I’ve been doing the exercises for about two and half months. In fact, this guy on Reddit seems to have a routine which worked really well for him and seems to focus more on stretching. So if you’re thinking of doing this, that’s something to keep an eye on. I should add that I also stretch my neck to relieve any tension that might build up with the exercises. Then, as I continued with the exercises, it got used to the strain and became stronger, and my pitch dropped. The exercises first made my neck weaker, like any muscle when you start training it. This fits the idea that strong neck muscles give you a deeper voice. That’s like going from Edward Norton, to Justin Bieber, to Jon Hamm. It starts at about 105Hz, then shoots up to 113Hz and stays high for a week, before it gradually deepened month after month to the current pitch of 89Hz. More compellingly, my voice actually got higher before it got lower. Here’s a chart I made with Vocular.Īs you can see, by all four metrics, my voice did deepen over time. After the recording, every other day, I’d do 3 sets of 20 reps of crunches, where I lay on my bench and slowly nodded my head from horizontal to vertical, tucking in my chin – like doing sit-ups with your neck.Īnd it worked. I chose 2pm because I wanted the ‘morning effect’ of my voice to have worn off and I knew I wouldn’t have been drinking alcohol around that time. I was interested in this idea, so I thought I’d test it out.Įvery day, at 2 o’clock and in the same room, I recorded a sample of my voice and wrote down the figures. Stronger muscles are better at meeting their daily demands and therefore less likely to tighten up throughout the day. One recommended way of doing this is by making the neck muscles stronger.
Relax these and, logically enough, your voice gets lower. These are your sternocleidomastoids, and when they get tense they tug on your vocal chords, resulting in a higher note.
If you put your hand on your throat, you’ll feel two long muscles which run down from behind your ear to your collarbone. Actually, it’s my favourite method of all of them. I’ve seen a lot of talk about this online, so I wanted to start by confirming here: this truly does work.
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