Technique
- Bend your head forward, as if you were trying to touch your chest with your chin.
- Then bend your head backward, pointing your chin to the sky.
- Do this motion in a slow and controlled manner.
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
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
Assisted wrestler bridge
Novice
Assisted front neck bridge front and back
Novice
Neck warmup
Beginner
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