Re:Ask HN: How Is Your Neck?
by gameshot911 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @06:27AM
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If you're doing a bunch of chest exercises (which is great), I highly encourage you to stay balanced by working the opposing muscles as well, lest you end up with over-strung chest muscles that draw your shoulders forward.
Exercises like 15-20x3 lightweight face pulls are perfect. Another is shoulder IYTs. Stretching is also great.
I am not familiar with the expressions "face pull" or IYT. Could you elaborate?
Re:Ask HN: How Is Your Neck?
by zoover2020 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:06AM
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Both are exercises which work the deltoids or rear deltoids.
First one is pulling something on shoulder level towards your face (hence face pull).
Second one is making the I, Y & T letters by putting your arms above your heat and literally mimicking the letters, where T means arms stretched to the side on shoulder level.
Thanks!
I started an 8-week push-up challenge in which I found my max amount of push-ups without stopping (30) and then did 4 times that many (120) in a row, however long it took, gradually reducing the rest time between the sets. I did this 4 days per week. After that process I gained a lot of strength in 8 weeks and ability to do 40 push-ups without stopping. I've now switched to doing my maximum once or twice per day and increasing by 5 every couple weeks. I'm currently at 70, having a hard time going higher, but really feel incredible level of upper body strength from neck to back to abdomen, and am being more careful with my food choices as well. I think I'm now ready to do some more varied exercises, including cardiovascular and other things that challenged me earlier.
I find as I'm getting older it's really not worth sacrificing your body for engineering gains, I have too many tech friends who have chronic and sometimes debilitating pain and injuries as a result of the career. What's the point of great accomplishments in technology, career, and wealth if you can't enjoy them because of a broken body?
I encourage everyone to find an exercise routine that fits your lifestyle. Push-ups were great for me because I needed no equipment and could fit it easily into my work from home day, and target the areas of my body that were feeling weak.