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Technique

  1. Bring your chin down to your chest.
  2. Slowly move your head towards one shoulder, while keeping your gaze towards the ground. Stop when you feel a good stretch on the side of your neck.
  3. Then slowly move towards the other shoulder.

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Form tips

  • To get a deeper stretch on the side of your neck, it helps to pull the opposite shoulder down and away from your ear.
Logging: Alternate sides continuously.

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Muscles

Strength

Secondary

  • Neck
Flexibility

Primary

  • Neck
  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • Longus capitis
  • Rectus capitis anterior
  • Longus colli
  • Splenius
  • Upper trapezius
  • Rectus capitis lateralis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Strength
Flexibility
Joint movements
Neckflexionlateral flexion
trains stretches
w00j

Neck warmup

Beginner
e0tw

Neck circle

Beginner
e0tt

Neck lateral flexion

Beginner
e0ty

Neck retraction

Beginner
e0tx

Neck packing

Beginner
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