{"id":19474,"date":"2023-06-16T20:43:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T01:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=19474"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:26:36","slug":"bjj-neck-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/bjj-neck-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Best BJJ Neck Strengthening Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Having a big, strong neck helps immensely in jiu-jitsu with injury prevention, better resistance to submissions, and withstanding attempts to break your posture through the head. Neglecting neck training is a grave mistake many practitioners make and one you should avoid. But what are the best neck exercises for BJJ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A key part of neck training for BJJ is doing isometric holds, which directly translate to actions on the mat, like resisting pulling, pushing, and chokes. To make your neck bigger, you must do flexion and extension with progressive resistance using bands, weights, or other methods of loading the movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Neck training is crucial for BJJ, and I will help you pick the best exercises and avoid some dangerous ones that bring more risk than reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a sport where the whole body plays a role, you are only as strong as your weakest link. The neck is a crucial element because it needs to resist constant pulling, is used as a support against the mats, and, most of all, is the target of half of the submissions in BJJ<\/a>, namely strangulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means the neck is as important as any other body part for jiu-jitsu, and a well-conditioned and robust neck will help you while rolling and in training in multiple ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resisting chokeholds is part technique, mental fortitude, and pure neck strength. Even if you’ve never trained your neck specifically, you know how bad it felt to be in a guillotine when you started and how much more “comfortable” you feel now. This is because the neck gets conditioned by the constant pressure it’s subjected to during drills and rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adding neck conditioning to your training regimen will hasten the process and reach levels of strength impossible with BJJ training alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The stronger your neck and upper back muscles are, the harder it will be for someone to choke you out. Increasing the size of the neck also makes chokes mechanically more difficult for the opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Why You Need A Strong Neck For Jiu-Jitsu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Better Submission Defence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n