I Bought a Neck Harness. Am I Dumb?

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No, I did not bite into the neck training fade, but I did buy a neck harness because I was getting a lot of stiff neck waking up, and a lot of bad posture with my head tilting forward. I was told to try neck work outs and behold my symptoms improved.

So, yeah I bought a neck harness to do the back neck muscles since I’ve only been doing the front. I feel like I have a very weak, or fatty neck. Dunno? The front exercises seem to have improved not only the look but the previous annoying stiffness I was having.

Anyone else have one?

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Not dumb if it works for you.

I just use an old piece of surgical tubing.

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I have an old leg kickback attatchment that has a weird extra strap that makes it look like a neck harness. I sometimes use it as one. It also sounds better to have a neck harness than a leg kickback attachment lol

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If it makes training your neck easier and didn’t cost much then why not

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I guess cuz some people think it’s not good to train your neck? some say it causes sleep apnea

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I have the spud neck harness and the Ironmind headstrap fit for Hercules. I prefer the spud.

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I have one that was given to me with a bunch of assorted junk ei… DB handles, collars, etc… I have never once entertained the thought of using it.

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Depends on how big your neck actually is along with other factors. Most guys I see don’t have over developed necks to begin with. I would say doing some form of neck work isn’t going to cause someone to develop apnea.

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I’ve known plenty of wrestlers who used them and plenty who didn’t. Big necks all around.

In terms of your stiffness, if it helps then it was money well spent IMO.

S

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Is it a fad right now?

I started training my neck because I looked at my neck to shoulder ratio in the mirror and I realized I needed to train it just like the rest of my body.

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it is a fade and has been for about a year or so. popularized by a few social media fitness gurus.

I’ve been enjoying working out my neck and I’ve gotten benefits so I think I’ll continue.

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If your neck is a fade, your barber screwed up.

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Are you referring to alphadestiny? He was one of the main videos that popped up when I started looking into neck training.

Honestly, I never did rack pulls or power shrugs until I watched his explanation as to why it develops your traps. I had really good results using a few of his techniques. Traps blew up very quickly.

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yeah he definitely blew it up into a fade. he’s definitely on gear or was and doesn’t tell his audience but some of his neck/trap techniques are solid but nothing new or revolutionary.

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I haven’t watched him consistently enough to be able to tell. Maybe ill stalk his social media and take a look.

Mine exploded, but I think its mostly because I absolutely neglected them prior. Didn’t really have any good trap exercises.

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You should train your neck at some point. You have the harness, so use it.

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I briefly stopped my neck exercises because I wasn’t doing the back of my neck, but now I will return to doing them 3 times a week. How often do you do them?

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I have only been doing it for a short time, but maybe, twice a week.

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yours exploded from a short time 2x a week? either you did indeed have a tiny neck or I dunno because the neck muscles aren’t very responsive. I think it takes years to grow a big neck

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Traps blew up in size. Neck gained visible size, but its gonna be much slower I agree.