start with 5 reps and work up to 15 over 6 months.

My neck stays at 18 1/2 unless I drop lots of body weight.
No gobbler skin underneath or stringy muscles. Solid all way under.
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sticking the tongue out? really. I look like a doofus doing direct neck work anyways so why not just push the envelope.
 
the.gladiator1987 said:
Is neck really that important? I saw a guy bending over with a contraption on his head and he was nodding his head up and down and it looked fucking gay
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I never thought neck was that important but then read some articles saying otherwise. it'll help prevent whiplash etc. you sure that guy with the head contraption wasnt me. u jerk. plus u play football, how u not doing neck exercises?
 
slimjim1985 said:
I never thought neck was that important but then read some articles saying otherwise. it'll help prevent whiplash etc. you sure that guy with the head contraption wasnt me. u jerk. plus u play football, how u not doing neck exercises?
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LOL I never really thought about it. Im training for speed, strength and balance..i guess I could add some neck work in, but goin down on girls requires some serious neck work already! The guy looked like a fucking retard bro, any alternatives?
 
the.gladiator1987 said:
LOL I never really thought about it. Im training for speed, strength and balance..i guess I could add some neck work in, but goin down on girls requires some serious neck work already! The guy looked like a fucking retard bro, any alternatives?
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hahaha true it does take some strength in the neck to take the continuous poundings on the back of the throat from your she-males 10 inch cawk. ya there are plenty alternatives. that head harness is just a conveniant way to add more weight. just lay on your back with head off and go down and up with weights on your forehead and so on.
 
slimjim1985 said:
I don't have a neck machine at my gym. I started doing semi bridges and trying to work my way up to no assisted full bridges.
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I've seen youtube videos of guys doing neck work with 45 pound plates from a bench press bench. you might want to check it out on youtube.
 
slimjim1985 said:
I never thought neck was that important but then read some articles saying otherwise. it'll help prevent whiplash etc. you sure that guy with the head contraption wasnt me. u jerk. plus u play football, how u not doing neck exercises?
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Yea neck is very important in athletics. Our wrestling coach made us bridge 30 minutes each day before we can even practice.
 
thelion2005 said:
- If no one is looking .... open mouth wide while head is back and stick tongue out 15. Makes all the muscles tense.
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Im twocking that, thanx :)

Ye TS, I do boxing and MMA so training of the neck is a must along with core training. In fact i train it so much Ive developed an imabalence at one side which is annoying, right side tendons are tighter than left side ones, only thing I can think of to do is stretch the right side twice a day instead of once.
 
NewestNoobie said:
Im twocking that, thanx :)

Ye TS, I do boxing and MMA so training of the neck is a must along with core training. In fact i train it so much Ive developed an imabalence at one side which is annoying, right side tendons are tighter than left side ones, only thing I can think of to do is stretch the right side twice a day instead of once.
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I'm glad you brought that up because I have a very tight left side of my neck running down to my trap. its fuckin' annoying. thats when i decided to do direct neck work, if that will alleviate my muscle imbalance. But then again I don't know whats the problem. I can't even do shrugs because the left side of my neck becomes flippin' tense and hurts to a point.
 
slimjim1985 said:
hahaha true it does take some strength in the neck to take the continuous poundings on the back of the throat from your she-males 10 inch cawk. ya there are plenty alternatives. that head harness is just a conveniant way to add more weight. just lay on your back with head off and go down and up with weights on your forehead and so on.
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haha fucker.. I guess ill start doing them, i got good lateral neck strength from blow HAHA
 
Yes neck muscles are important for sports, especially football and wrestling. One bad collision or submission will leave u paralized or dead. Look at bobby lashlie or brian urlachers neck! I use a device u can find at almost any sports store is like $8. It goes around your head like a headband and hanging from the front end is a chain which u can attach weights. U get in a "doggy position" and rotate your neck slowly up n down, the more weight and reps, the more work out. Shit will leave your neck burning and sore for sure! It's great to build neck muscle fast! In football we get in doggy and roll are helmets against the floor, works good also.
 
SouthernLord said:
What neck?

I've done direct neck work in the past, but never consistently. I have a Spud Inc Neck Harness from Elite Fitness Systems
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hey bro,
would you know anything about tightness of one side of the neck that runs down to the trap? Its fucking killin' me. I started doing direct neck work to alleviate it but then again I don't really know what the problem is. maybe muscle imbalance. anyone?
 
Do you stretch your traps? Do you deadlift with a mixed grip?

My traps get really tight and it kills. I have been stretching my traps and foam rolling my scapula daily to eleviate the tightness. I think my problem is from not switching hands when pulling with a mixed grip. It's mainly my left side.
 
the.gladiator1987 said:
Is neck really that important? I saw a guy bending over with a contraption on his head and he was nodding his head up and down and it looked fucking gay
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I have one and about 2x a year I swear I'm going to get serious with it. After I use it once it makes me so sore I can't move my head for 2 weeks and I lose all motivation to train it.

I do have a very small car and unless the top is down (rarely is up) I have to do a lot of neck work to drive as well as to look left and right.
 
SouthernLord said:
Do you stretch your traps? Do you deadlift with a mixed grip?

My traps get really tight and it kills. I have been stretching my traps and foam rolling my scapula daily to eleviate the tightness. I think my problem is from not switching hands when pulling with a mixed grip. It's mainly my left side.
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I have just started to stretch but whatever I do it doesn't help. and no I don't dead with a mixed grip.

it has only sprung up about a few months ago. I cant do any shrugs and can barely do deadlifts because at the end of the work out, i feel a huge strain on my left trap and left side of neck. So its a pain in the ass. I have no clue whats going on?
 
slimjim1985 said:
I have just started to stretch but whatever I do it doesn't help. and no I don't dead with a mixed grip.

it has only sprung up about a few months ago. I cant do any shrugs and can barely do deadlifts because at the end of the work out, i feel a huge strain on my left trap and left side of neck. So its a pain in the ass. I have no clue whats going on?
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Maybe get some ART done..... Active Release Techniques®
 
Does the neck stay that way for life? I knew a guy who claimed he had a humongous neck. He even showed me pictures of it. But now his neck is just normal looking since he got sick and lost a lot of weight.
 
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