"Max Headroom"

Categories: Blog Dec 16, 2015

When I moved to England as a kid in 1981, there were only 3 TV channels. Fortunately for me, in late 1982 a fourth channel was launched, under the catchy name, “Channel 4.”

Channel 4 was awesome because as I recall, they imported a bunch of the US TV shows of the era and put a bunch of edgy shows on. One of those shows was a show about Britain’s first artificial intelligence - Max Headroom.



You only ever saw Max’s head and the top of his shoulders. As I remember it, it was good fun. (Nice British colloquialism there.) Especially because of his sarcasm and satire, which I appreciate.

Funny how it’s still all about the head.

OS is all about creating “max headroom” too.

The head controls the body. And without a strong neck to support your head, your posture and therefore the rest of your body’s functions suffer.

That’s why I’m such a big fan of neck nods - nodding your head up and down by looking at the ceiling and then your chest. (Rotating side-to-side is also great and included in the neck nod "family.")

It’s amazing to me how much “room” I can create in my body - especially during times of stress, simply by performing neck nods in different positions.

Look up and put your neck into extension, and reflexively, all the extensor muscles (known as the extensor chain) [should] automatically contract. Look down and put your neck into flexion, (also known as the flexor chain) [should] automatically contract.

The neat thing is, these muscular contractions are hardwired into your nervous system. And that means that even if you’re struggling to get feel those contract, they will as you regain the strength and the mobility in your neck. The really cool part about doing neck nods is they help you regain that lost strength and lost mobility in your neck, allowing you to control your head on top of your body once again.

So here’s a challenge for you:

Do as many neck nods as you feel comfortable doing, from as many different positions as you can think of, for 30 days. Just one month.

• On all fours (hands and knees - also known as quadruped)


• On your forearms and knees (commando)


• Lying on your stomach


• Lying on your stomach, propped up on your elbows


• Kneeling


• Seated


• Any other position you can think of

Just do what feels good to you.

Take some “performance” measurements before-hand - preferably something you struggle with. Re-measure 30 days later and see what the changes are.

I think you’ll be more than pleasantly surprised. Like me, I think you’ll find all that work on your head and neck has created more “room” in the rest of your body - more mobility and more control while moving.

For more on the benefits of neck nods and the other RESETs, check out our new book, Pressing Reset: Original Strength Reloaded.

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