Do you exercise your neck?

SugarHigh

I've started doing the following

Lying Face Down Plate Neck Resistance:



Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance:



TBH I normally enjoy working out but these just feel so unrewarding because it doesn't feel like you are doing much and I just start to feel nauseous as if I've spent 20 minutes head banging.

Is there anything better without buying a neck harness?

3ndahalfof6

I have to as I'm always being told to wind it back in.

SugarHigh

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

I have to as I'm always being told to wind it back in.

What do you mean?

Do you have a protruding head like this?


Mine is pretty bad from bad posture while reading.

SanoVitae

I do a lot of wrestling bridges which I find extremely useful. However, you have to be extremely careful with them as the potential for injury is so great.

I also use the exercise shown here at 1min50 into the video. Again, be very careful with it.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2369093_upper-body-stretching-neck-stretches.html

Jarren

I use this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zlaIl0yh0 vid at 1:54

Remmy

I used to do those plate curls but havent donw them in a while.Does anyone have a neck harness?Im gonna get one but Im not sure if there any good.

dave80

Remmy wrote: »

I used to do those plate curls but havent donw them in a while.Does anyone have a neck harness?Im gonna get one but Im not sure if there any good.

i have one i find it quiet good wen i use it, agos have a sale on them http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/0707437/Trail/searchtext%3ENECK+.htm

cant go wrong for tat price

SanoVitae

Remmy wrote: »

Does anyone have a neck harness?Im gonna get one but Im not sure if there any good.

Nigel Benn used to use them a lot in his training. He'd hang off the end of a boxing ring with just his neck hanging. The amount of weight he used was unreal!

You can also do exercises with a training partner using a folded towel to resist.

SugarHigh

SugarHigh wrote: »

What do you mean?

Do you have a protruding head like this?


Mine is pretty bad from bad posture while reading.

That's me I think
I didnt know you can do exercises, I must try those

JJayoo

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/building_a_strong_neck

Article in tnation about this

deadlybuzzman

SanoVitae wrote: »

I do a lot of wrestling bridges which I find extremely useful. However, you have to be extremely careful with them as the potential for injury is so great.

I also use the exercise shown here at 1min50 into the video. Again, be very careful with it.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2369093_upper-body-stretching-neck-stretches.html

I used to do those pretty regularly, cant imagine theyre great for your vertabrae but I did have a pretty strong neck.
In fairness though if you have bad posture you got to straighten that out-pun intended-before you even consider putting a load on a spine thats not even holding itself up

boomtown84

Dare you to try this!:D

dartstothesea

This is relevant to my interests. I think my neck is a huge weak point and visibly so - it's fairly thin looking relative to the rest of me. I really noticed it when in muay thai training we did clinch drills. People had me completely beat anytime they had my neck - just wasn't strong enough to stay up and it felt wrecked afterward.

SugarHigh

bluewolf wrote: »

That's me I think
I didnt know you can do exercises, I must try those

The exercises I posted will strengthen your neck but I'm not sure they will fix the problem if you aren't making a conscious effort to improve your posture all day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdzv24wp1gc

It's worth reading up on improving your posture and maybe even finding an instructor of the Alexander technique. It's used by actors/dancers to improve posture and overall body awareness.

Remmy

dave80 wrote: »

i have one i find it quiet good wen i use it, agos have a sale on them http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/0707437/Trail/searchtext%3ENECK+.htm

cant go wrong for tat price

yeah thats the one Im gonna pick up.The chain looks a bit weak but at that money its for nothing.:)

Remmy

dartstothesea wrote: »

This is relevant to my interests. I think my neck is a huge weak point and visibly so - it's fairly thin looking relative to the rest of me. I really noticed it when in muay thai training we did clinch drills. People had me completely beat anytime they had my neck - just wasn't strong enough to stay up and it felt wrecked afterward.

Same here.I have aspirations of playing some club rugby later on this year and it cant really do to have a stack of dimes holding my head up going into a tackle or whatever.:D

dave80

Remmy wrote: »

yeah thats the one Im gonna pick up.The chain looks a bit weak but at that money its for nothing.:)

Ye looks pretty weak alright, I hav a lonsdale one which looks 10 times stronger