- Lie face up with your whole body straight on a flat bench while holding a weight plate on top of your forehead. Tip: You will need to position yourself so that your shoulders are slightly above the end of a flat bench in order for the traps, neck and head to be off the bench. This will be your starting position.
- While keeping the plate secure on your forehead slowly lower your head back in a semi-circular motion as you breathe in.
- Raise your head back up to the starting position in a semi-circular motion as you breathe out. Hold the contraction for a second.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Caution: As with all exercises, refrain from using any sort of sudden or jerking motions.
Variation: You can opt to use no resistance at first.
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Review: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
Dec 21, 2011 8:38 AM: it works very well
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Review: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
Aug 31, 2011 7:07 PM: im only a beginner working out this exercise is brillant, but you must focus on your breathing or otherwise if makes it heaps harder to do
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Tip: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
Aug 19, 2010 6:11 PM: There is a new neck exercise device called the NECKSPRING
(www.neck.homestead.com) that gives you the same benefits as this exercise.
The NECKSPRING does NOT use any gym weights but uses a torsion spring to
provide the neck force and can be easily adjusted to give you the desired
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Tip: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
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Tip: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
Dec 24, 2009 4:09 AM: Very good exercise and easy to do. I do it once a week after legs, but for full neck development I do 4 neck exercises: face up, face down but also the two sides (as per this video but lying on your right side then left side.
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Review: Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance
Nov 18, 2009 12:19 PM: This looks really stupid. Perhaps, a good way to smash your face or break your nose or even neck if you don't do it right.