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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 3:22:42 GMT
Fact is, having a strong neck is important and developing it in a practical, safe manner along with quality repetitions and intent. Doing bridges is a favorite but if you're not into it, self resistance and this would be the next best thing. Endorsed by Mike Bruce who is considered to have the World's Strongest Neck, this would be a really awesome travel tool if one uses the resistance bands. Not the biggest fan of weights for a neck harness but if it helps someone and uses enough weight with intention and safety it is doable. The bands would be better imo and would be ideal for development in multiple planes of motion. Even the king of abs Jeff Cavaliere gives it a whirl. Might snatch it up one of these days. Do believe in making the best of having a quality neck and being strong enough to withstand certain things and prevent as much as possible from being crippled. Nothing is guaranteed but if it helps prevents major injuries, you can make that possible. www.theneckflex.com
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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 9, 2019 6:25:16 GMT
So, is this an affiliate product you're adding to your blog or do you get paid per click through from the Sierra forum?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 6:27:55 GMT
So, is this an affiliate product you're adding to your blog or do you get paid per click through from the Sierra forum? Not getting paid whatsoever, just spreading the word about it.
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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 9, 2019 12:17:08 GMT
When (like almost never) I pull on my head for yielding isometric neck exercise, I use a military looking, thick, wide cotton strap with two rectangular steel rings attached by a loop at one end. It may have been someone's fashion belt since the friction of the rings doesn't give a secure enough closure to be a regular belt, but the friction is just right to adjust the size down to near head circumference, slip it down over my head and pull on the loose end of the belt. I bought it from the belt display at a thrift store for $0.50. It might have been originally used on a bedroll or ruck and the thrift store didn't know where else to hang it for sale, IDK.
Using that neck flex rig with the bands looks like a potential eye/face injury.
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Post by jrmeatplow on Feb 9, 2019 12:24:50 GMT
Mike Bruce lives about an hour and 15 minute drive from me. My brother lives in the same town. I made my own neck harness in art class when I was in high school. It worked better than any of the ones I have bought. Mom threw it away when I went into the Marine Corps for some unknown reason. She was on one of her obsessive compulsive cleaning binges I guess.
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Post by Mr Average on Feb 9, 2019 14:22:52 GMT
Fact is, having a strong neck is important and developing it in a practical, safe manner along with quality repetitions and intent. Doing bridges is a favorite but if you're not into it, self resistance and this would be the next best thing. Endorsed by Mike Bruce who is considered to have the World's Strongest Neck, this would be a really awesome travel tool if one uses the resistance bands. Not the biggest fan of weights for a neck harness but if it helps someone and uses enough weight with intention and safety it is doable. The bands would be better imo and would be ideal for development in multiple planes of motion. Even the king of abs Jeff Cavaliere gives it a whirl. Might snatch it up one of these days. Do believe in making the best of having a quality neck and being strong enough to withstand certain things and prevent as much as possible from being crippled. Nothing is guaranteed but if it helps prevents major injuries, you can make that possible. www.theneckflex.comSo you are saying that Mike Bruce has a stronger neck than Lewis Hamilton for example Lewis G Force
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Post by Michael on Feb 9, 2019 14:52:29 GMT
I know this may sound funny but the neck is delicate. I train my neck but mostly for muscular endurance and it's great for tension release. Looking up in the air to make sure Your safe all day can get tiring. I want my neck to feel good and it does. I think most people do this with a lot of exercises, go balls to the wall. My opinion is if You train Your neck go easy. It's very easy to injure. I definitely would not worry about size, it useless for Your neck. Re the neckflex thing, which is just cables and a harness, if You have Bruce's cables and a harness It would work also. I wouldn't be putting on a bunch of cables, just enough to feel it if You try it. I have a harness, I'll try it tomorrow and let You know what I think safety and feel wise.
I have two different routines that I use and sometimes I'll just do three exercises I got from Pavel. The first routine I do is self-resistance. I do 3 exercises for 20 reps each, forward, back and head turn. I never do a side to side motion because this causes kinks in my neck. The second routine is done with Bruce's isometric/suspension trainer. I do the same motions as the self-resistance ones. I do 3 positions each for 3-5 breaths. The tension for both is light to moderate. I've been training my neck for at least 12 years like this.
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Post by gruntbrain on Feb 9, 2019 15:59:28 GMT
Note, a neck harness need not be attached to weights or bands . Attach it to a stable anchor for self resistance of isometric exercise( arguably a safer option)
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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 9, 2019 16:09:24 GMT
....... the neck is delicate. I train my neck but mostly for muscular endurance and it's great for tension release. Looking up in the air to make sure Your safe all day can get tiring. I want my neck to feel good and it does. I think most people do this with a lot of exercises, go balls to the wall. My opinion is if You train Your neck go easy. It's very easy to injure. ...... Good advice on going easy. Much better to err on the side of way too little than any too much. Michael, I learned something from an RC airplane flyer once. He would spend the entire 30 min(?) or flight time looking up, overhead, following the flight of the plane. I asked how he was able to do that and he said it was learning to relax his neck and just let his head fall back without muscular support. He'd follow the flight path by turning his body around, but his neck was very relaxed. This advice helped me a lot with my moongazing.
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Post by fredhutch on Feb 9, 2019 16:25:32 GMT
I have a neck flex. Not impressed. Using elastic for such a short range movement just doesn't work as well as weights. Plus, the position you're in doing it, if the elastic breaks you're going to get it right in the face, and probably your eyes. I'm actually surprised, in this day and age of liability lawyers under every rock, that someone would market a product that has such an obvious danger. If you insist, at least get a "stroops" brand elastic which has an outer fabric sleeve to protect you from breaking elastic.
I have and use an Iron Neck, if we're going to endorse products well I endorse this one, it is a "halo" type device that fits on your head and it allows you to put beneficial stress on the neck in a large variety of positions. Yes it uses elastic also, but the good folks at Iron Neck were smart enough to use the stroops bands with it. I have had herniated discs in my neck twice, and I find that if I use the Iron Neck once a week I don't have any neck problems...but if I neglect this training for more than a week or two, I start to get numbness in my fingers which is the first sign that the neck nerves are being impinged again. I hope the Iron Neck guys will forgive me for saying this, but I don't think the Iron Neck builds super brute strength in the neck...it's more of a rehab/prehab tool and where it really shines is keeping the neck mobile and (reasonably) strong from every direction. Also has the distinction of being the most expensive piece of exercise equipment I've ever bought: $800 but I have to say, it was worth it. I think they now have an "economy" model that goes for about $400. But if you want a gorilla neck, keep reading...
I've done plenty of work with neck harnesses over the years, all of them are strictly third-rate compared to a neck helmet...which is a football helmet set up to hold plates. These were marketed briefly a few years back by PDA, but otherwise it's a make your own deal, and they really are not hard to make at all. They work the front, back, and sides of your neck as well as or better than a harness, and the really great thing is, they can be used to work the twisting/turning function of your neck, something you just can't do with a harness. Since it uses weights it's easy to adjust the resistance and you can do any kind of weight protocol you want: normal tempo, super slow, extreme slow negatives, reps with holds in the contracted position, etc. In a way I'm glad these are not sold commercially, it's kind of a secret weapon....I've seen a photo of Dr. Ken Leistner wearing one of these, also there was a bit in IronMan years back about some guy who had to quit using his because his neck got too big! (what would be too big, anyway?) If anybody wants details of how to make one I'll write it out....I make mine a little different than the typical ones.
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Post by mr potatohead on Feb 9, 2019 16:53:26 GMT
Good stuff, Fred! Scroll down this Old Time Strongman page to see a photo of Hunter Carter's neck helmet.
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Post by Mr Average on Feb 9, 2019 17:06:39 GMT
I use a Bullworker for neck exercise
I know that it may be hard to see but it is the last exercise, you just get on your knees place both hands on the top of the Bully and then press down with your chin.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Feb 9, 2019 17:15:58 GMT
Fact is, having a strong neck is important and developing it in a practical, safe manner along with quality repetitions and intent. Doing bridges is a favorite but if you're not into it, self resistance and this would be the next best thing. Endorsed by Mike Bruce who is considered to have the World's Strongest Neck, this would be a really awesome travel tool if one uses the resistance bands. Not the biggest fan of weights for a neck harness but if it helps someone and uses enough weight with intention and safety it is doable. The bands would be better imo and would be ideal for development in multiple planes of motion. Even the king of abs Jeff Cavaliere gives it a whirl. Might snatch it up one of these days. Do believe in making the best of having a quality neck and being strong enough to withstand certain things and prevent as much as possible from being crippled. Nothing is guaranteed but if it helps prevents major injuries, you can make that possible. www.theneckflex.comSo you are saying that Mike Bruce has a stronger neck than Lewis Hamilton for example Lewis G Force
Yes I would say he does, although as it happens McLaren have used a training machine involving resistance bands attached to a helmet. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/anatomy-f1-drivers-lighting-reactions-superstrength-necks/
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 17:21:07 GMT
Fact is, having a strong neck is important and developing it in a practical, safe manner along with quality repetitions and intent. Doing bridges is a favorite but if you're not into it, self resistance and this would be the next best thing. Endorsed by Mike Bruce who is considered to have the World's Strongest Neck, this would be a really awesome travel tool if one uses the resistance bands. Not the biggest fan of weights for a neck harness but if it helps someone and uses enough weight with intention and safety it is doable. The bands would be better imo and would be ideal for development in multiple planes of motion. Even the king of abs Jeff Cavaliere gives it a whirl. Might snatch it up one of these days. Do believe in making the best of having a quality neck and being strong enough to withstand certain things and prevent as much as possible from being crippled. Nothing is guaranteed but if it helps prevents major injuries, you can make that possible. www.theneckflex.comSo you are saying that Mike Bruce has a stronger neck than Lewis Hamilton for example Lewis G Force
Hamilton looks like a hell of an athlete and what be does takes a lot of endurance and athleticism but when it comes to feats of strength, neck wise, Mike is in a class by himself.
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Post by Mr Average on Feb 9, 2019 17:29:19 GMT
I can now see where Mike gets his title from about 04.06 minutes in
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