Bridging is often refered in wrestling and gymnastics to work the neck and spine. For the most part The Bridge is one of the most feared exercises there is but yet it can take your strength & Conditioning to levels that are surreal once you learn to bridge correctly. One of the greatest wrestlers that took the bridge to great heights for his body was the late Karl Gotch. If you were to learn wrestling from him; the first thing he'd teach you was bridging because if you want to dominate yourt opponent you have to be able to move your body from every angle possible and the bridge works the body from many angles. When you learn to bridge properly you can move onto advanced forms called Bridging Gymnastics. This is where you fall back into a bridge either on the hands or the head and kick over and back. There are many versions of the bridge.
Working the bridge takes patience and form just like with other forms of exercise but approach with caution and don't hold a bridge longer then you need to. Its not necessary to hold a bridge for more then a few minutes. When you hold a bridge on the head for quite some time you're building more then just your neck, you're building strength and flexibility in the spine, legs, neck and importantly the abdominals. When you're holding a bridge on your hands your stretching every part of the body and its strengthening everything in and out of the body as well.
There arn't many courses on the subject of bridging but my friend Logan Christopher much didn't just write a bridging book he brought a whole new meaning to the term Conditioning. You'll learn these types of Bridges......
Head & Hands
Hands Alone
Head Alone
One Legged
Holding/Lifting Weight In a Bridge
Bridging Gymnastics
And More.....
Advanced Bridging Course
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