Good Mornings--leg or back day?

[Rowyn]

Hey all---Being new to the forum I have spent a little time looking at various online training journals and noticed a few people incorporate good mornings into their leg workouts. When this exercise is part of my workout, I use it on a back day for lower back, since I consider it first a back workout with hamstrings secondary. I have seen that some people even do them on a leg day, then have a back day immediately afterwards. No soreness? I would think that performing them for legs one day would decrease the effectiveness of a back workout the next day, but maybe they are lighter weights? If I did them in that way, my back would not feel as strong for its workout the next day I would think.

Just curious

[kimm4]

Hey all---Being new to the forum I have spent a little time looking at various online training journals and noticed a few people incorporate good mornings into their leg workouts. When this exercise is part of my workout, I use it on a back day for lower back, since I consider it first a back workout with hamstrings secondary. I have seen that some people even do them on a leg day, then have a back day immediately afterwards. No soreness? I would think that performing them for legs one day would decrease the effectiveness of a back workout the next day, but maybe they are lighter weights? If I did them in that way, my back would not feel as strong for its workout the next day I would think.

Just curious

If you bend your legs they hit more lower back. No bend and you'll feel it more in the glute/ham area.

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good mornings work primarily your hamstrings, so Id say on leg day. Additional muscles used are your lower back muscles...

[Rowyn]

Well, I was going to post the vid from the supersite but I can't post links yet since I haven't had 30 posts. I perform them like the woman in that video, my knees are unlocked and slightly bent. I have always felt this most in lower back and usually interchange these with back hyperextensions.

[dreadiechic]

Bump! I've been adding good mornings to my back day... I keep my legs quite bent and mostly feel it in my lower back and also along my spine.
So who does them with legs who does them with back?

[oregonchick76]

Bump! I've been adding good mornings to my back day... I keep my legs quite bent and mostly feel it in my lower back and also along my spine.
So who does them with legs who does them with back?

Hmm. I do them with legs because that's where I *feel* them. Although I do bend my knees some, I still feel most of the tension in my hamstrings. So, IDK. Put it where you feel it the most?

[Givens87]

I love adding good mornings, I do them to target hams/glutes and a bit of the lower back. I'm currently on the last week of Jim Stoppani's Shortcut to Size Program, they aren't in the actual program but I usually add them between my shoulder sets, so I actually do shoulder - glutes supersets.

I just love doing them and since I work out at home I usually need some alternate exercises, since I dont own a leg press or leg extension machine (yet LOL) :-)