Good Mornings for Lower Back Strength?

Bigger Stronger Leaner Christian Thibaudeau Coaching
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Hi coach. My low back is very weak and it limits me in the deadlift and squat.
What’s the best way to strengthen the low back?
Would barbell good mornings be a good exercise to focus on? And should I use more sets with less reps in order to go heavy. Thanks.

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I like bw reverse hypers for time and weighted back extensions. They are fairly safe too.

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I support these and you should do these movements in higher rep ranges

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Thanks for the info. Much appreciated

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Good mornings are great. BUT if your lower back is weak, you will likely compensate with other muscles. So I concur with the other suggestions: back extensions and reverse hypers would be great choices.

Two other moves you can use are a seated goodmorning and the strict back goodmorning (I also call it the blocked hips goodmorning):

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BTW, that’s one of the Crossfit girls I worked with… 195lbs snatch, 245lbs power clean

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Thanks so much