How do you perform this exercise?
- Sit or stand upright with shoulders relaxed and eyes looking straight ahead.
- Brace lightly through your midsection and keep your jaw relaxed.
- Without tilting your head up or down, draw your chin straight backward as if sliding your head along a track.
- Feel the back of your neck lengthen and the front of your neck gently engage; keep eyes level.
- Hold for 3–5 seconds while breathing normally.
- Slowly return to the starting position and repeat for 8–12 controlled reps.
Which other muscles are involved?
Levator scapulae, Traps, Upper back.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
