Neck exercises - any ideas?

Raider · 28 Jul 2007 at 21:25

Does anybody have any good neck exercises?

I can do shrugs, but that's more upper back than neck. So any idea on how to develop the neck area specifically? :confused:

Morba · 28 Jul 2007 at 22:24

other than head raises, there isnt much. tbh i dont think i have ever seen someone do head movements in a gym!

just get doing the heavy compound moves, your neck will grow from these :]

Plachy · 28 Jul 2007 at 23:35

Whats the problem with it, arthtitis or just trying to work out on it?

oddjob62 · 29 Jul 2007 at 00:06

I used to do bridges a lot (big favorite of wrestlers). Probably will start again if I'm going back to playing rugby. Careful though, you can hurt yourself if you're not sure what you're doing.

Raider · 29 Jul 2007 at 08:30

Plachy said:
Whats the problem with it, arthtitis or just trying to work out on it?

I've always had a reasonably skinny neck, so wouldn't mind bulking it out a bit. Having said that I have had some neck growth in the past 4 months at the gym. But I just wanted to know if there was any more targetted exercises..

What type of compound exercises are best for including the neck?

Vegeta · 29 Jul 2007 at 12:27

I think you should just carry on the way your exercising, I find and many other people will probably find also that the neck muscles are one of the easier muscles to grow and seem to grow when doing the other essential weights, but if you want some specific exercises look here http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm

PAz · 29 Jul 2007 at 12:32

Bridging like oddjob said.

Jeffstar · 29 Jul 2007 at 14:12

Morba said:
just get doing the heavy compound moves, your neck will grow from these :]

What morba said.

We have a Head Harness at my gym, as seen in this article http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?MainMuscle=Neck, but no one ever uses it.

Morba · 29 Jul 2007 at 22:03

something that will work the neck...

deadlift with a shrug at the top of the rep.