C8Myotome Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the equipment review, as this is not a grip tool, but I believe that because gripsters do weird unilateral deadlifts with loading pins, having a strong neck is a really good advantage to have for these lifts. Two muscles that attach the head/neck to the shoulderblade are the upper trapezius fibers, & the levator scapulae, so neck training does help train scapular stabilization in this sense. This also allows working a lot of the smaller muscles that otherwise do not really get worked at all, because when are you ever turning your head against resistance? I had only ever previously done flexion/extension with the Ironmind harness and just recently got an Iron Neck 3.0 (it is still on black friday sale) which is their latest model. I had someone express concern about rotating the neck against resistance - it should be noted that the resistance comes from perpendicular to the neck, not from above, so the discs & vertebrae are not compressed from any gravitational/vertical load, so there is not compressive/shearing forces occuring during any of the neck rotation, you also don't have to rotate the neck at all, you can just rotate your body. My review of it is here: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 That looks interesting. I’ve done a little neck bridging but not too much. I’ll watch video later. I think the neck is very important to train and often overlooked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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