How to get a big neck?

[ladysmanfelpz]

Title. Can anyone help?

I know getting big traps from shrugs helps the appearance, and I've also been doing forward, rear and side tilts with my own resistance (tougher than you think) for sets of ten, but i still have a twig neck. I weigh 180-185 and am 6 foot tall. I lift regularly and have a pretty good physique but it doesn't show at all through the clothes and I feel i mostly look like a skinny kid because of my twig neck. I clean 265 but my traps are still small and neck is small. Any tips on getting a strong looking neck or just keep doing what i'm doing?

[Farley1324]

Title. Can anyone help?

I know getting big traps from shrugs helps the appearance, and I've also been doing forward, rear and side tilts with my own resistance (tougher than you think) for sets of ten, but i still have a twig neck. I weigh 180-185 and am 6 foot tall. I lift regularly and have a pretty good physique but it doesn't show at all through the clothes and I feel i mostly look like a skinny kid because of my twig neck. I clean 265 but my traps are still small and neck is small. Any tips on getting a strong looking neck or just keep doing what i'm doing?

180-185, especially at 6'00", is skinny.

Keep lifting, keep bulking.

That's a solid clean, BTW.

[GiZZmo]

Lay on a flat bench with your head hanging off the end. Have someone put a towel on your forehead and pull down while you are pulling up. Do this all four ways, front, back, and each side. They also sell a harness that goes around your head that you can add weight to that replicates the towel exercise. I think you can buy them at Dicks sporting goods or you can probably find them online.

[GiZZmo]

Lay on a flat bench with your head hanging off the end. Have someone put a towel on your forehead and pull down while you are pulling up. Do this all four ways, front, back, and each side. They also sell a harness that goes around your head that you can add weight to that replicates the towel exercise. I think you can buy them at Dicks sporting goods or you can probably find them online.

[kenethleclair]

watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uoEZhSms4

[MichaelCJ]

Neck harness (every session; high reps, low weight), and whatever stuff to hit traps in general (targeted or not), that you prefer.

Seconding the props for dat clean. Nice!

[TigerStealth]

well at 6'1" you will probably continue to have a long looking neck, there really is nothing you can do other than focusing on traps. I thikn the head tilts are a waste to be honest, just hit heavy deadlifts and shrugs imo

[ladysmanfelpz]

"That's a solid clean, BTW."

Made me lol. Thanks guys. Ya ive had that clean ever since I was a sophomore in high school and just can't improve on it and im 21 now ha. But ya 180 is pretty skinny. A friend with similar body type got up to 190 and he looks a lot more filled out with a strong looking neck. Guess Ill just keep getting after it and try to put on the lbs

[Ivarr84]

Could just be your genetics? Who knows, the easiest way I know for people to get big necks is neck bridges and weighted neck harnesses. Neither of these are novice exercises, so be careful when you do these.

[R1rida]

neck harness, dead lifts, shrugs

[Dominik]

Shrugs and deadlifts. If you can't lose the pencil neck over time with those two then you're not moving enough weight.

Neck exercises make more sense if you're specifically training for a contact sport.

[odinseye84]

Imo genetics play a huge part in neck size. I know people who don't even exercise and just have a bullneck.

[RudeBoyNallin]

Title. Can anyone help?

I know getting big traps from shrugs helps the appearance, and I've also been doing forward, rear and side tilts with my own resistance (tougher than you think) for sets of ten, but i still have a twig neck. I weigh 180-185 and am 6 foot tall. I lift regularly and have a pretty good physique but it doesn't show at all through the clothes and I feel i mostly look like a skinny kid because of my twig neck. I clean 265 but my traps are still small and neck is small. Any tips on getting a strong looking neck or just keep doing what i'm doing?

I dont know if your into sports or anything, but wrestling made my neck pretty huge. i have your build almost exactly actually, im 6 foot, 180lbs, never really lifted seriously before in my life lol but my neck kinda is really big for my build. just something to think about

[Farley1324]

I dont know if your into sports or anything, but wrestling made my neck pretty huge. i have your build almost exactly actually, im 6 foot, 180lbs, never really lifted seriously before in my life lol but my neck kinda is really big for my build. just something to think about

Somebody ban the troll please?

[james067]

steriod would help u

[Asterix43]

Thanks for creating this thread. I've learned a lot from it.

Indeed - I have a pencil neck as well - but I'll wait and put more mass on before I worry about it to much.

[Floider]

Kind of like the above suggestion, you can do some directions by yourself with a towel and a weight. Wrap the towel up so it forms a pad and lay on a bench with your head hanging off. Put a weight on your forehead using the towel as a pad. Obviously you will have to stabilize the weight with your hand, but rep it up and down with you neck. By yourself its easiest to do front and sides.

For back you can always do neck bridges like the wrestling workout.

[cory2731]

do this daily...

[brendatyle]

haha, you naughty

[brendatyle]

do this daily...

[IMG]

haha, you naughty

[Googsee]

I hear gargling crushed up viagra in water can help.

[shan2052]

i have a moderate build on a 5'9 and a quite small frame,my neck has been an issue to me.it was just 14 1/2 when i was a 128lbs weakling just starting to hit the gym.now im 178 lbs with 161/4 neck.i have tried shrugs,neck bridge,breathing shrugs,monkey rows.finally,im getting some results.btw i yave a relatively longer neck so working out my trap is a must.

[Al Shades]

180-185, especially at 6'00", is skinny.

Horsesh!t. The vast majority of people don't have the genetic potential to be lean at that size, nevermind heavier. So what you're effectively saying is that he needs to get fat in order to not be skinny. Like I said, horsesh!t.

[Farley1324]

Horsesh!t. The vast majority of people don't have the genetic potential to be lean at that size, nevermind heavier. So what you're effectively saying is that he needs to get fat in order to not be skinny. Like I said, horsesh!t.

I will respond to this post in 21 months, for your convenience.

[Al Shades]

I will respond to this post in 21 months, for your convenience.

You can respond whenever you want but you'll still be wrong, Mr. "I lift rocks and anyone under 200 lbs. is skinny".

[Farley1324]

You can respond whenever you want but you'll still be wrong, Mr. "I lift rocks and anyone under 200 lbs. is skinny".

If you say so.

[Al Shades]

If you say so.

You obviously don't care about seeing your abs and that's ok. It's a mindset that you share with other dudes who workout by lifting rocks. But it's lame to call anyone skinny just because they don't share that "bear mode 24/7" mindset. Hell, you'd be just as skinny if you had to cut down to a point where you had actual definition. You'd be under 200 for sure, probably around 175.

[Orlando1234977]

Horsesh!t. The vast majority of people don't have the genetic potential to be lean at that size, nevermind heavier. So what you're effectively saying is that he needs to get fat in order to not be skinny. Like I said, horsesh!t.

You can respond whenever you want but you'll still be wrong, Mr. "I lift rocks and anyone under 200 lbs. is skinny".

You obviously don't care about seeing your abs and that's ok. It's a mindset that you share with other dudes who workout by lifting rocks. But it's lame to call anyone skinny just because they don't share that "bear mode 24/7" mindset. Hell, you'd be just as skinny if you had to cut down to a point where you had actual definition. You'd be under 200 for sure, probably around 175.

Have you been sort of feeling like you've reached your limit lately? Don't give up, keep trying.

[Farley1324]

You obviously don't care about seeing your abs and that's ok. It's a mindset that you share with other dudes who workout by lifting rocks. But it's lame to call anyone skinny just because they don't share that "bear mode 24/7" mindset. Hell, you'd be just as skinny if you had to cut down to a point where you had actual definition. You'd be under 200 for sure, probably around 175.

175 pounds would be skinny as hell.

[Al Shades]

Have you been sort of feeling like you've reached your limit lately? Don't give up, keep trying.

wut limit foo

175 pounds would be lean as hell.

Fixed.