[Looksmax] Giving neck training one last chance

[Honest]

Final chance to find out if neck training is a hoax or not - i.e., is the neck's potential severely limited by natural airway size?

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https://bookism.net/showthread.php?tid=31043

i've been training once a week for 4 weeks now, and will likely continue for a few more months before assessing the results. method i'm currently using is manual resistance using a towel, which i'm using to train the back and sides of the neck. this method seems to be working well, with DOMS present for days after training. might incorporate a harness at some point.

i'm barely training the front of the neck, as i agree with kath that it likely worsens double chin (for those with recessed faces). i have other reasons for believing that the front of the neck isn't nearly as important which i won't get into here.

i have also resumed training traps, after taking a break which has lasted a few years (in my experience, having overdeveloped/unbalanced trap development causes pain when standing for prolonged periods).

[Bojack]

Just roid brah

[eldajaal1488]

cant read rn but u may get double chin, train sides only

[n9wiff]

I did it for just one session and the pain after was unbearable

Like legit just utterly agonizing for a week or so

[Mr Looks]

You hold the towel behind your head and try to push your head back?

Is that what you do roughly

[maxell]

It will damage your cervical discs just choose some light exercise and stretching.

[Honest]

You hold the towel behind your head and try to push your head back?

Is that what you do roughly

it's like the below pic but the towel is higher up on my head. it's the same movement as a neck extension.

i should also have mentioned that i focus on the eccentric - so i pull hardest as i bow my head down. 

another method that ive started using is turning my head while pulling the side of the towel that is opposite to the direction that i'm turning to, which seems to work the sides of the neck more

[Honest]

I did it for just one session and the pain after was unbearable

Like legit just utterly agonizing for a week or so

that's what happened after my first session, but the pain now is much more manageable. could break it into 2 sessions per week and train with less intensity to reduce doms even more

[Honest]

It will damage your cervical discs just choose some light exercise and stretching.

this thread is about neck training, not yoga

but i have been doing chin tucks and other stretches to improve posture for the past couple months

[n9wiff]

that's what happened after my first session, but the pain now is much more manageable. could break it into 2 sessions per week and train with less intensity to reduce doms even more

I'll give it another go with this in mind.

I'm not sure if you've experienced this but especially when I'm reading or writing, my neck gets stiff and sometimes uncomfortably sore. Especially after ~1.5 hours of just straight neck craning.

If you have had this, did it get better after training your neck? I feel like this could be correlated with my pencil neck

[Honest]

I'll give it another go with this in mind.

I'm not sure if you've experienced this but especially when I'm reading or writing, my neck gets stiff and sometimes uncomfortably sore. Especially after ~1.5 hours of just straight neck craning.

If you have had this, did it get better after training your neck? I feel like this could be correlated with my pencil neck

do you have forward head posture? if so, try some exercises to improve posture. i dont get neck pain from reading or writing, but it could be caused by having weak neck and upper back muscles.

maxwell's comment was very pussy, but it is important to be careful when training neck, especially if youre already getting neck pain. high reps and controlled movement should be used, and ideally you shouldnt be causing so much damage that doms lasts for multiple days

[n9wiff]

do you have forward head posture? if so, try some exercises to improve posture. i dont get neck pain from reading or writing, but it could be caused by having weak neck and upper back muscles.

maxwell's comment was very pussy, but it is important to be careful when training neck, especially if youre already getting neck pain. high reps and controlled movement should be used, and ideally you shouldnt be causing so much damage that doms lasts for multiple days

I have terrible forward neck posture yeah and have been working on it. That's probably it. I actually skip back and never train my traps so that's probably another contributing factor lol.

Hope this will make an improvement to that since that's the only thing that discourages me to study or read for more than 4 hours at a time.

[Mr Looks]

it's like the below pic but the towel is higher up on my head. it's the same movement as a neck extension.

i should also have mentioned that i focus on the eccentric - so i pull hardest as i bow my head down. 

another method that ive started using is turning my head while pulling the side of the towel that is opposite to the direction that i'm turning to, which seems to work the sides of the neck more

I was doing something similar but with my hands instead of towel

What is your recommended set bro

[eldajaal1488]

what pain jfl. u are doing something wrong boyos or ur spine is fucked

[eldajaal1488]

do bridges instead maybe. or like planks for neck