Good Morning Squats...do you do these?

[dov]

I agree with the first part of this.
Good mornings will help you improve both your squats and deads (specially if like me you prefer do to it stiff legged).
The thing is I never have to much time during the week to do them, my lower back beeing under constant tension from both squats and SLDL.
A classic "do as I say don't do as I do".
But I really don't see the point of adding a squat to the movement.
It's like super-setting two compounds which is not the way I'd do it but I'm pretty sure that out there some people super-set compound movements and feel it's great.
I don't.

Agreed...I run into the same situation with the lower back being exposed to a lot of work, however, I have found that doing GM's during the leg w/o is the best time to do them...I have been doing the following for a leg w/o....BB squats, leg press, Good mornings, extnsions........I do hyperxtensions during my back w/o

[BM OUT]

Good mornings are the single most important movement you can do in buiding core strength.In our gym we have had 9 guys pull over 720 and we dont ever train the deadlift off the floor.They are perfectly safe,the only reason anyone gets injured from doing them is they have weak abs.

[webcake]

Never seen the combo before, but the traditional good morning seems like a pretty effective exercise.

[RZA]

Agreed...I run into the same situation with the lower back being exposed to a lot of work, however, I have found that doing GM's during the leg w/o is the best time to do them...I have been doing the following for a leg w/o....BB squats, leg press, Good mornings, extnsions........I do hyperxtensions during my back w/o

Makes sense. Question is: While doing GM, do you feel most of the stress on your hams (and glutes maybe) or your lower back? I'll do a few sets of hyperextensions every time I'll do some ab workout, which is almost every day. I feel the tension on the lower back implied by hyperextensions is different from the one you get from squats and DL (but I don't add weight I have to say).

[BM OUT]

You feel it in all three areas.They work the posterior chain all the way from the back of the knee to the middle of your back.If you do them with straighter legs its hams,if you do them with the legs more bent,its glutes and lower back.

[RZA]

You feel it in all three areas.They work the posterior chain all the way from the back of the knee to the middle of your back.If you do them with straighter legs its hams,if you do them with the legs more bent,its glutes and lower back.

Sounds Logical. I should have thought of that. Thks.

[CalvinH]

I take a good morning squat every morning

[dov]

You feel it in all three areas.They work the posterior chain all the way from the back of the knee to the middle of your back.If you do them with straighter legs its hams,if you do them with the legs more bent,its glutes and lower back.

agreed...i use a bent knee approach

[thewickedtruth]

very effective exercise and a GREAT warmup before squatting..or if you're looking at knocking out two exercises in one if you're cramped for time...again they are suited perfectly.

[Gym dude]

I agree with the first part of this.
Good mornings will help you improve both your squats and deads (specially if like me you prefer do to it stiff legged).
The thing is I never have to much time during the week to do them, my lower back beeing under constant tension from both squats and SLDL.
A classic "do as I say don't do as I do".
But I really don't see the point of adding a squat to the movement.
It's like super-setting two compounds which is not the way I'd do it but I'm pretty sure that out there some people super-set compound movements and feel it's great.
 

[Geo]

                                                           

right now I'm searching youtube for behind the neck bench pressing vids.........


and when I find some I'm gonna be HUUUUGE !

[NoCalBbEr]

from this thread, I'm thinking about adding it in to my hamstrings workout. but, finding room for it is hard. I only do stiff dead lifts, lying leg curls and seated leg curls.  what exercise sould i replace with Good mornings??

I do fronts every other week for quads

[haider]

from this thread, I'm thinking about adding it in to my hamstrings workout. but, finding room for it is hard. I only do stiff dead lifts, lying leg curls and seated leg curls.  what exercise sould i replace with Good mornings??

I do fronts every other week for quads

susbtitute for stiff legs.

[sip53tkd]

   
  This is an old time exercise. It works really great to build lots of muscle on the lower back.
I used to do reps with 225.

[SpeedDemon]

That movement is more of a functional strength exercise.

It is taking the weight from a disadvantaged position (the load is way in front of your hips)

and then digging your hips under to achieve a stronger better position to lift the weight.

A great exercise for wrestling

it does look like an idiot could easily wreck their back with these though

[triple_pickle]

i do them once a week on back day.  the heavier you go the better it feels, well, at least up to a point.