Muscle Building Workouts For Your Neck, How To Train Your Lateral Flexors, Extensors And Traps

We generally overlook training this area for mainly two reasons

. That is that we do not know, or that we lack the equipment to it.

Lateral Flexors. The lateral flexors will tilt a persons head from right to left, this can be worked out in the same way as flexors. In the beginning you will lie upon your side on top of a bench, then you must rest a towel on the side of the head while holding in a weight against the spot with you hand.

Just simply let your head tilt downwards, and then pull it back upwards as if you are trying to touch your ear to the shoulder that is off the bench. Again you must use several sets of 10-15 reps of moderate resistance before you go and switch to your other side to work out the opposite lateral flexor group.

Extensors. Extensors are a lot like the flexor groups in that they can be worked out with a head strap or neck machine. In using the head strap the most common way is to attach the end of the chain to the strap and hook to a low pulley or you can just hang plates on the chain. Then be sure to put your hands on your quads and bend at the waist.

Now you will focus more on tilting your head backwards as though you looking up. Another path to take would be to lie down on a bench with you head over the other end. Put the towel on the back of your head and put the weight on top of it.

Now while the plate is being held in your hands, let the head drop slowly, then begin to raise it bending only you neck. Having moderate resistance for a few sets of 10-15 will be ideal for you as with the other exercises.

Traps. The traps or trapezius muscles are part of the extensor group, so they'll get some work while doing the exercises mentioned under the extensor heading. However, they can be worked with some additional barbell exercises as most are aware.

Mostly, people tend to lump basic barbell or dumbbell shrugs and the sole motion for traps. The dead lift and the various others can work the traps really hard specifically during the lockout part of the lift. Notice the huge looking traps on power lifts that have a lot of big pull.

While I use dead lifting a lot in my daily routine, I want to share with you some lesser performed lifts that are take from Olympic weightlifting that will hammer out those traps really hard. The most common of these types of lifts are the power clean, and at the lower end, we have the squat clean. If you keep the arms very straight as long as you can during the exercise the traps and the upper back along with the hips will provide you the power to accelerate the bar before going under the rack to pick it up.

In the same way as the clean variations, the snatch will provide a lot of stimulation for the traps. The pull is going to have a rough "shrug" while the bar continues to accelerate before it dips beneath it.

I will usually do the power snatch exercise, which is where you do not go as low on lift completion and the bar is locked overhead while you are in the squatting position. I don't see the reason to go into the complete exercise which will allow you to use more weight because of the deep bottom position you get while being under the bar. I think that the power snatch and the power clean will cause you to pull a lot harder since there is a lot less time to drop beneath the bar to get it racked.

If you are a person who suffers from tightness cause by many long hours of sitting on your tailbone at some office. Just the stretching will help you live more comfortably overall. The power you will gain in your traps will help you in pulling and defiantly gives your body and very finished look to it.

by: Ricardo D Argence

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