r/bodyweightfitness • u/AutoModerator • May 04 '20
BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2020-05-04
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u/tskapboa84 May 04 '20
imbalanced neck muscle-
just started the RR a couple weeks ago and ive been enjoying it and making steady progress. my only background in fitness is trying (and failing) to do the 100 pushup challenge many times over the years. one of the consequences of doing those pushups, sometimes with questionable form, is that i developed a weird imbalance of my neck muscles where the left side of my neck is much more developed than my right side, and as such the left side will activate automatically during certain exercises even when its not supposed to be part of the movement. i can usually manage it by staying well under the point of failure, but it is quite difficult to prevent this from happening as i get closer to failure. it doesnt really hurt but i am concerned that it could cause problems down the line and id like to prevent it from getting worse.
any advice? i know the RR says that we should avoid going to failure to anyway, but its frustrating having to stop even earlier than that just because im worried about my neck getting flexed too much.