Standing good mornings are such a great exercise to work your entire posterior chain! The Posterior chain as I have been mentioning in my posts this month helps to hold us upright and because of our sedentary lifestyle of sitting and slouching it breaks down and gets deconditioned.
In this Good Morning exercise pull your elbows back to your sides to engage your back muscles and then ‘hing’ your hips back with a slight knee bend to a point where you feel a stretch in your hamstrings. This way this exercise is custom for each person's ability and in particular their hamstring mobility.
When you come back up from the bottom of this exercise work to have your hamstrings and your glutes do the work and not your lower back muscles.
This exercise should be used in a rehabilitative way and therefore the movement should be slow and controlled. Try to go down to the bottom in 3-6 seconds and the same on the way back up. Try to also do 6-12 repetitions so that you can induce a response in your neuromuscular system for the proper effect.
