How To Do Calisthenics Neck Exercises Video

Do a light workout to tone your neck muscles. Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Use these drills before work outs
Roll neck slowly to warm up muscles
Follow full range of motion
Hold head in place while contracting

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Tom Clifford has a degree in physical education, fitness and health from Eastern Michigan University, where he ran track and cross-country. Tom has worked as a personal trainer for two years. He also has a separate business where he coaches runners and triathletes for upcoming events. He currently works at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, North Carolina.

TOM CLIFFORD: Now I'll demonstrate to you how to do calisthenic neck exercise. Calisthenics are warm up stretches, warm up drills that we perform before we do exercises, into the gym or before your workout outside. So calisthenics exercise, you can start out by doing neck rolls, rotating your head around one direction, nice and slow. And you don't have to rush this exercise. Rushing can cause a pull in the muscle in the neck and you won't be able to do any exercises after you do that. Then roll the other way, okay, nice and easy. Be sure you're looking at every direction so you know you're getting the full stretch of your neck. Okay, and when you're done with that, you're going to do neck holds which is just simply holding your neck to the right, okay, for a period of 10 to 15 seconds, holding your neck to the left, period of 10 to 15 seconds, holding your neck back, 10 to 15 seconds. Then letting your neck drop forward so your chin touches your chest. And if you want to stretch that exercise a little bit more, just put your hand on the top of your head and pull forward nice and easy. So remember, when you're doing calisthenic neck exercises to start your stretches out, nice and slow. Do not rush. You can pull a muscle if you rush the calisthenic exercises. And take it nice and slow and make sure you're getting an easy stretch in your neck and if you need to, count to 10 to 15 seconds nice and easy and that's how long you should hold the stretch. That's how you do neck calisthenic exercises.

How to Do Calisthenics Neck Exercises Video

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