Dumbbell Good Morning
Hinge · hamstrings · intermediate
Start
FinishHow to do it
Hold one dumbbell vertically against the upper chest with both hands, keep the knees softly bent and hinge the hips back until the torso is near parallel, then stand by driving the hips forward.
Muscles worked
Primary: hamstrings · Also works: glutes, lower back
Equipment
Dumbbells
Common mistakes
- Letting the dumbbell slide away from the chest, which turns the lower back into the limiting factor
- Going lower than the hamstrings allow so the pelvis tucks and the spine rounds
- Turning it into a squat by letting the knees travel forward as you descend
Variations
- Seated version on the end of a bench
- Pause two seconds in the bottom
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- Conventional Deadlifthamstrings
- Dumbbell Romanian Deadlifthamstrings
- Downward-Facing Doghamstrings
- Seated Forward Foldhamstrings
- Lying Leg Curlhamstrings
- Nordic Hamstring Curlhamstrings
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