Thread: Neck exercises

Neck Extensions and Neck Flexions.

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/NeckWt.html

This website has little .gifs that demonstrate technique.

As well, shoulder shrugs also works the neck, especially if you squish your chin down into your chest when you do it.

Hope this helps.

Best bet is to find a 4 way neck machine. I now use a belt at home and its nothing like the "real thing", I have not seen where to buy one though.

Josh, after seeing your "check my stats thread" I think you don't need to worry so much about working your neck muscles or straight arm pulldowns but more of the basic stuff. Get a good base going and work from there.

Work on stuff like:
Squats
Deadlifts
Basic chest, arm and shoulder exercises

I'm not trying to be a prick but alot of the exercises your asking about are more for the advanced weighlifter that has been doing it for years and needs to fine tune more than get bigger.

I just think your time in the gym would be MUCH better spent working on the basics that get us all big first.

Scotty, thx for your advise. The reason I venture to other exercises than the basics is because I've done only basic movements before (I've been lifting for more than 2 years) and I already hit a pleteau. And then I learned about the importance of variation, so I started adding new exercises (that's why I kept asking about these new exercises), and also try new routines. Still I do the basics exercises, but now I don't do squats on every leg session (alternate with leg press and hack squats), no shoulder presses on every shoulder session (alternate with laterals, etc), no deadlifts on every back sessions (alternate with various pulldowns and rowings variations). Anyway, I'm getting back the the basics next week, but with HST style training. Let's see how it goes.

- Josh