Good Morning
Muscles worked: Hamstrings (assisted by glutes, back).
How to do it
- Begin with a bar on a rack at shoulder height.
- Begin by bending at the hips, moving them back as you bend over to near parallel.
- Reverse the motion by extending through the hips with your glutes and hamstrings.
Coaching cues
The two cues IronPack shows on this exercise's card mid-workout:
- Bar low on the traps, soft knees
- Hinge until the hamstrings stop you - never the spine
Logging it
IronPack suggests working in the 8 to 12 rep range, progressing in 2.5 kg jumps when you own the top of the range. Records are tracked automatically at every rep count from 1 to 12. Check your estimated 1RM from any hard set.
Related exercises
- Romanian Deadlift - hamstrings
- Seated Leg Curl - hamstrings
- Lying Leg Curl - hamstrings
- Dumbbell RDL - hamstrings
Track the good morning properly
IronPack logs every set, tracks your records at every rep count, shows these form photos mid-workout, and turns the training into a card game you play with your mates.
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Photos and steps: free-exercise-db (public domain). Cues, muscle weighting and logging guidance are IronPack's own app data. Last generated 2026-07-17.