Band Good Morning
Trains the Hamstrings.
- Equipment
- A resistance band
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Pull
- Level
- Beginner
How to do it
- Stand on the middle of a resistance band with both feet, hip-width apart.
- Loop the other end of the band over the back of your neck and across your upper back.
- Set your back flat, chest up, knees slightly bent.
- Push your hips back and hinge forward against the band's pull.
- Go until you feel the hamstrings reach their range with the back still flat.
- Drive the hips forward to stand back up against the band's tension.
Common mistakes
- Letting the band sit on the neck rather than across the upper back. The band should rest where a barbell would; on the neck it presses on the wrong thing and it slips.
- Bending the knees to get lower. The knees stay slightly bent throughout; bending them further turns the hinge into a squat and takes the hamstrings out.
- Expecting the resistance to feel like a bar. A band is lightest at the top and heaviest at the bottom, which is the opposite of a barbell good morning — it is hardest where a bar is easiest.
- Standing on a band that can slip out. A band leaving from under a foot with tension in it and a loop around your neck is worth checking for before the set rather than during it.