Thread: Good-mornings

i did the good morning with 400 pounds once at 238 bwt . no drugs . by back got strong from squats . good mornings works hamstrings lowerback . good for posterior chain. sets of 5 will do . high reps dont built hams.

Originally Posted by Life

GM's aren't a max effort kind of exercise. Not in the sense of a dead lift or squat. I don't see why anyone would treat GM's as a max effort kind of exercise.

This made me lol. Have you ever heard of WESTSIDE BARBELL.

Originally Posted by Life

Because it isn't a straight up and down movement. Squat, deadlift, RDL, press, ect... its straight up, straight back down. With a good morning you're moving the weight in an arc. All I'm saying is you're depending on a lot of muscle groups to stay tight and locked in over a very long and continuously changing applied load. Why would you pile on ludicrous amounts of weight to do a good morning when you're drastically increasing the chance of injury?

The applied load doesn't change. The moment arms of the various levers change. GMs are effective. One point that most over look is the tracking of the knees towards the toes. In a GM the tracking is minimal.

go ahead for high good moenings stes of five they buit build your squat

Originally Posted by alextheassassin

This made me lol. Have you ever heard of WESTSIDE BARBELL.

that was my first thought.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

I'd love to see people max on GM's. I'd even take off work just to go watch. Probably a good chance that atleast 25% of them fuck themselves up.

I must be in the 75%.

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Btw, I was taught back in the day that you should try to keep your GMs close to your working squat weight - besides the fact that it strengthens a lot of the muscles used in proper (pl) squat technique, it also gives you the psychological advantage of taking away the fear of being stuck in the hole - and we know that a great part of pushing heavy weights is in the mind.