Good Morning

HamstringsBarbellIntermediateCompound
Good Morning — start position
Start
Good Morning — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryHamstrings
SecondaryAbs, Glutes, Lower back

How to do it

  1. 01

    Begin with a bar on a rack at shoulder height. Rack the bar across the rear of your shoulders as you would a power squat, not on top of your shoulders. Keep your back tight, shoulder blades pinched together, and your knees slightly bent. Step back from the rack.

  2. 02

    Begin by bending at the hips, moving them back as you bend over to near parallel. Keep your back arched and your cervical spine in proper alignment.

  3. 03

    Reverse the motion by extending through the hips with your glutes and hamstrings. Continue until you have returned to the starting position.

In the app

Good Morning appears when you own a barbell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a barbell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With kettlebell
With barbell
With bands

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