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If want to start out the day and give your hamstrings , lower back and abs a good workout, than try the good morning exercise with Troy Barbells. How low you can go with this exercise depends on your flexibility across the posterior chain of muscles including the hamstrings, gluteals and lower back Very important note before you start, Don’t push this exercise too far beyond your own capabilities.
To start, place the barbell with a weight you can handle easily on your shoulders and let it rest on your trapezius muscles of the upper back in the shoulder area. Have your feet shoulder width apart, than brace your abdominals and remember to breathe normally (out with exertion and in on recovery). Keeping your back straight, bend at the hips until the hamstring muscles at the rear of the thigh start to limit your movement, then bend a little further to give them a stretch, but not to feel discomfort. Make sure to maintain a similar sort of straight back as you would when lifting from the floor, don’t curl your back over and keep your legs straight without bending the knees.
