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Old 01-17-2014, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by kyoun1e View Post
How so?

I would think if you were to lie on the floor face down and lift your head up repeatedly and then with resistance, that would do the trick.
I lie flat on my back with a pillow under my head. Then with my chin slightly tilted down (move you chin up and down doing this at first to find the appropriate tilt) then push your head back slightly into the pillow, maybe half an inch or so, then relax, and repeat. Once or twice per day, fifteen or twenty reps.

It is the neck extendor muscles that you would want to strengthen. Live strong has another exercise for these muscles, I just tried it, it is more difficult, but seems to engage more of these muscles.
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