Technique
- Perform slow and controlled circles with your head, going through the Neck flexion, Neck lateral flexion and Neck extension positions.
- Do about the same number of rotations in both directions and count the total number of rotations in your repetitions.
Logging: Perform circles continuously, alternating or switching halfway.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Neck
Flexibility
Primary
- Neck
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Longus capitis
- Rectus capitis anterior
- Longus colli
- Semispinalis capitis
- Splenius
- Rectus capitis posterior major
- Rectus capitis posterior minor
- Obliquus capitis superior
- Longissimus cervicis
- Longissimus capitis
- Upper trapezius
- Obliquus capitis inferior
- Rectus capitis lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Flexibility
Joint movements
trains stretches
Progressions
Neck warmup
Beginner
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