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Not so good mornings
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BadboyAl
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lol, i love GM's. best exercise there is for the lower back..
I used to literaly do them stiff legged until I started doing to much weight then I had to bend the knee alittle do to hyper extension.
doing them a few times stiff legged is good to get the form down. Even maybe on the warm up set of like 135 do them stiff legged to get the form.
There real simple, just use a weight you can handle and you will maintain good form. If your knees are bending to much than you are using to much weight and you compensating by bending at the knee instead of the torso.
Put the bar on your upper back, bend knees just a little then lock the knees, bend at the waist with your shoulders pushed back, that will arch your back naturally.
GM's will help your squat more than anything.
I used to literaly do them stiff legged until I started doing to much weight then I had to bend the knee alittle do to hyper extension.
doing them a few times stiff legged is good to get the form down. Even maybe on the warm up set of like 135 do them stiff legged to get the form.
There real simple, just use a weight you can handle and you will maintain good form. If your knees are bending to much than you are using to much weight and you compensating by bending at the knee instead of the torso.
Put the bar on your upper back, bend knees just a little then lock the knees, bend at the waist with your shoulders pushed back, that will arch your back naturally.
GM's will help your squat more than anything.
Royster said:
exactly - don't think of bending forward - think of pushing your ass back...
this is similar to how you should think about squatting...
a lot of dudes say you don't have to go out till your back is parallel with the ground - just until the bar passes your knees...
Scotsman
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Becoming and Royster have it. Your ass has to come back to act as a counterbalance. Otherwise you will fall flat on your face. Just as long as you aren't turning it into a crappy squat you can bend your knees quite a bit. Just make sure you keep the bend in your knees when you come up so that your hams, glutes, and back are doing the weight and not your quads.
Cheers,
Scotsman
Cheers,
Scotsman
Scotsman
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Heracles said:
Squat form is damn hard. Sometimes you just need to change the position of your feet a little and it can correct it. Othertimes it takes a complete ovehaul. The main thing is to bend at the hips first then keep your chest high. Pushing back into the weight is a good way to think about it. All I can say is practice makes better(no one has 100%perfect squat form)
Also nothing wrong with just doing push pull stuff. I keep thinking about doing one, or maybe a squat pull meet as my bench isn't that great.
Cheers,
Scotsman
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BadboyAl
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Like i said, it sounds like your using to much weight, get the form down. If your leaning foward to much your compensating for something..
Lessen the weight and work hard on bringing your good form GM up and the rest will follow.
Lessen the weight and work hard on bringing your good form GM up and the rest will follow.
I can't do good mornings for CRAP! Guy at my gym does them with 315..they just look very painful
bignate73
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think of it like a romanian deadlift but with the bar on your shoulders. practice a RDL and look at your position, then picture the bar on your rear delts, and do it the same way. your knees will bend, your butt will go back. its inevitable, othewise you will have a flat nose and your head will hurt.
