I was reading in one of Dave Tate’s articles that he recommends doing good mornings as a max effort exercise. What kind of stance should I use for these? Please note I workout at a commercial gym so I don’t have access to anything but olympic bars. I appreciate any input.
The stance on good mornings is usually about shoulder width or so, narrower than when you squat, about the same or at tiny bit wider than when you deadlift (conventional). I know a while back Dave was recommending you do GM’s for triples, which is what I usually do if I am maxing out on them, I am not sure if he has changed his mind with that or not.
As a side note I wouldn’t recommend maxing on them unless you are pretty familiar with that exercise.
Good luck with them, they really helped my deadlift shoot up.
Search function is your friend:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1106954&pageNo=0
Great thread right there.
Whatever stance is most comfortable for you. They will all have a slightly different effect.
Also, I believe they now suggest working up to a 3-5RM as opposed to a 1RM. I think that over the years they realized that it was a bit too stressful on the body and probably provided the same benefit with slightly higher reps.
-MAtt
Thanks for the article. I wasn’t being lazy. I usually try to read as much as I can, but in this case I just wanted some input on real-world application.
[quote]jtrinsey wrote:
Search function is your friend:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1106954&pageNo=0
Great thread right there.[/quote]
Thanks Matt. I do WS4SB so my MEs are usually in the 3-5 range anyway. I occassionally will work up to a double or single though.
[quote]Matgic wrote:
Whatever stance is most comfortable for you. They will all have a slightly different effect.
Also, I believe they now suggest working up to a 3-5RM as opposed to a 1RM. I think that over the years they realized that it was a bit too stressful on the body and probably provided the same benefit with slightly higher reps.
-MAtt[/quote]