The 'Good Morning' Training Exercise

Video Transcript

"Good Mornings - 'Good mornings' is an advanced version of the stiff-legged dead lift that we did in our previous workout. Jonesy's going to demonstrate the proper mechanics for good mornings. Okay, Jonesy. Jonesy's going to take the bar up, and he's going to place it on the back of his shoulders, on the meat of his shoulders. Try not to lay it on the bone or on your vertebrae, but on the muscles that you have up on there. He's going to stand with his feet just shoulder-width apart, if not slightly wider. We're going to keep his knees bent, a soft knee, so there's a slight bend in your knee. His eyes are going to be straight out, looking at the horizon the whole time. He'll let his hips drop back and then he'll squeeze his glutes and let his hips come forward underneath. Try to exhale every time that you're working up, it helps to contract your abdominal muscles which will then give support to your back. His back is slightly arched each time. You want to keep that arch in your back. Do not curl your back, but keep the flat, slightly arched back the whole time that you're working with this exercise. Good. I think that's about enough, Jonesy. So those are 'good mornings'."