Smith Bent Knee Good Morning

Stand inside a smith machine with your feet shoulder-width apart. Position the barbell across the back of your shoulders, resting on your traps. Bend your knees slightly and hinge forward at the hips, keeping your back straight. Lower your upper body until it is parallel to the ground. Engage your glutes and hamstrings to return to the starting position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Smith Bent Knee Good Morning

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Smith Bent Knee Good Morning using your smith machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your hamstrings.
  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 hamstrings 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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