TommyW, can you say something about HOW to train neck?
Will using a harness alone give me the results?
IMO... using a harness alone can give you a huge muscular neck, BUT with a machine or two, you can take your neck development to absurd levels.
My original/1st harness workouts:
1) Standing neck raises 5 x 20. Place your hands against a wall and keep your feet approx 4 feet from the wall (as if you're being searched by a cop).
2) Reverse neck raises 5 x 20. For this movement you MUST be able to lean backwards at approx a 25-30 degree angle. You will have to hold a rope or a bar that is attached to the wall so you are not pulled over backwards. Awkward at first, I know.
3) Flat bench neck pump reps 5 x 50, slow and controlled. Lay flat on a bench with your head hanging completely over the edge of the bench and simply do neck raise reps, slow and controlled. Then flip over so you are facing the ground and do reverse neck raises, slow and controlled. This is a very short ROM movement but it helps with the pump.
4) Giant set those 4 movements.
With that harness routine, my neck was 20 - 20 1/4' at a bodyweight of 220. Later with machines, more weight, anabolics and an evil plan to have the biggest neck in the world, my neck taped at 22 5/8" at a bodyweight of 272.
True story.
