Good Morning

How to do it

1. Set the bar across your upper back as for a squat and unrack it.
2. Feet hip-width, knees slightly soft.
3. Hinge at the hips and lower your chest toward the floor, back dead flat.
4. Stop around parallel or when your hamstrings run out of stretch.
5. Come back up by driving the hips forward. Go lighter than you think - this one punishes a rounded back.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Romanian Deadlift, it loads Forearms 30 points lower, Mid-back / traps 15 points lower, Adductors (inner thigh) 15 points lower. Compared with the Barbell Hip Thrust, it loads Lower back / erectors 80 points higher, Hamstrings 60 points higher, Glutes 45 points lower. It needs Barbell where the other uses Barbell + Bench.

Other ways to train this

• Romanian Deadlift BarbellIntermediate
• Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Smith Machine RDL Smith machine
• Conventional Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Cable Pull-Through Cable machine
• Kettlebell Swing KettlebellsIntermediate
• Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Band Good Morning Resistance bands
• Sumo Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Bodyweight Good Morning Bodyweight
• Band Romanian Deadlift Resistance bands
• Kettlebell Deadlift KettlebellsIntermediate
• Stiff-Leg Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Rack Pull BarbellIntermediate
• Trap-Bar Deadlift BarbellIntermediate
• Smith Machine Good Morning Smith machine
• Dumbbell Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Kettlebell Sumo Deadlift Kettlebells

Other exercises for the Hamstrings

• Barbell Hip Thrust 25% BarbellBenchIntermediate
• Barbell Squat 15% BarbellIntermediate
• Barbell Reverse Lunge 15% BarbellIntermediate
• Front Squat 10% BarbellProfessional

Exercise illustrations and data by RepDB (repdb.co), used under licence.