In the early days of motorsports most fatalities were caused by blunt trauma and fire. As safety in the sport progressed and drivers began to survive hard crashes, the dreaded closed head injury became the predominant serious injury in the 80s and 90s. As Doug notes here, the whiplash effect causes the brain to smash into the skull and suffer serious bruising, bleeding and swelling. In some cases the whiplash would be so severe that the skull itself would fracture and the driver would bleed out. Eventually, a head and neck restraint system was developed that kept the head and neck fairly well aligned. It essentially works as a strong, mechanical neck. The incidents of fatal and life-altering head injuries have been dramatically reduced. Even still, my estimate is that concussion is now the leading injury causing drivers to sit out events, followed by vertebrae fractures in the neck and back. I suspect a good neck training protocol would be beneficial for many drivers.
Amazing timing, I had a terrible fall on my mountain bike as after 1.5 hrs of riding I was fatigued & the constant jumps was causing me to black out for milliseconds from a old whiplash injury. But I wasn’t aware of this & even though I had a full face helmet, I hit the ground so hard & knocked myself out for 12 minutes and concussed for hours. I ended up in emergency & had a bi-lateral brain bleed. So what you just explained rings true to the experience I’ve just had. It’s taken 9 months to get back to normal so I look forward to your next video VERY much 😁👍
Thanks Doug, I've been using the rudiments of BbS for the last 18 months after reading about it on the Clarence Bass website and watching one of your workouts on YT. Coming up to 60 I'm putting more muscle mass on than I ever did when I lifted weights in my late 20's. Back then I trained for 45 min+, 3 times (then 4) a week, sure I got bigger, but not like once a week with 5 exercises and 3 sets each to failure. Amazing, thanks again for you awesome content.
I run into issues with tension headaches constantly. I try to strengthen my trap muscles but when I do it just makes my headaches significantly worse the next day because my muscles just become more tense.
Body by Science changed my life and I’ve kept up my once (sometimes twice) per week slow-motion high intensity workouts for three years. I do experience EIH, though, particularly during chest press. Looking forward to your next video.
Wonderfully explained video! I wonder if weak neck muscles could lead to an increase in common headaches or possibly and more severely, increase in migraines?
This is info one just can't find anywhere else, easily. I deeply appreciate you pooing it out there ! please keep on the good work (spec. the one like this vid) // Regards Christ.
Thanks for this very informative video, Doug - much appreciated. I'm 57 in 2022, and am just embarking on an exercise regime based on reading your book - yesterday was my first proper workout, so today it feels as though a train rode over me, which I'm taking to be a good thing. With greetings from Cape Town!
And people laugh at me when i train my neck in the gym...they have no idea that neck training prevents concussions and so many more things....laugh now cry later.😂
I wonder if 1 set of all out deadlifts would be enough to stimulate the neck muscles.. the neck area is under tremendous strain when holding a barbell when doing deadlift.
Doc, are you going to show grip/forearms training at UE? I don't doubt others would also like to know what you recommend for it. Thanks for the necksplanation and the accompanying how-to video!
A question about tonus. My understanding is that tone pertains to the reflex arc and its response to elongation. As your muscle is suddenly elongated, the tone determines how appropriate the resulting reflexive contraction is. Hence reflexes that are overly brisk (patellar tap) are actually a sign of pathology. Is more "tone" what we actually want? Or is it simply the mechanical resistance of pumping blood past a larger muscle? Probably a quibble but just curious.
You are confusing the action of the Golgi tendon apparatus that senses abrupt stretching forces and through a reflex arc triggers a contraction to protect against over-stretching. This is carried out via a direct connection to the CNS via the spinal cord up to the brain (it is thus an involuntary reflex). This reflex is somewhat inhibited by higher cortical activity. When cortical activity is diminished due to pathology (stroke, hemorrhage, motor neuron disease) that inhibitory cortical activity is decreased and the reflex circuit is more exaggerated than usual producing hyper-reflexia. The pathology is in the CNS, not the muscle.
Is a full body workout, 1 set to failure * muscle group, with a slow 4-1-4-1 seconds. Is it gonna work, or is it too much for the body to handle a full body workout? Or would it be better to split it into 2 sessions? I also play european football almost everyday.
Try full body and see how you progress. If it is too much to recover from in the context of your football activity, you can split it up. Also consider alternating with not to failure workouts if you are super active.
Sir, in one of your UA-cam videos in the past you've mentioned that doing valsalva can increase venous pressure to the extent of causing EIH. Is it general systemic venous pressure or of that in the sinuses of the brain? Because in current video, you're recommending to maintain a slightly higher sinus pressure. I might have got this totally wrong or mixed up the two. Eager to hear from you. Thanks!
Hi Doc, i tried to do my first neck training today I layed my back on my bed and did the YES movement, I immediately felt like I wanted to throw up, feeling discomfort around my plexus area, and feeling slightly dizzy still 20 min after. Do I need to stop or should I continue this kind of training ? When I did the No movement it was much easier, it's really for the YES movement that the side effects I mentionned kicked in pretty much instantely and intensely, made me feel like an old man..
Doug, what is the reason for pushing against the back of the teeth with the tongue? Should it be kept there for the duration of the exercises? Thanks, Joe
Hi Dr. Mcguff. I used to train neck, but stopped due to fear of scalene hypertrophy affecting the nerves running down to the hands. It matters a lot to me because I am a guitar player. They call it cervical radiculopathy afaik. Is this a concern?
Great "whys" Doug. As for How, my favorite has always been negative only manual resistance exercise in the four primary directions...In this regard a good training partner/coach is better than any neck machine I have ever seen or used, with all due respect to the late Arthur Jones
Joel....you stole my thunder!! Next video will show how I self-administer manual resistance neck. For those that don't know Joel is known for having the most muscular neck in history.
Why do no commercial gyms have Nautilus and/or Med-X 4-way neck machines. No man wants to have a scrawny, "pencil neck" appearance, and who (male or female) does not want to have more protection from serious injury?
People would get hurt using them. Really delicate part of the body. You can pull a hamstring in the gym and limp home, but damage your neck? Heh, “Out of business” on the gym doors the next day.
Can one actually correct a military neck through medx neck machines? Assuming one does not have terrible hernias or a twisted vein etc etc. I mean, the machines can strengthen but how do you actually correct the shortness / tightness and rehabilitate the loss of curve and nerve irritation? I’ve heard of people doing chin tucks or even worse doing chin tucks and extending their neck back and bam they’re hit with tinnitus (low frequency so assuming it’s the artery). Can one actually improve tightness of small muscles behind the occiput and FIX the neck? Traditional therapy and especially chiropractors seriously can’t do anything (it’s just money being wasted). Curious to hear your opinion. I’m writing this as I’m watching the video.
May be a bit bunged up (chin too tucked) causing carotid bulb compression trigger a vagal reflex. Try doing the neck flexion from a seated position with manual resistance and see if this helps.
Once a week one set of Nautilus neck flexion/extension each and one set of shruggs. Besides the mentioned benefit it feels damned good to have a strong neck to support the head, because it belongs on top of the body, not in the front.........modern day phone followers.
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In the early days of motorsports most fatalities were caused by blunt trauma and fire. As safety in the sport progressed and drivers began to survive hard crashes, the dreaded closed head injury became the predominant serious injury in the 80s and 90s. As Doug notes here, the whiplash effect causes the brain to smash into the skull and suffer serious bruising, bleeding and swelling. In some cases the whiplash would be so severe that the skull itself would fracture and the driver would bleed out.
Eventually, a head and neck restraint system was developed that kept the head and neck fairly well aligned. It essentially works as a strong, mechanical neck. The incidents of fatal and life-altering head injuries have been dramatically reduced.
Even still, my estimate is that concussion is now the leading injury causing drivers to sit out events, followed by vertebrae fractures in the neck and back. I suspect a good neck training protocol would be beneficial for many drivers.
I declare that neck exercise from now on will be called Nexercise.
You will thank me later for this.
I shall allow this
Amazing timing, I had a terrible fall on my mountain bike as after 1.5 hrs of riding I was fatigued & the constant jumps was causing me to black out for milliseconds from a old whiplash injury. But I wasn’t aware of this & even though I had a full face helmet, I hit the ground so hard & knocked myself out for 12 minutes and concussed for hours. I ended up in emergency & had a bi-lateral brain bleed.
So what you just explained rings true to the experience I’ve just had. It’s taken 9 months to get back to normal so I look forward to your next video VERY much 😁👍
Thanks Doug, I've been using the rudiments of BbS for the last 18 months after reading about it on the Clarence Bass website and watching one of your workouts on YT. Coming up to 60 I'm putting more muscle mass on than I ever did when I lifted weights in my late 20's. Back then I trained for 45 min+, 3 times (then 4) a week, sure I got bigger, but not like once a week with 5 exercises and 3 sets each to failure. Amazing, thanks again for you awesome content.
Thanks for the kind words. So happy to hear of your progress at age 60.
One of the most interesting pieces of fitness information I've seen in months!
I run into issues with tension headaches constantly. I try to strengthen my trap muscles but when I do it just makes my headaches significantly worse the next day because my muscles just become more tense.
Body by Science changed my life and I’ve kept up my once (sometimes twice) per week slow-motion high intensity workouts for three years. I do experience EIH, though, particularly during chest press. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks! So glad things are going well. A good neck program is the cornerstone of preventing EIH.
Wonderfully explained video! I wonder if weak neck muscles could lead to an increase in common headaches or possibly and more severely, increase in migraines?
It goes both ways. Weak or too strong. Pity that he forgot mention it.
This is info one just can't find anywhere else, easily. I deeply appreciate you pooing it out there !
please keep on the good work (spec. the one like this vid) // Regards Christ.
Great video….please do more…looking forward to seeing the neck training video
Wow! Very fascinating and useful info. Can’t wait for the exercises
To all....sorry about delay in the exercise video. Lots of ER shifts, but will get it out ASAP.
Thanks for this very informative video, Doug - much appreciated. I'm 57 in 2022, and am just embarking on an exercise regime based on reading your book - yesterday was my first proper workout, so today it feels as though a train rode over me, which I'm taking to be a good thing. With greetings from Cape Town!
And people laugh at me when i train my neck in the gym...they have no idea that neck training prevents concussions and so many more things....laugh now cry later.😂
crowd = stupid
Its crazy how much neck training deflection there is in gym culture. People got massive bodies, but got pencil necks. Its dangerous
Same here bro, all the PT's look at me weird and think I'm going go "strain my neck". It's pathetic
I got pencil neck. Can't wait for the neck training!
How did it go?
Looking forward to the neck training routine!
Great content Dr. McGuff.
Thank you for posting the transcript. I learn much better and faster from reading than listening
What an amazing video, much appreciated doc
I wonder if 1 set of all out deadlifts would be enough to stimulate the neck muscles.. the neck area is under tremendous strain when holding a barbell when doing deadlift.
You know anatomy bro those are the traps doing the work not your actual neck muscles holding it. Just train your neck.
You are amazing Doug.
Great information. Looking forward to the exercises. Should there be any consideration given to a fusion in the neck in regards to the workout?
Doc, are you going to show grip/forearms training at UE? I don't doubt others would also like to know what you recommend for it.
Thanks for the necksplanation and the accompanying how-to video!
Great presentation this is so important I really want to learn your muscle training technique
A question about tonus. My understanding is that tone pertains to the reflex arc and its response to elongation. As your muscle is suddenly elongated, the tone determines how appropriate the resulting reflexive contraction is. Hence reflexes that are overly brisk (patellar tap) are actually a sign of pathology.
Is more "tone" what we actually want? Or is it simply the mechanical resistance of pumping blood past a larger muscle?
Probably a quibble but just curious.
You are confusing the action of the Golgi tendon apparatus that senses abrupt stretching forces and through a reflex arc triggers a contraction to protect against over-stretching. This is carried out via a direct connection to the CNS via the spinal cord up to the brain (it is thus an involuntary reflex). This reflex is somewhat inhibited by higher cortical activity. When cortical activity is diminished due to pathology (stroke, hemorrhage, motor neuron disease) that inhibitory cortical activity is decreased and the reflex circuit is more exaggerated than usual producing hyper-reflexia. The pathology is in the CNS, not the muscle.
Is a full body workout, 1 set to failure * muscle group, with a slow 4-1-4-1 seconds. Is it gonna work, or is it too much for the body to handle a full body workout? Or would it be better to split it into 2 sessions?
I also play european football almost everyday.
Try full body and see how you progress. If it is too much to recover from in the context of your football activity, you can split it up. Also consider alternating with not to failure workouts if you are super active.
So legit! I love it Doug, keep them coming!
Outstanding thank you sir 👍
Ok looking forward to the exercises!
Sir, in one of your UA-cam videos in the past you've mentioned that doing valsalva can increase venous pressure to the extent of causing EIH. Is it general systemic venous pressure or of that in the sinuses of the brain? Because in current video, you're recommending to maintain a slightly higher sinus pressure. I might have got this totally wrong or mixed up the two. Eager to hear from you.
Thanks!
Hi Doc, i tried to do my first neck training today I layed my back on my bed and did the YES movement, I immediately felt like I wanted to throw up, feeling discomfort around my plexus area, and feeling slightly dizzy still 20 min after. Do I need to stop or should I continue this kind of training ? When I did the No movement it was much easier, it's really for the YES movement that the side effects I mentionned kicked in pretty much instantely and intensely, made me feel like an old man..
is that mike mentzer in the picture behind you?
Fascinating.
Doug, what is the reason for pushing against the back of the teeth with the tongue? Should it be kept there for the duration of the exercises? Thanks, Joe
It’s called tongue posture and it helps with jaw development and nasal breathing if I remember correctly
Hi Dr. Mcguff. I used to train neck, but stopped due to fear of scalene hypertrophy affecting the nerves running down to the hands. It matters a lot to me because I am a guitar player. They call it cervical radiculopathy afaik. Is this a concern?
Fascinating information
Thanks for this, Doug!
It all began in 1996 discussing EIH with Ken (after I inflicted an EIH on one of my ER partners).
Awesome content as always, Thanks doctor
Thank you Doc this is really clearly explained!💪
Thanks Doug
Cool vid. Thanks Doug😎
Thanks Doug. Do you think neck training could also benefit brain health by increasing cerebral blood flow?
awesome stuff thanks doc
Please do more videos
Great fun! Very interesting and useful. Hey, perhaps I'm wearing my ties too loose. =)
Great "whys" Doug. As for How, my favorite has always been negative only manual resistance exercise in the four primary directions...In this regard a good training partner/coach is better than any neck machine I have ever seen or used, with all due respect to the late Arthur Jones
Joel....you stole my thunder!! Next video will show how I self-administer manual resistance neck. For those that don't know Joel is known for having the most muscular neck in history.
@@dr.dougmcguff282 He sure did! Guy is a legend 💪
That’s an amazing video
Thanks doctor Doug, a simple function can be problematic if we do not provide the right work, interesting!!
I bought an iron neck pro 6 months ago...i dont have time to go into how bad ass that thing is
For those that don't know about it...check it out
excellent
Why do no commercial gyms have Nautilus and/or Med-X 4-way neck machines. No man wants to have a scrawny, "pencil neck" appearance, and who (male or female) does not want to have more protection from serious injury?
Probably liability. A lot of people would hurt themselves without proper instruction
People would get hurt using them. Really delicate part of the body. You can pull a hamstring in the gym and limp home, but damage your neck? Heh, “Out of business” on the gym doors the next day.
Can one actually correct a military neck through medx neck machines? Assuming one does not have terrible hernias or a twisted vein etc etc. I mean, the machines can strengthen but how do you actually correct the shortness / tightness and rehabilitate the loss of curve and nerve irritation? I’ve heard of people doing chin tucks or even worse doing chin tucks and extending their neck back and bam they’re hit with tinnitus (low frequency so assuming it’s the artery). Can one actually improve tightness of small muscles behind the occiput and FIX the neck? Traditional therapy and especially chiropractors seriously can’t do anything (it’s just money being wasted). Curious to hear your opinion. I’m writing this as I’m watching the video.
Thank you!
Yet, most people who exercise for health neglect their neck.
Ignorance is a bitch
Very Bob Ross vibe from you doc
I was using my "inside voice"....otherwise our obnoxious dog would start yapping!
Any idea why i feel like i want to vomit when i do lying neck curls?
May be a bit bunged up (chin too tucked) causing carotid bulb compression trigger a vagal reflex. Try doing the neck flexion from a seated position with manual resistance and see if this helps.
7:40 👌👌👌
Am new here. I appreciate what you are doing. But just one suggestion. Please get a decent microphone. It will help us and you alot. Thanks
Once a week one set of Nautilus neck flexion/extension each and one set of shruggs. Besides the mentioned benefit it feels damned good to have a strong neck to support the head, because it belongs on top of the body, not in the front.........modern day phone followers.
How much does neck hypertrophy increase the risk of sleep apnoea, how do we reduce that risk?
6:40 muscle tonus
Dr house
Video too long
Attention span too short.
I can't imagine how you'd shorten it. As Einstein said: Simple, but no simpler (or something like that)
@@dr.dougmcguff282lol
Brilliant