Philippe Geoffrion
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I like this thought. Would you care to elaborate as to why?I seriously think the good morning is the best exercise to train for powerlifting. Maybe the best exercise altogether.
I like this thought. Would you care to elaborate as to why?I seriously think the good morning is the best exercise to train for powerlifting. Maybe the best exercise altogether.
I like this thought. Would you care to elaborate as to why?
If you do good mornings, usually the rest of the day is good as well.In powerlifting, the squat form can be very posterior-oriented, so to say. Done that way, it is also more similar to the deadlift than the Olympic squat. They don't need as much that different training.
The good morning really attacks the posterior and especially the whole torso. This makes it more efficient as a general exercise for strengthening the muscle groups necessary for the sport. The great stretch is also great for both hypertrophy and recovery, and simply as a stretch as well, naturally. The relatively lighter absolute load may make the exercise easier to recover from.
One of course needs a degree of specific practice of the specific lifts.
Louie Simmons and the Westside group are big fans of the good morning as well. "Westside lifters do some kind of Good Mornings seven out of 10 workouts."
I really, really like how the good morning feels. The strain is something to get addicted to. It's also something that I can relatively strain more in than many other exercises, maybe the most out of the big ones. I also always feel better after the good morning. It is the #1 exercise I want to keep doing as I get older and older.
Yes I’m thinking of incorporating them with my plates for a hinge move. I have some ideas of using my chain from a dip belt for some moves as well! Tomorrow I’ll probably do some form of hip extension work!Hello @Philippe Geoffrion
As the load of good mornings is usually lighter than with DL or Sq, it is easier to do them with high volume and 'portable tools'. When I am not at home, I enjoy doing some GM with a thick resistance band. Paired with pistol (or pistol progression) it works very well
Kind regards,
Pet'
Dunno if this is something you'd be interested in, but it's another way to use plates, and it has transferability:Got an itch to try double plate presses. Very hard. The handle doesn’t allow the wrist to be centered above the elbow. It has the resistance profile of a Sots press mixed with an Arnold Press and BTN press because of the awkward pressing angle. The weight, which has to be held behind the body for the plates to have room definitely pulled me backwards a bit and require a mini tricep extension to complete. Alas, the plates are also large and nearly run into each other. This move, which I’ve only done for the first time, was indeed quite curious. My stabilizers and upper back were heavily recruited from the instability. I tried Plyo pike pushups which were a bit odd, elbows flared as naturally necessary. They’d be a great deal more challenging with elbows tucked I believe and that may be better transfer to a press but fine. RDLS off a bench, really focused on hinging and opening shoulder at the top. In fact, by the time I reached the chin-ups, my lats and upper back were quite scorched.
Dunno if this is something you'd be interested in, but it's another way to use plates, and it has transferability: