Bodyweight Good Morning

The Bodyweight Good Morning is a great exercise for developing posterior chain strength and flexibility.

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
  2. Hinge at your hips, keeping your back straight and knees slightly bent.
  3. Lower your torso until it is parallel to the ground.
  4. Engage your glutes and hamstrings to return to the starting position.

How to perform the Bodyweight Good Morning

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bodyweight Good Morning using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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