Good Morning: How to Do It, Muscles Worked & Form Tips

Muscle group: Legs
Primary muscles: Hamstrings
Secondary muscles: Abdominals, glutes and lower back
Equipment: Machine
Type: Compound
Level: Intermediate

Video: “Good Mornings Tutorial - Proper Form and Technique” by Runna on YouTube.

How to do the Good Morning

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

Muscles worked

The Good Morning mainly works your hamstrings, with help from your abdominals, glutes and lower back.

Good Morning start and finish positions

Good Morning: Starting position — Starting position

Good Morning: Ending position — Ending position

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