Technique
- Begin by standing with feet shoulder-width apart, a Barbell resting across your upper back.
- Bend at the hips, leaning forward until your torso is parallel to the ground.
- Maintain a neutral spine as you bend forward, keeping the Barbell stable on your back.
- Return to the starting position by extending your hips and straightening up.
Form tips
- Maintain a slight bend in your knees.
- Engage your core muscles to support your back.
- Keep your back straight, avoiding rounding or arching during the movement.
- Control the descent and ascent, using a slow and controlled motion.
- Focus on feeling the stretch in your Hamstrings and Glutes as you bend forward.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Spine
Secondary
- Hip adductors
Flexibility
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
Secondary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Spinalis thoracis
- Longissimus thoracis
- Iliocostalis
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Other disciplines
View Similar Exercises
View Similar Exercises

Seated good morning
Novice

Goblet cyclist squat
Novice

Jefferson curl
Novice

Dumbbell deck squat
Novice

Kettlebell deck squat
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in Calistree. Text and images are used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; the video plays from the original source.
