Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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Bodybuilders need special exercises to develop a thick neck
The neck is a weak point in the human physique – and all martial arts have a few dirty tricks that rely on this fact. But some wrestlers and power lifters have a neck of such impressive proportions that it can hardly be regarded as a weak spot. Do you want to acquire a bull neck too? Dead lifts and neck presses won't help much, American sports scientists discovered back in the 1990s. You'll have to train your neck muscles separately.
Study
One group had to do weight training for twelve weeks. They got a programme that focused on basic exercises like squats, leg press, bench press, Romanian dead lifts, bent rows and shrugs (b).
Another group followed exactly the same programme, but also did specific neck training exercises. They lay on their stomach and put a brace round their neck that they could attach weights to so that they could train their neck muscles (a).
Lastly, a control group of students did what students are best at. Absolutely nothing (c).
Results
The muscles that had grown were the splenius capitis (SC) [shown in red in the picture here], the semispinalis capitis (SEC) and the semispinalis cervicis/semispinalis multifidus (SCM).
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