How To Do Barbell Good Morning ?

Eager to know how to do Barbell Good Morning exercise? Read on further for detailed workout instructions, notes, video and pro tips for learning proper form and train better for it.

The Barbell good morning is a weight-lifting exercise. It is so called, because the position it is done in, looks like as if bowing in front of someone to wish good morning.

Primary muscle: Middle & Lower Back / Lats – these form the primary muscle group which is targetted by the Barbell good-morning exercise.
Secondary muscles: Abs & Obliques, Glutes & Hamstrings – these muscles form the secondary muscle groups which are also benefited if you perform Barbell good morning exercise.

The Barbell good morning exercise require Barbell / EZ-Bar to be performed.

You are just 7 steps away from learning how to perform Barbell Good Morning exercise:

1. Use the squat or the barbell rack, position the barbell at the height of your shoulder.
2. Put yourself in such a position that the barbell is resting your shoulder and you are facing away from the barbell rack.
3. Starting position: Picking up the barbell from the rack, move few steps away from the rack.
4. Place your feet at a distance less than shoulder width apart.
5. Maintaining your legs straight, bend forward in a manner that your hips are raised and pointed out.
6. Keep bending in the forward direction till you start feeling a stretch in your hamstrings. (Stretch only till a mild condition). Stay in the same position, till the count of one.
7. Final position: Straighten your hips and return to the initial/starting position.
8. Repeat the steps to complete all your reps.

Yes, you can also perform this exercise by slightly bending your knees. Doing this makes your glutes too come into action.

Yes, you must keep in mind that you should perform Barbell good morning exercise using small weights only if you are at the initial stages of performing them.

The difficulty level for doing Barbell good morning exercise is rated as Hard to perform.

Anyone can perform Barbell good morning exercise.

5 other exercises can work over the same primary muscles:

1. Inchworm
2. Superman
3. Dumbbell Incline Row
4. Barbell Good Morning
5. Seated / Low Cable Row

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