Quote: (12-04-2018 02:56 PM)SteezeySteve Wrote:
Kai can you post a video of that weighted exercise for that nerve/ jaw?
And as far as neck work goes I liked that video because it showed some different variations and movements into and out of the bridge. Thats the key with it. Obviously you master your two basic bridges but after that theres so much more variation,moment,and opportunity from it. I think thats a better route to go than weighted neck work because it will give you more strength in odd ranges of motions and situations,its more fun,and you still increase strength because you cant support harder variations with out making it stronger.
Here is one from Shane @ Fight Tips Channel
You can also make one just for your neck and do those.
You can also do pull ups on a bar with some small weights hanging down your neck too. You get to work your lats, delts, and traps along with the neck doing this.
Only thing I will recommend from Shane's video is to do this stuff
SLOWLY! Do not do this exercise fast!
I cannot stress this enough. Plenty dudes have neck and back issues from BJJ/Judo/Wrestling etc. so be careful and never overdo it.
Bridges are good, but they are slow. Like super slow and they are also body weight.
So let's step back and look at this from a S&C standpoint. Even a bodybuilder worth his salt will back me up on this.
If you are going to the gym and lifting weights for your chest, back, shoulders, arms, legs, etc. Why on Earth would you do a body-weight exercise for your neck? Because it is fragile? That's a bad answer. If you only did bodyweight excercise for your legs and used weights for your upper body, wouldn't your body look like shit? You would have chicken legs. Same principle goes for the neck. Don't skip neck day.
Look at guys in the NFL like James Harrison going so far to put weights on his waist!
Anthony Joshua uses chains on a kettlebell. (skip the first 40 secs)
Floyd does it too, but his video is silly. He is bobbing his head to rap music while doing it to show off to the reporters. The point is that he still does it.
When it comes to S&C, you have to be "wholebody" strength as much as possible and you have to highly avoidant of unequal S&C practices to avoid getting injured.
This is a very big topic, but if we look at the NFL for example, you get guys coming out of training camp pulling hamstrings left and right. S&C coach usually gets blamed for it. In an NFL training camp the S&C coach is responsible for running a program. Star players can get away from it sometimes, but regular players have to do what the S&C coach says. If he has guys doing too much of one thing and not enough of another, or similar issues, guys will sometimes end up with the same injuries. When you see 3-5 guys, on the same team, pulling hamstrings, tearing pectorals, etc. it's not a coincidence.
Ever see a lifter work out his quads and hamstrings, does squats, etc. but never ever does calf raises? He better hope he never steps on a venomous snake and try to run away, dude might might over-torque and tear a tendon in his ankle or foot.
I hope I did not confuse you. This is a bigger question than just bridges vs weights.
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