Skip to main content

Hominin · exercise

Neck-SMR

Neck-SMR is a intermediate stretching exercise. It works the neck.

intermediateotherstatic movementstretching

Main muscles
neck

How to do it

  1. Using a muscle roller or a rolling pin, place the roller behind your head and against your neck. Make sure that you do not place the roller directly against the spine, but turned slightly so that the roller is pressed against the muscles to either side of the spine. This will be your starting position.
  2. Starting at the top of your neck, slowly roll down the muscles of your neck, pausing at points of tension for 10-30 seconds.

Watch a form tutorial on YouTube · Search Hominin for it

Similar exercises

General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Neck-SMR: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin