Hamstrings · Leverage machine · Intermediate

How to do Lever Seated Good Morning

The lever seated good morning is a machine-based exercise targeting the glutes, with secondary emphasis on the hamstrings and lower back. It involves hinging at the hips while seated, using a leverage machine to provide resistance.

Primary muscles: Hamstrings and Glutes
Also works: Lower back
Equipment: Leverage machine
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legs

How to do Lever Seated Good Morning, step by step

Adjust the seat height so that your hips are slightly higher than your knees.
Sit on the machine with your back against the pad and your feet flat on the footrests.
Grasp the handles or the sides of the seat for stability.
Keeping your back straight, slowly lean forward from your hips until your upper body is parallel to the ground.
Pause for a moment, then slowly return to the starting position by pushing through your glutes and hamstrings.
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Lever Seated Good Morning works your hamstrings and glutes as the main movers, with help from your lower back.

Track Lever Seated Good Morning in SPLYT

Lever Seated Good Morning is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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