Why Inmates Build Thick Necks First — The $0 Method

In 1979, a twenty-two-year-old walked into San Quentin State Prison weighing a hundred and fifty pounds with arms like pipe cleaners. Within weeks, he learned that other prisoners exploit weakness the way they breathe air. Intimidation is the daily currency in places like San Quentin. But here is what nobody outside those walls talks about. The first thing experienced inmates told him to train was not his chest, not his arms, not his legs. It was his neck. Why would a man fighting for survival start with the one muscle group that most gym members never touch?