Ok, As some of you know i am on my 5th class of Muay Thai and this past Tuesday we had drills that had us going from a left cover to a clinch. As the feeder for the instructor she asked me to resist a bit for her, which makes sense, don't want some limp noodle helping you out. So, I wake up this morning thinking I slept on my neck wrong. So, I am stretching it out and put my chin to my chest and OI I realize it is neck muscles i haven't used in prolly 37 years. Any ideas on exercises to stretch it out or should I work on clinching again as the feeder On to my next question. When I do my left hook into the focus pad even with hand wraps on now I am still semi tweakin my wrist. With gloves on it is hard for the instructors to pinpoint if I am coming in wrong or not. Obviously, the hook is coming in off the flat line horizontal to the mitt. Should I practice on the bag and just work the technique several thousand times? Thanks!
I never liked stretching my neck, but I do like loosening it up with some easy exercises. Nod yes and no as far as you comfortably can for 10-20 reps, then look over each shoulder 10-20 times. That's always helped me. Once it gets stronger, that'll help too. For strengthening I just use a wall and a pillow and do some isometrics for about 5-10 sec for all four directions and at different angles, doesn't take long at all and it helps a lot.
